THE annual Shipping Festival Service in Winchester Cathedral, organised by the Southampton Master Marin- ers Club, was held on the 25th of June. The Archbishop of Canterbury preached, and among those taking part in the service were the Commander- in-Chicf, Portsmouth, the Bishop of Winchester, the Mayor of Southamp- ton, the Mayor of Winchester and the chaplain to the Missions to Seamen.

The Life-boat Service was repre- sented by Captain Guy D. Fanshawe, R.N., a vice-president of the Institu- tion, and the Institution's house flag was carried with the flags of the Merchant Navy in the parade from the railway station to the cathedral and in the cathedral itself at the presentation of the flags..