Mallaig, Inverness-shire.—About 12.30 in the afternoon, on the 24th of Sep- tember, 1950, the police reported that the local fishing boat Winner, with a crew of three, was fifteen hours overdue.

All coastguards were notified; and at 1.5 the life-boat Sir Arthur Rose left her station in a light southerly wind with a moderate sea. She searched the Mallaig Dunvegan area until half past three, when she received a wireless report that the missing boat was in Rhum Loch. There the life-boat found her at anchor. She had broken down the night before and drifted for seven hours, until with the help of a sail she had managed to reach Rhum Island.

With the Winner in tow, the life-boat arrived back at 6.40 in the evening.— Rewards, £10 17*..