Dover, Kent.—At 8.35 in the evening, on the 9th of July, 1950, the Sandgate coastguai'd telephoned that a sailing ship seemed to be in difficulties east of Dover. At 8.50 the life-boat Southern Africa left her moorings. The sea was smooth with a fresh south-south-west breeze blowing. She found the sailing yacht Heartsease, of London, with a youth on board, two and a half miles east-south-east of South Foreland light.

He was bound for Littlchampton from London. The life-boat towed him to Dover harbour and reached her station again at 10.55 that night. The youth's mother thanked the life-boatmen.— Rewards, £7 17.?..