Galway Bay, Co. Galway.—At 1.30 on the afternoon of the 19th of De- cember, 1956, a telephone message was received from the Irish Lights Office asking if the life-boat would land a sick man from Slyne Head lighthouse. At 2.15 the life-boat Ma- bel Marion Thompson put out. There was a heavy swell, a light south- westerly breeze was blowing, and the tide was flooding. The sick man was transferred to the life-boat and landed at Rossaveal, where a doctor was waiting. The life-boat then re- turned to her moorings, arriving at 5.15 the next morning.—Rewards to the crew, £34 5s.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £1 6s..