Ballycotton, Co. Cork.—At 11.35 on the morning of the llth of December, 1950, a local fishing punt was seen flying an oilskin coat from an oar two miles north-east of Ballycotton Har- bour. Ten minutes later the life-boat Mary Stanford left her moorings in a choppy sea with a strong breeze blowing from the north-west. She found the boat, with a crew of two. Her out- board motor was damaged and she in danger of drifting out to sea. The life- boat took her in tow, brought her into • harbour, and then returned to her station, arriving at 12.45.—Rewards, £7 11*..