Islay, Inner Hebrides.—At 8.50, on the evening of the 29th of August, 1950, it was learned that a small pulling boat from Caol Ha Distillery had been carried south through the Sound of Islay and would be unable to return against the tide. She had five people, including a woman and a child, on board. At 9.5, as darkness was approaching, the life-boat Charlotte Elizabeth was launched. There was a calm sea, but an exceptionally fast tide was running through the Sound. She found the small boat about three miles south of Port Askaig, and taking the people aboard and the boat in tow, she returned to her station by 10.10.—• Rewards, £5 6s..