SEPTEMBER 24TH. - LONGHOPE , ORKNEYS. At about five in the evening the coastguard reported that a vessel needed help about a mile N.W. of Duncansby Head, and the motor life-boat Thomas McCunn was launched at 5.30. A S.E. gale was blowing, with a rough sea. The life-boat found the Norwegian motor boat R u n d a . She had escaped from Norway with 24 people on board, had reached Lerwick safely and had landed fourteen of them there. The other ten were bound for Buckie, but their fuel had run short. They were cold and hungry, and the life-boat crew opened their emergency rations for them. The life-boat then took the Runda in tow and brought her into Aith Hope, arriving at seven in the evening. There the Runda was refuelled, and the following day went on her way to Buckie. The life-boat anchored for the night at Aith Hope, but as there was a strong gale from the S.E. right into the bay, the crew stayed on board. In the morning the life-boat returned to Longhope, arriving at 8 A.M. - Rewards, £9 15s. 6d.