Stromness, Orkneys.—At 2.55 on the afternoon of the 20th of January, 1955, a local County Councillor asked if the life-boat would take a doctor and a nurse from Stromness to Hoy to attend a very old lady who had pneu- monia at Linksness. The doctor at Longhope was unable to make the journey because the roads were blocked by heavy snow. At 3.40 the life-boat J.J.K.S.W. put out with a doctor and a nurse. The sea was choppy, and a strong breeze was blowing fromthe south. The life-boat reached Hoy pier at 4.20, and the doctor and nurse went ashore. They treated the patient, but found that she, was too ill to be moved. The doctor and nurse re- embarked in the life-boat at 5.10 and the life-boat then returned to Strom- ness, arriving at 5.40. Unfortunately the patient died on the 21st. The County Councillor expressed his thanks to the life-boat station and the life- boatmen.—Rewards, £11 19*..