LEEDS LADIES' LIFE-BOAT GUILD has formed a luncheon club whose object is to encourage interest in the work of the Life-boat Service generally, to publicise the efforts of the Guild and to persuade members of the luncheon club to join the Guild. It meets once a month and on each occasion a guest speaker, who does not necessarily speak about the Life-boat Service, is invited.

who arranged for all proceeds to go to the Institution.

Mr. Kieran O'Driscoll, honorary secretary of the Valentia, Co. Kerry branch, has been most successful on flag days in persuading owners of small fishing boats and motor boats to buy flags not for themselves alone but for the whole boat. Most of the boat owners have paid £1 per flag for the boat.

The committee of the Northern Associated Offices Sports Club of No.

1, Moorgate Street, London, E.G.2, recently sent a postal order to the Institution. The money was raised by fines exacted from members of the cricket club who arrived late for matches.

Two white Pyrenean mountain dogs belonging to Miss Margaret Openshaw of Weston-super-Mare have collected about £120 in the course of ten outings on Weston pier.

Mrs. Copley of the Walmer Castle Inn, Dover, recently made a table lamp in wicker in the form of a light- house. After being on show in the inn for some weeks it was raffled, and £8 4s. 4d. was handed over to the Dover branch.

The Chich ester and District branch arranged a Hatters' Tea Party organ- ised by Messrs. D'Arcy's of Chichester in conjunction with Messrs. Sam Scott of London. The compere of the hat show was Mrs. Law of Messrs. Scotts, Mr. George Burroughs and Mr.

Hazeal Booth have been collecting considerable sums for the Institution from the customers at a public house near Ipswich after informal concerts in which the principal item has been the "Pin Mill Anthem" sung by Mr.

Booth with words composed by Mr.

Burroughs. The tune is that of "Galway Bay" and the customers are encouraged to join in the chorus.

* * * Mrs. Childs, a member of Seaham Ladies' Committee, has raised a con- siderable sum by making marmalade and selling it to her friends..