Girvan, Ayrshire.—At 10.45 on the night of the 14th of July, 1952, infor- mation was received from the JBallan- trae coastguard that signals had been reported from a small boat near Lendalfoot, and the life-boat crew were assembled. The fishing boat Amethyst put to sea in a slight sea, with a light westerly wind blowing, found the boat two miles west of Lendalfoot, and towed her to Girvan Harbour, but, owing to the low tide, could not bring her in. The boat in tow was a thirty-feet converted ship's boat, the St. David, with a crew of four, cruising from Belfast to Girvan. She had a sick man on board and asked for a doctor. At 12.15 in the early morning of the 15th of July the life-boat Frank and William Oates went out, in charge of an acting coxswain, with two doctors on board. The doctors were transferred to the St. David, which was then towed into the harbour by the life-boat at one o'clock. The patient was landed and taken to hospital.—Rewards, £4 17s. 6d..