PILOT WANTED Ezmouth, Devon.—About 8.15 on the night of the 9th of January, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was burning flares and signalling be- tween two and three miles off Sidmouth, and the motor life-boat Catherine Harriet Eaton was launched at 6.25.

A strong west-north-west breeze was blowing, with a verv rough sea. The life-boat found the" S.S. Martha, of Amsterdam, a collier, bound for Ex- mouth, but she was not in distress.

All she wanted was a pilot and the second coxswain, who was a qualified pilot, was put aboard. He brought the Martha in and the life-boat returned to her station, arriving at 9.30.— Rewards, £24 14s..