OCTOBER 20TH. - WHITEHILLS, BANFFSHIRE. At 9.30 A.M. the Banff coastguard reported distress signals three miles N.E. by N. from East Head, Portsoy, and the motor life-boat Civil Service No. 4 was launched. A W.N.W. gale was blowing, with a very rough sea. The life-boat found H.M. Minesweeper Guide On, broken down and leaking. The examination vessel was standing by. She and the life-boat allowed her to drift towards Macduff, keeping by her all the time. Then, in the lee of Banff Harbour, the master of the examination vessel was put aboard the minesweeper to pilot her into harbour. The life-boat remained in attendance until the Guide On had reached the shelter of the harbour under her own power, and then returned to her station, arriving at 11.35 P.M. - Rewards, £7 17s. 9d.