Longhope, Orkneys.—At 7.45 on the evening of the 21st of May, 1955, the principal keeper of the Cantick Head lighthouse reported that the local motor vawl Shirma, laden with lobster pots and carrying a crew of two, had broken down. He later stated that the men were rowing. However, they stopped rowing and their boat drifted towards Herston Head, South Ronald- say. At 9.30 the life-boat Thomas McCunn was launched. The sea was calm, there was a light north-westerly breeze, and it was two hours before high water. The life-boat came up with the Shirma on the south side of Switha. towed her to Cantick and then returned to her station, arriving at one o'clock on the 22nd.—Rewards to the crew, £9 16,?.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £4 8s..