Fowey, Cornwall.—During the morn- ing of the 15th of January, 1950, the Polruan coastguard had under observa- tion a fishing boat with a motor boat in tow. At 12.10 in the afternoon he reported that the boats were in distress about two miles south-by-west from Polperro. At half past twelve the life-boat C.D.E.C. was launched in a choppy sea, with a fresh south-westerly wind blowing. She found the fishing boat Prim and a R.A.F. tender bound from Plymouth to Falmouth, where the tender was to be converted. The tow rope had parted and fouled the propeller of the Prim, whose crew of two were unable to cut the tow away, or make headway under sail. The life- boat took the two boats in tow and brought them into Fowey Harbour at 3.40.—Rewards, £10 10s..