Mallaig, Inverness-shire.—At 1.55 in the morning of the 18th of February, 1949, the Kyle coastguard reported that the new motor fishing boat Alliance, of Inverness, was ashore five miles to the south-east of Calve Island in the Sound of Mull near Tobermory, and the life- boat Sir Arthur Rose was launched at 2.45. A southerly gale was blowing, with a rough sea. The life-boat reached the place five and a half hours later, and found that three of the Alliance's crew of eight had got on to the rocks.

One of the men aboard threw a h'ne and the life-boat towed the Alliance off, but she was unable to take off the men from the rocks, so she directed them where they could catch a steamer.

After an assurance from the men on the fishing boat that she was all right, the life-boat started home. It was then ten in the morning. She reached her station again at 2.15 in the after- noon.—Property salvage case..