Lerwick, Shetlands.—At 12.3 on the afternoon of the 10th of March, 1947, the Medical Officer of Health asked for the life-boat for a woman at Outrabis- ter, Lunnaness, who must be brought at once to hospital at Lerwick for an operation. The road was completely blocked with snow for miles. Half an hour later the motor life-boat Lady Jane and Martha Ryland was launched. The weather was cold, with snow showers, and a south-easterly wind was causing & choppy sea. The life-boat reached Outrabister at 3.5, took the woman on board and landed her at Lerwick at 6.0 that evening.—Rewards, £14, which were paid by the Department of Health for Scotland..