Whltby, Yorkshire.—At 11.15 on the night of the 16th of July, 1957, the coastguard telephoned to say the motor vessel Spontaneity, on passage to Yarmouth, had reported that one of her crew was sick. She was ex- pected to arrive off Whitby in one hour and asked if the life-boat would land the sick man. At 11.55 the no. 1 life- boat Mary Ann Heprvorth was launched in a slight sea. There was a light northerly breeze blowing and the tide was ebbing. The life-boat met theSpontaneity and the sick man was transferred. The life-boat reached her station at 12.46 early on the 17th of July, when the man was taken to hospital in an ambulance. Because of the state of the tide the life-boat was not rehoused until 12.15 in the afternoon.—Rewards to the crew, £8; rewards to the helpers on shore, £l 16s..