Ramsgate, Kent.—At 1.40 on the afternoon of the 12th of August, 1957, the watchman on the east pier tele- phoned that a motor yacht off Main Sands between Ramsgate and Broad- stairs was burning flares. Ten minutes later the life-boat Michael and Lily Davis put out. There was a slight sea and a moderate south-westerly breeze. The tide was ebbing. The life-boat came up with the fifteen-ton motor yacht Wanganui, which had a crew of seven and had broken down.

She towed her to Ramsgate. reaching her station at 2.29.—Property Salvage Case.—Rewards to the helpers on shore, 105..