NO PETROL Hartlepool, Co. Durham. — At nine o'clock on the night of the 2nd of December, 1947, the coastguard tele- phoned that a small boat was continu- ously flashing a light about one mile north-north-east of the lighthouse. A small motor fishing boat, the Elmo, was known to have been out since eight that morning. The motor life-boat The Princess Royal, Civil Service No. 7, was launched at 9.25 in a light south- westerly wind with a slight sea, and found the Elmo with no petrol, and her crew of two suffering from cold and exposure. She towed the Elmo home, arriving at eleven o'clock. A letter of thanks and a donation were received from the owner of the fishing boat.— Rewards, £0 4*..