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Moelfre, Anglesey.—At eleven o'clock on the morning of the 10th of Novem- ber, 1956, a message was received that a cow had fallen down a cliffside about half a mile north of Bull Bay. Efforts to rescue it had been made by the fire brigade but had failed, and the Royal Air Force station at Valley had been asked if a helicopter could help. The helicopter had no suitable gear to lift the cow, and at the request of an in- spector of the R.S.P.C.A. the life-boat Watkin Williams put out at 11.10.

There was a slight sea, a fresh south- westerly breeze was blowing, and the tide was ebbing. The life-boat took the cow in tow to Bull Bay harbour, arriving there at 2.35. The owner of the cow thanked the life-boat crew.

—Rewards to the crew, £10 10s.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £3 15*..