Whitby, Yorkshire.—After a sudden heavy squall about eight o'clock in the morning on the 17th of December, 1949, the coastguard and coxswain observed that a number of small fishing cobles were in danger of being swamped by the seas. Accordingly, the life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched at 8.15 in a north-westerly wind of gale force. She made two runs out and escorted in two cobles each time. She then returned to her station and was re-housed at 11.35.-—Rewards, £14 7*..