APRIL 1ST. - AMBLE, NORTHUMBERLAND.

The motor-boat Pioneer left at 1.30 in the afternoon for Coquet Island to exchange lighthouse keepers. There was a dense fog. The Pioneer had not returned at five o’clock and was then two-and-a-half hours overdue. The motor life-boat Frederick and Emma was launched and at 5.25 found the Pioneer near Coquet Island. She escorted her to Amble, arriving at six o’clock.- Rewards, £5..