THE celebration of the centenary of the establishment of the first life-boat on the Norwegian coast took place at Stavanger on 22nd August, 1954. It was held at the time of the Annual General Meeting of the Norwegian Life-boat Society and included demon- strations of life-saving rocket appara- tus and the use of a DUKW for life- saving purposes, followed by a banquet at the Viste Hotel. Colonel A. D.

Burnett Brown, Secretary, represented the Institution and Mr. E. Selby Davidson, Honorary Secretary of the Tynemouth branch, was also present.

Other nations represented were Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Sweden..