HELP FOR PATIENT At 6.30 p.m. on i8th September, 1964, the local doctor told the honorary secretary that a young girl was suffering from acute appendicitis, and that no other suitable boat was available to take her to the mainland. There was a choppy sea with strong westerly winds. When the lifeboat Mabel Marion Thompson put out to sea at 7.15 with the girl aboard, the tide was two hours before low water. The girl was landed at Rossaveel, then taken to hospital by ambulance. The life-boat returned to her station at 10.55..