Captain W. J. Oliver, M.C., who was district organising secretary for the north-east of England from 1928 until 1952, died on the 18th of March, 1960, at the age of 72.

Captain Oliver and his family had a long association with the Sunderland life-boat station. His father was appointed honorary secretary there in May 1900, and Captain Oliver succeeded him as honorary secretary in 1920, con- tinuing to fill the post until his appoint- ment as district organising secretary..