DECEMBER 6TH. - PORT ASKAIG, ARGYLLSHIRE. A vessel was reported to need help off Skerryvore Lighthouse, but no definite position could be given ; visibility was nil, and the life-boat abandoned the search. A second message was received that a large vessel appeared to be ashore near Ardnave Point. The life-boat again put out, but the vessel succeeded in drawing offshore just in time, warned by the sound of the breakers. - Rewards, first service, £11 0s. 9d. ; second service, £21 9s. 6d.