Whitby, Yorkshire.—In the early morning of the 8th of April, 1949, the local motor fishing boat Pilot Me II left for the fishing grounds, was over- taken by bad weather and decided to return to Whitby. At half past six the life-boat coxswain saw her making for harbour, but finding it difficult to maintain her course, and at seven o'clock the No. 1 life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched. A northerly wind was blowing and the sea was heavy. The life-boat met the fishing boat half a mile out, escorted her across the har- bour bar, and returned to her station at eight o'clock.—Rewards, £6 7s. Qd..