AUGUST 25TH. - NORTH SUNDERLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND. At 9.39 at night the Seahouses coastguard telephoned that two cabin cruisers were making distress signals four miles north-north-east of Boulmer.

A slight breeze was blowing and the sea was calm. The motor life-boat W.R.A. was launched at 10.15. In the absence of the coxswain and second-coxswain, who were out fishing, the motor-mechanic was in command.

The life-boat found the cabin cruisers Rambling Rose and Cynthia, of Amble, with their engines broken down. Two people were on board each cruiser. The life-boat towed them into Seahouses at 1.30 next morning. - Rewards, £15 9s.