Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. — At 8.55 on the evening of the 21st of May, 1956, the Barry Island coastguard reported that a dinghy was drifting seaward off Portishead and that the crew were waving. The life-boat Fiji and Charles was launched at 9.12 in a calm sea. There was a slight south- easterly breeze and the tide was ebbing. While the life-boat was searching, further messages were re- ceived that the casualty was in fact a motor cruiser, which was in sight of the Walton Bay signal station. A message was sent to the life-boat by wireless giving the correct position and description of the casualty. At 11.20 the life-boat found the Stephanie Jan, of Bristol, a converted ship's boat, with a crew of four. Her engine had broken down and her crew were making ineffectual efforts with oars to stern the tide. The life-boat towed the Stephanie Jan to Avonmouth dock and then returned to her station, arriving at 6.30.—Rewards to the crew, £13 4s.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £6 13s..