Margate, Kent.—At 12.55 in the after- noon of the 6th of June, 1948, the coast- guard reported that a rowing boat, the Boy Bill, of Westgate, with one man on board, was drifting seawards one and a half miles to the north-west, and the motor life-boat The Lord South- borough, Civil Service No. 1, was launched at 1.5 in a strong south- south-west breeze with a rough sea.

She found that the local motor boat Bittern had taken the boat in tow, and escorted both boats to Westgate.

While returning to her station the life- boat came up with the Westgate bathing-safety boat about one mile off shore. One man was on board but he could make no headway and was very tired. The life-boat towed the boat to Westgate and arrived back at her station at 2.15.—Rewards, £8 16s..