Lowestoft, Suffolk.—On the evening of the llth of September, 1950, a resi- dent informed the coastguard that a man in Southwold had reported a yacht in need of help, quarter of a mile north of Southwold pier. At 5.34 the coast- guard telephoned the life-boat authori- ties; and at 5.50 the life-boat Michael Stephens left her moorings with the second coxswain in command. There was a choppy sea with a moderate south-south-west breeze blowing. She found the motor yacht Heron, of Rochester, with a crew of three bound for Oulton Broad. Her engine had broken down. The skipper said he would try to reach Lowestoft under sail, and at his request the life-boat escorted the Heron to the harbour entrance; but here she had to tow her in. She arrived back at her station at 9.15 that night.—Rewards, £10 2s..