Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 8.43 on the evening of the 4th of March, 1955, the coastguard rang up to say that the S.S. Mitcham, of London, which was at anchor half a mile south-east of Chap- man Light, had reported that her skipper was ill and needed a doctor. At 9.20 the life-boat Greater London, Civil Service No. 3 embarked a doctor and was launched in a slight sea with a light north-westerly breeze blowing. She put the doctor aboard the steamer, and he found that both the skipper and the chief officer were ill. He treated them and re-embarked in the life-boat, which then returned to her station, arriving at 10.35.—Rewards, £7 15s..