Troon, Ayrshire.—At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 15th of September, 3957, the Saltcoats police telephoned that a motor boat belonging to the Irvine sea cadets had broken down and drifted on to rocks near Saitcoats bathing pool. The iife-boat James and Barbara Aitken put out at 1.15 in a rough sea. There was a moderate west-north-westerly breeze blowing and the tide was flooding. The life- boat made for the position and found that the ten sea cadets on board the boat had been rescued by a shore boat.

She took their boat in tow to Irvine and reached her station at 4.20.— Rewards, £5 12s..