JULY 24TH. - ABERDEEN. At 9.5 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that an aeroplane had seen a yellow dinghy about seven miles to the south-east of Aberdeen.

At 9.25 the No. 1 motor life-boat Emma Constance was launched in a light southwesterly breeze, with a moderate sea. An aeroplane also went up. The life-boat searched, but failed to find the dinghy. She did, however, pick up a large Carley float and brought it back to her station, where she arrived at 12.35 that afternoon. - Rewards, £5 4s. 6d.