JULY 17TH. - CLACTON-ON-SEA, AND WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. A message had been received from the coasttake guard that an aeroplane had crashed in the sea between Walton pier and Gunfleet Lighthouse and that a man had come down from it by parachute. Royal Air Force speedboats and aeroplanes also took part in the search, and the pilot was picked up alive by one of the aeroplanes. A letter of thanks was reno ceived from the Royal Air Force.-Rewards: Clacton-on-Sea, £5 13s.; Walton and Frinton, £7 2s. 6d..