APRIL 29TH. - NEWQUAY, CORNWALL.

At 3.15 P.M. the coastguard reported distress signals from a fishing boat which was rapidly drifting out to sea before a strong E.S.E. wind. The sea was choppy. The motor life-boat Richard Silver Oliver was launched, with the help of R.A.F. men, at 3.50 P.M. She came up with the fishing boat, the P.W. 125, of Newquay, with a crew of three, about two miles N.W. of Towan Head, took her in tow and brought her into harbour at 4.45 P.M. - Rewards, £9 4s. 6d..