Valentia, Co. Kerry.—A routine exer- cise had been arranged for the life-boat A.E.D. at 2.30 on the afternoon of the 16th of September, 1953, but at 1.40, when the coxswain, motor mechanic and his assistant were preparing her for sea, the coxswain noticed that his punt, which he had lent to two women, had capsized in Lough Kay. The life-boat at once put to sea, accom- panied by Mr. Kieran O'Driscoll, the honorary secretary, and made for the position in a swell and light southerly breeze. She rescued the women, recovered the punt, and returned to her station, arriving at 2.20.—Rewards £l 105..