THE hundredth anniversary of the foundation of life-boat stations at Thurso and Whitehills in Scotland, and at Portrush in Northern Ireland, have recently been celebrated.

At Thurso Lord Saltoun, a member of the Committee of Management of the Institution and Chairman of the Scottish Life-boat Council, presented the certificate inscribed on vellum, which the Committee of Management had voted, at a church service held at the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen at Scrabster on the 31st of July, 1960. A similar ceremony took place at Whitehills, Banffshire, in the Boyndie parish church on the 28th of August, when Lord Saltoun once again presented a certificate.

The Lord Mayor of Belfast, Alder- man R. G. C. Kinahan, presented the vellum voted to the Portrush station at a ceremony in Portrush harbour on the 3rd of September, 1960, after a short service of re-dedication. Commander A. J. O'B. Twohig represented the Committee of Management of the Institution..