Barra Island, Outer Hebrides.—At seven o'clock on the evening of the 20th of November, 1952, the parents of two men who had left on a fishing trip in a small sailing boat that morning reported that their sons had not re- turned. At 8.10 the life-boat Lloyd's left her moorings in a rough sea with a moderate north-easterly gale blowing.

She found the sailing boat at anchor near Sandray, making water. The men had broken an oar and were suffer- ing severely from exposure. The life- boat rescued them and towed their boat to the shore, reaching her station again at 3.50 the next morning.—• Rewards. £19 2*..