Padstow, Cornwall.—At 8.20 on the evening of the 19th of October, 1956, the Trevose Head coastguard tele- phoned that shouts for help had been heard off Trebetherick Point. At 8.55 the no. 2 life-boat Bassett Green was launched. There was a slight sea, a strong south-westerly breeze was blow- ing, and the tide was ebbing. The life-boat found the dinghy Betty, of Padstow, with a young man on board, drifting out to sea. He had broken an oar. A member of the life-boat's crew was put aboard the dinghy, which was half full of water, to help with the baling, and the life-boat towed the Betty to Padstow quay. She then returned to her station, arriving at 10.20.—Rewards to the crew, £9 15s.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £4 17s. 6d..