APRIL 20TH. - DUNBAR, EAST LOTHIAN. At ten o’clock at night the coastguard telephoned that the customs officer at Cockenzie had reported a ship sending up flares in Aberlady Bay. The motor life-boat George and Sarah Strachan was launched at 10.19. A moderate westerly wind was blowing, with a moderate sea.

After a prolonged search the life-boat found the motor launch Minnetonka, with a crew of two. Her engine had broken down. She towed her into Port Seton harbour, and returned to her moorings at Dunbar at 5.15 next morning. - Rewards, £8 15s.