Mutley Baptist Church, Plymouth, has close contacts with the R.N.L.I., and when an essay competition on life-boatmen was held for members of the junior church there was a good response.

The following are extracts: 'The men on board the boats are very brave and risk their own lives to save others.'—Anthony Blackmore, aged 11. 'The life- boatmen who go out are not dull men who don't like their jobs. . . . They go out happy and come back happy, except when their journey has not been success- ful and even then they try to be as cheerful as they possibly can.'—Helen Phillips, 11. The life-boatmen rescue anybody—man, woman or child—of any nation in the world. . . .'—Rosemary Hepple, 13. 'Thus I conclude that the life-boatmen make the biggest sacrifice that they could make when they risk their lives to save the life of a fellow human being.'—Jane Snell, 14..