Two new one act plays on the subject of the Life-boat Service have recently been written. Both are available to branches for local performances, and in each case the author is willing to forgo any royalties when branches produce the play in aid of the Insti- tution's funds.

One of these plays, entitled Storm Tide, has been written by Mr. Angus MacVicar, and won the cup for the best play performed at the Argyll County Drama Festival held at Ardrishaig. The play takes about thirty minutes to perform, and the scene is laid in the office of the honorary sec- retary of a Scottish life-boat station.

The other play, which has been written by Mr. Herbert de Hamel, is entitled The Jimp'nny. This takes some twenty minutes and has been written for an all-female cast. There are seven parts, and the play can be performed with or without scenery.

Mr. de Hamel has stated that he would be glad to attend a dress rehearsal and to help in the production of the play by any branch..