TWO BOATS TOWED IN A ROUGH SEA Ramsgate, Kent.—At 9.45 on the night of the 21st of August, 1947» the coast- guard telephoned that flares had been seen three-quarters of a mile east-south- east of Kingsgate look-out, and the motor life-boat John and Mary Meiklam of Gladswood, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 9.53. A fresh north-easterly breeze was blowing, with a rough sea. The life-boat found two boats at anchor, but dragging towards the shore, the motor boat Gondolier Princess, and the motor fishing boat Flying Fish; with a crew of three. The Flying Fish had towed the other boat from Scotland, and was making for the Thames when her engine failed. Life-boatmen boarded the Gon- dolier Princess and slipped her anchor.

Then the life-boat took both boats in tow. Twice the tow-rope parted, but eventually the boats reached Ramsgate twenty-five minutes after midnight.— Property Salvage Ca'se. Rewards, 14s..