Coming Events Poole lifeboat, Augustine Courtauld, will be named by Lady Rayner on May 7.

Annual General Meeting, Royal Festival Hall, May 8. The Presidential address will be made by HRH The Duke of Kent, who will also present the awards. The Rt. Hon. Peter Shore, Secretary of State for Trade, will also attend to present to the Institution, on behalf of his Department, a piece of plate to mark the 150th anniversary of the RNLI.

Whitby lifeboat, The White Rose of Yorkshire, will be named by HRH The Duchess of Kent on May 21.

St Helier lifeboat, Thomas James King, will be named by HRH Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother on May 30.

12th International Lifeboat Conference, at Helsinki, Finland, June 2—6.

Clipper Race Regatta Week, River Thames, August 23—30..