Kirkcudbright.—At four o'clock on the afternoon of the 20th of January, 1957, a message was received from the police that two men had put out in a small dinghy to go duck-shooting on the morning of the day before and had not returned. Anxiety was felt for their safety. The life-boat cox- swain and the police went to the shore between Carrick and Sandgreen, where the two men had left their dinghy, and fired a maroon to try to attract their attention in case they were stranded on one of the islands off the coast. A light was seen shortly afterwards from one of the islands, and as the weather was deteriorating it was decided to send the life-boat. At 11.45 at night the life-boat J. B. Couper of Glasgow put out in a slight sea. There was a gentle north-westerly breeze, and the tide was flooding. The two men were found on Murray Island and were taken off with the aid of their own dinghy. The life-boat landed them at Sandgreen and then returned to her moorings, arriving at 5.45 the next morning.—Rewards to the erew, £16 5s.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £2 Us..