AUGUST 11TH. - PORT ASKAIG, ARGYLLSHIRE. At the request of the doctor on the Island of Colonsay the motor life-boat Charlotte Elizabeth was launched at 11.45 A.M. in a strong westerly wind, and brought from Colonsay to Islay an expectant mother who was dangerously ill. The lifeboat returned to her station at 7 P.M. Her help saved the life of the patient, who was kept in hospital until her baby was born.

A relative of the patient made a gift of money to the life-boat crew. - Rewards, £4 17s. 6d.