Salcombe, Devon.—About seven in the evening, on the 31st of August, 1950, the Hope Cove coastguard telephoned that a man in a rowing boat about a mile south of Prawle Point was in difficulties. At 7.15 the life-boat Mil- burn, 011 temporary duty at the station, was launched, with the honorary sec- retary, Commander A. C. Roberts, O.B.E., R.N., on board. The sea was smooth, with a moderate noith-north- west breeze blowing. She found a local rowing boat two miles south- south-west of Start Point, and towed her and her occupant to Salcombe.

She reached her station again at ten that night.—Rewards, £7 10*..