Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.

—At 2.27 in the afternoon, on the 18th of December, 1949, the Gorleston coast- guard reported that a vessel at anchor off Britannia Pier, Great Yarmouth, was flying a signal for medical aid. At 2.45 the life-boat Louise Stephens was launched with a doctor on board. In a slight sea and westerly breeze, she reached the ship—the Dutch motor vessel Hondsrug, from Rotterdam— within ten minutes. The doctor went aboard and found two men in need of medical attention, but after treatment they were able to remain with their ship. The life-boat reached her station again at four o'clock.—Rewards, £11..