SEPTEMBER 4TH. - TOBERMORY, ARGYLLSHIRE. During the evening a request was received for the use of the lifeboat to convey a sick person to hospital at Oban. No other boat would be available until the following day, and it was imperative to get the patient to hospital without delay.

A S.W. wind was blowing. The sea was calm.

The motor life-boat Sir Arthur Rose was launched at 8.15 P.M. and reached Oban at 11.30 P.M. An ambulance was waiting. The lifeboat arrived back at Tobermory at 3.5 A.M.

Some days later the patient was reported to be making a good recovery. - No expense to the Institution.