THE LIFE-BOAT. The Journal of the Royal National Life-boat Institution.

VOL. XXIX. JUNE, 1933. No. 314.

THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 114 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 62 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to May 31st, 1933 63,299

Annual Meeting. THE hundred and ninth annual meet- the French, German and Belgian ing of the governors of the Institution embassies and of the Norwegian lega- was held at the Mansion House, at 3 tion, and the Swedish naval attache. p.m., on Friday, 21st April. The mayors and mayoresses of the The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of following boroughs also accepted the London (Sir Percy Walter Greenaway) invitation: Baling, Highgate, Hamp- presided, supported by the Lady stead, Stepney, Barnes, Holborn, Chel- Mayoress, vice-presidents of the Insti- sea, Fulham, Walthamstow, Lambeth, tution and members of the committee Woolwich, St. Pancras, Greenwich, of management. Hammersmith, Hendon, Leyton, East The speakers were Sir Godfrey Ham, Islington, Bermondsey, St. Baring, Bt., chairman of the committee Albans, Margate and Folkestone. of management, Sir Percy Mackinnon, Among others who accepted the chairman of Lloyd's, Mr. Robert invitation were: The Duchess of Suther- Boothby, M.P., Mrs. Astley Roberts, land, president of the Ladies' Life- president of the Eastbourne Ladies' boat Guild, the Lady Florence Pery, Life-boat Guild, Mr. Walter Riggs, a honorary secretary of the guild, the member of the committee of manage- Viscountess Astor, M.P., and repre- ment and honorary secretary of the sentatives of King George's Fund for Aldeburgh life-boat station, and the Sailors, Missions to Seamen, the Im- Hon. George Colville, deputy-chairman perial Merchant Service Guild, Green- of the committee of management. wich Hospital for Seamen, and the The Lord Mayor presented medals Royal Alfred Aged Merchant Seamen's and other awards for gallantry, and the Institution. Lady Mayoress awards to honorary The Lord Mayor. workers for distinguished services. THE CHAIRMAN : My Lords, Ladies and Among those who accepted the Gentlemen : First of all, on behalf of the Lady invitation of the committee of manage- Mayoress and myself, I should like to bid you all a very hearty welcome to the Mansion ment were representatives of six foreign House. countries: His Excellency the Minister I should like just to read you a little of the of the Netherlands, the counsellors of early and late history of the Royal National 50 THE LIFE-BOAT. [JUNE, 1933.

Life-boat Institution, to show its association Panama. Early this year a service was with the City of London. rendered to a Greek vessel. Representatives The first life-boat station in the British from six of these ten countries are present Isles was established at Tynemouth. The at this meeting. appeal which led to the founding of the Royal I am very happy to welcome to the Mansion National Life-boat Institution was made from House to-day the mayors of the metropolitan the Isle of Man, but the meeting at which the boroughs and also the mayors of Margate Institution was actually founded was held in and Folkestone; men and women from the City of London, on the 4th March, 1824, Cromer in Norfolk, Plymouth in Devon, at the City of London Tavern. It was Dungeness in Kent, Boulmer in Northumber- summoned by Mr. Thomas Wilson, a London land, and Peterhead in Aberdeen, who are merchant, and a Member of Parliament for present to receive awards for gallantry in the City, and Mr. Wilson was the chairman saving life (Applause); and honorary workers of the committee of management of the of the Institution from Chelsea, Southampton, Institution for its first twenty-eight years, Bembridge (Isle of Wight), Birmingham, until his death in 1852, at the age of eighty- Folkestone and Perth, who are present to five. receive awards for distinguished services in The last occasion on which the annual raising the Institution's funds. (Applause.) meeting of the Institution was held in the City was in 1924—the centenary meeting. Such a meeting as this, held in the Mansion It was held on March 4th, the Institution's House and so well attended, shows the long, birthday, and the Lord Mayor presided. close and generous association between The Prince of Wales presented the awards, London and the life-boat service ; tfie share and the Archbishop of Canterbury moved which every part of the British Isles, inland the principal resolution, as his predecessor as well as on the coast, takes in the work of had done at the first meeting just a hundred the service; and the recognition by all years before. maritime countries of the value of the The close association of the City of London British life-boats as a great international with the life-boat service, begun at that first service—a service existing for the succour of meeting, has continued to the present. The seafarers of all nations, and knowing no City has its own branch of the Institution. frontiers. (Applause.) Year after year, until 1931, it stood at the I read to-day in the News-Chronicle a very head of the branches. In that year and in interesting tale of the wreck of the Forest the following year the Glasgow branch Hall, which I will read to you ; I think you contributed more than the City, but last will be interested to hear it. To sum it up : year, I am glad to say, the City again returned It was in January, 1899 ; a fierce gale was to the head of the list, contributing no less a raging on the Devon coast, and a Liverpool sum than £6,241. (Applause). steamer, the Forest Hall, was rudderless and driving on to the coast near Lynmouth. It Among the names in the first list of sub- was impossible to launch the Lynmouth scribers in 1825 appears " Lloyd's Committee life-boat, for the front had four feet of water •—£200." That generous support was con- over it, and with a fierce wind off the sea she tinued year by year, and last year Lloyd's would have been smashed to pieces. The contributed £1,408. (Applause.) The inter- life-boat might be launched if it were taken est of Lloyd's in the life-boat service had overland to Porlock. I do not know whether begun over twenty years before the Insti- any of you ladies and gentlemen know the tution itself was founded. Lloyd's voted no district, but if you do you will realize what a less than £2,000 in 1802 for the building tremendous task this was. In an eighty- and equipping of life-boats, and when the mile-an-hour gale the life-boat was put on a Institution was founded there were already low truck, taken up the long and steep thirty-nine on our coasts, of which twenty-six Countisbury Hill by sixteen farm horses had been provided by Lloyd's. Before 1824 helped by all the village men and women, Lloyd's was virtually the Institution. and taken down Porlock Hill, with its fear- This was commemorated last year by giving some gradient, to Porlock, where she was the name of Lloyd's to a motor life-boat built successfully launched after her thrilling land for a new station at Barra Island in the adventure. (Applause). Hebrides. The annual contributions received from Lloyd's in future will be allocated to maintaining this life-boat, and to replacing Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt. her, so that there will always be a life- boat in the fleet bearing the name of Lloyd's. SIR GODFREY BARING: My Lord Mayor, I am very pleased to see here to-day Sir your Excellencies, my Lords, Ladies and Percy Mackinnon, the chairman of Lloyd's. Gentlemen : The report for the last year of (Applause). the work of the Royal National Life-boat One of the chief features of the work of the Institution is in the hands of the governors, life-boat service during 1932 was the number and in that report you will find a full and, I of lives rescued from foreign vessels. Life- hope, an accurate account of our activities boats rendered services to fifteen foreign during the last year. There are, therefore, vessels in distress, belonging to nine different very few remarks with which I need trouble countries, and rescued from them 111 lives, the meeting of the governors this afternoon. well over a quarter of the total of 395 lives With regard to the technical side of our rescued round our coasts. The nine countries work, I should like to say that our technical were France, Germany, Italy, Holland, advisers are busy at the present moment Belgium, Spain, Norway, Sweden and experimenting in order to see if heavy-oil JUNE, 1933.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 51 engines can be adapted to be placed in our command. Our results of flag days in larger life-boats. They are also making London have perhaps been a little dis- experiments in order to secure that we shall appointing in the past, not through any lack have a class, which we hope will be very of interest on the part of the public in our useful to us, of specially light motor boats cause, but simply and solely because we which we shall be able to launch in places cannot secure sufficient sellers to make the where, up to now, we have only been able to day a success. I hope that if any ladies or launch pulling and sailing boats. There are gentlemen are inspired and encouraged by many places on our coasts where we should the speeches this afternoon, and if they have like to have motor boats, but where the a few hours to spare on the 23rd of May, they difficulties of launching heavy motor boats will kindly give their names to the organizing have up to now precluded us from being able secretary for Greater London, who will be to use motor power. With this new class at the door. He will be most grateful for we hope we shall be able to provide these any promise of help. places with motor life-boats. I hope I may be allowed to take this Then, my Lord Mayor, with regard to opportunity of offering my most sincere finance, I am sorry to say that our ordinary thanks and, I am sure I may add, the thanks income does show, as one would expect, a of the governors, to my colleagues on the diminution. It is a decrease, I think, of committee of management for the splendid about ten per cent, but it is a decrease which work which they have done during the past one would have expected in these difficult year, and for their regularity of attendance times. Our legacies (which is a gloomy at the meetings. I wonder if the governors subject) keep up wonderfully well, but I realize that our committees and sub-com- would remind the governors that about half mittees meet on the average more than once of the legacies are allocated to the provision a week throughout the year. There is a of boats in places specified by the donors, so further matter for which the governors ought that only half of our legacies can be applied to be thankful to the committee of manage- to the ordinary services of the Institution. ment—that is, that the members are always Our organization, my Lord Mayor, I think, ready, sometimes at great personal incon- was never in a sounder condition. We have venience, to go to all parts of the country to 1,100 branches all over the country. Those make speeches and to investigate life-boat branches are manned by devoted workers, problems on behalf of the Institution. • and they have done splendid work during It is a commonplace to say that we are the last year. Our subscriptions, to which living in difficult and anxious tunes, times we attach very great importance, have kept which are really trying for all those who up extremely well, considering the bad times, control and take part in the control of but the committee of management do hope charities. We are faced with the burden of that our workers will attach great importance tremendous taxation, which we may hope to securing as many annual subscriptions as will be slightly relieved on Tuesday next, they possibly can, for we find that if ladies and we are passing through a period of or gentlemen are kind enough to subscribe unexampled trade depression. Therefore, even five shillings or half a crown a year to this task which confronts those who control our funds, from that moment they take and serve national charities is a task of almost a proprietary interest in the work of unexampled complexity and of unexampled the Institution. (Applause.) difficulty. But the committee of manage- I come now to a very important source of ment of the Institution face the future with our revenue—that is, flag days. We have undiminished confidence. For 109 years held during the past year, owing to the now the generosity of the British public has keenness of our workers, 713 flag days, and never failed the life-boat service. We those flag days have produced nearly believe it will not fail us in the future. We £39,090. There are some people who are so believe that the British public are determined curiously constituted as not to approve of to see, in the years that are to come, that our flag days. I am an enthusiastic supporter of life-boatmen are supplied with the best boats them. I never at any place on any occasion and the most efficient equipment that science where one is being held neglect to buy a flag. can devise and that money can buy, in order I very often do not know for what cause it is that our men may, in the sacred cause of being sold, but I, nevertheless, buy one, and humanity and in saving life at sea, display I am sure that flag days are the only way of the hjghest and noblest characteristics of our securing the support of all classes of the race—courage, endurance and self-sacrifice. community. We owe a tremendous debt of (Applause.) gratitude to the ladies who work so untiringly for us in organizing these days. Two-thirds of our revenue is due to the activities, Election of the Committee of devotion and help of our lady workers. It Management. seems to me that the only thing the men have to do on a flag day is to count the money at Sir Godfrey Baring read the following list the end of the day, and say that, on the whole, of those nominated, who were declared duly the results are not quite so good as last year. elected. (Laughter.) We are going to have a flag day in London COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. on Tuesday, the 23rd of May. I do invite those who take an interest in our cause to President: help on that day by every means at their H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, K.G. 52 THE LIFE-BOAT. [JUNE, 1933.

Vice-Presidents : Commander F. F. Tower, late R.N.V.R. The Archbishop of Canterbury. General Six Reginald Wingate, Bt., The Duke of Atholl. and ex offlcio: The Duke of Montrose. The Lord Mayor of London. The Duke of Portland. The Admiral Commanding Reserves. The Marquis of Ailsa. The Deputy Master of the Trinity House. The Marquis of Aberdeen and Temair. The Hydrographer of the Navy. The Earl of Derby. The Chairman of Lloyd's. The Rev. the Earl of Devon. The Deputy Master, Hon. Company of Master The Earl of Albemarle. Mariners. The Earl of Lonsdale. Auditors: Admiral of the Fleet the Earl Jellicoe of Messrs. Price, Waterhouse & Co. Scapa. The Viscount Grey 'of Fallodon. The Viscount Burnham. Presentation of Medals and other Awards The Lord Southborough. for Gallantry. Major-General the Right Hon. John E. B. The secretary read the accounts of the Seely. services, and the medals and other awards The Right Hon. Walter Runciman, M.P. were presented by the Lord Mayor, as The Hon. George Colville. follows :— Commodore Sir Richard Henry Williams- To COXSWAIN HENRY BLOGO, of Cromer, Bulkeley, Bt., R.N.R. Norfolk, the silver medal for the rescue on Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt. 14th October, 1932, of thirty men from the Sir John G. Cumming. Italian steamer Monte Nevoso. Coxswain Mr. Noel E. Peck. Blogg already holds the Institution's gold Miss Alice Marshall. medal, with a second-service clasp. Mr. Leonard Gow. To COXSWAIN JOHN STBACHAN, of Peter- head, Aberdeenshire, the silver medal for the rescue on 18th January, 1933, of nine men Treasurer: from the trawler Struan, of Aberdeen. The Earl of Harrowby. To the motor mechanic, DAVID WISEMAN, Other Members of the Committee of Manage- the bronze medal for the same service. ment: To COXSWAIN BARTHOLOMEW STANTON, of Boulmer, Northumberland, the bronze medal Mr. James Bryce Allan. for the rescue on 21st December, 1932, of Mr. Charles G. Ammon. three men from the trawler Guillemot, of Mr. Ernest Armstrong. Grimsby. Mr. H. Arthur Baker. To COXSWAIN JAMES ROACH, of Plymouth, Rear-Admiral T. P. H. Beamish. Devon, the thanks of the Institution in- Lieut.-Colonel J. Benskin. scribed on vellum for the rescue on 27th Mr. Frederick Cavendish Bentinck. October, 1932, of the crew of three men of The Earl of Brecknock. the ketch Millom Castle, of Plymouth. Professor John Cameron. To COXSWAIN DOUGLAS OILLEH, of Dunge- Major Sir Maurice Cameron. ness, Kent, the thanks of the Institution Rear-Admiral Gordon Campbell, M.P. inscribed on vellum for the rescue on 8th Captain Charles J. P. Cave. October, 1932, of the three men of the crew Colonel Lord William Cecil. of the barge Shamrock, of London. Coxswain Commander the Hon. A. D. Cochrane, M.P. Oilier already holds the bronze medal of the Lieut.-Colonel Sir John Collie. Institution. Engineer Vice-Admiral Sir Robert B. Dixon. To MRS. OILLER and MRS. BRIGNALL, Admiral Sir A. A. M. Duff. representing the women of Dungeness, Kent, Commander Herbert G. Evans, R.N.R. the thanks of the Institution inscribed on Captain Guy Fanshawe, R.N. vellum for their gallant services on this and Lieut.-Commander R. Fletcher, R.N. other occasions in helping to launch the Mr. George G. Fortescue. life-boat. Mr. K. Lee Guinness. (Full accounts of these services appeared Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey. Commodore Sir Bertram F. Hayes, R.N.R. in previous issues of The Life-boat.) Captain the Earl Howe, R.N.V.R. Mr. John F. Lamb. Sir Percy Mackinnon. Colonel Sir A. Henry McMahon. SIR PERCY MACKINNON : My Lord Mayor, Commander Sir Harry Mainwaring, Bt., Lady Mayoress, Ladies and Gentlemen: R.N.V.R. My Lord Mayor has told you of the very early Mr. Algernon Maudslay. associations of the Corporation of Lloyd's Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Francis with the life-boat service of this country. Oliver. It therefore gives me very much pleasure, as Sir Gervais S. C. Rentoul, K.C., M.P. chairman of Lloyd's, to take part in this Mr. Walter Riggs. meeting this afternoon. Sir Godfrey Baring The Right Hon. F. O. Roberts. has told us something of the progressive Colonel the Hon. Harold Robson. policy of the Institution and the up-to-date- Colonel the Master of Sempill. ness of the construction of the modern life- Colonel R. F. A. Sloane-Stanley. boat. This fact was very much impressed Captain A. Granville Soames. upon me last summer at the launch of the Commander Henry Strong, R.N.R. new Lloyd's life-boat. Every detail of her JUNE, 1933.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 53

By courtesy of] [L.N.A.. THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON PRESENTING HIS MEDAL TO COXSWAIN BLOGG. Behind them, left to right. Coxswain Roach, Motor Mechanic Wiseman, Coxswain Strachan, Coxswain Oilier, Mrs. Brignall, Mrs. Oilier, Coxswain Stanton.

By eourtety of\ • [Sport and General. IN LONDON FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING. Left to right, Coxswain Strachan, Motor Mechanic Wiseman, Mrs. Brignall, Coxswain Stanton, Coxswain Roach, Mrs. Oilier, Coxswain Oilier. 54 THE LIFE-BOAT. [JUNE, 1933.

construction had been thought out with such life-boats, and gratefully to acknowledge the thoroughness that I felt that the boat was valuable help rendered to the cause by the just as perfect as human ingenuity can make local committees, honorary secretaries and it. I felt, too, that the new life-boat Lloyd's honorary treasurers." (Applause.) was capable of doing all the work that could be expected of her in the very dangerous Mr. Robert Boothby, M.P. station where she is now situated. But Mr. Robert BOOTHBY, M.P.: My Lord life-boats would be quite useless unless the Mayor, my Lady Mayoress, my Lords, bravery and skill of the life-boatmen were r Ladies and Gentlemen : I feel it a very great available. (Applause.) t It is my duty honour to have been asked to second this to-day to pay tribute to the wonderful work resolution, and I would like, if I might, of the life-boatmen, and to ask you to pass to congratulate the Institution upon the a resolution of gratitude to them for what 1932 report. Three hundred and thirty- they have done during the past year. seven launches and 395 lives saved in one (Applause.) Happily, during the period year is a magnificent record. I think we under review, no life-boatman has been must all agree to that; and already this year, called upon to sacrifice his life in the service in 1933, another 122 lives have been saved of the Institution, although 395 people were from the sea. (Applause.) rescued from wrecks, and it is calculated that I am naturally very pleased that of the 17,000 life-boatmen were afloat during the outstanding services last year two should year, and in many cases under the very have been performed by Scottish life-boats, worst conditions of weather. Could there be and I am still more pleased and proud'that a finer tribute to the skill of those men, the two men from my own constituency, two quality of the life-boats, and the organization Peterhead men, Coxswain Strachan and of the Institution ? (Applause.} Motor-mechanic Wiseman, should be present But I would remind you that there is not —men who performed that great epic of the always immunity from loss of life. Since seas and that magnificent service to an 1850 the Institution's life-boats have saved account of which we listened a few minutes over 41,000 people, but in that period no ago. But, ladies and gentlemen, I hasten to fewer than 250 life-boatmen have laid down say that the life-boat service is no mere their lives in this noble service ; that is to national affair. It is manned so far as Great say, that a life-boatman has lost his life Britain is concerned by the best men in all for every 188 lives saved. Great as has been the four kingdoms. Englishmen, Scotsmen, the bravery of those men in the past, I Irishmen, Welshmen, find it easy enough to believe that there is no lessening of the sink their differences and work together for willingness of the life-boatmen of the present such a cause. As a humble politician, I day to do their share in the magnificent acts should like to say that I wish that we could of heroism which are so characteristic of the all find it as easy to work together in other life-boat service. (Applause.) fields as well. (Applause.) I would remind you, too, that, apart from I think it is remarkable that at such a the life-boatmen themselves, it is evident time of economic depression the revenue that a great organization such as this could should have kept up so well. There is, how- not be carried on successfully without the ever, one misapprehension which an observa- aid of executive officers. To these also we tion made in a previous speech gives me this owe a deep debt of gratitude. Their opportunity to correct, and I should be glad responsibility is very great. Whenever a to do it. It is with regard to flag days. Sir distress message is received the honorary Godfrey Baring said he was thoroughly in secretary of the life-boat station has to favour of flag days. So am I. I think they decide whether his particular life-boat is best are admirable institutions. About a year ago, placed for the required service and whether I think it was, an enterprising press photo- he shall order it to be launched for the grapher went up to Aberdeen in the middle rescue of the shipwrecked crew. In spite of of the summer, when it is light nearly all that responsibility, however, the Institution night, and he took a flashlight photograph of has no difficulty in finding men ready to Union Street, the principal thoroughfare of undertake the task. They are of all classes- Aberdeen, at night, when there was not a retired officers of the Army and Navy, shop- single soul in it, and he printed it with the keepers, doctors, and clergymen of all observation : " Aberdeen on a Flag Day." denominations, and, added to the duties (Laughter.) He distributed those all over they perform in an executive way, many the United Kingdom. I wish to make it of them often help to man the life-boats. quite plain that not only does Aberdeen do (Applause.) better than almost any other city in the In view of what I have told you, I am United Kingdom when it comes to flag perfectly sure that you would wish to join days, but that there is very good reason to with me in thanking them for the splendid suppose that the gentleman who took the help that they have given to the work of the photograph was an Englishman. (Laughter Institution in the past year. I have, there- and Applause.) fore, very great pleasure in moving the I think the reason why the revenue of the following resolution : " That this meeting, Institution keeps up in this remarkable way fully recognizing the important services of at the present time is because the service the Royal National Life-boat Institution in appeals to the imagination as perhaps its national work of life-saving, desires to nothing else appeals in the whole world : record its hearty appreciation of the gallantry adventure, physical courage, high endurance, of the coxswains and crews of the Institution's in defence not of self, not of personal interests, JUNE, 1933]. THE LIFE-BOAT. 55 not even of country, but of the lives of others. PERTH. I am sure it is that combination of adventure, Mr. W. STKACHAN, in recognition of his courage and altruism that appeals to the valuable co-operation for twenty-five years, imaginations of all of us, and particularly of especially as honorary secretary of the the young. Which of us has not read in our branch for the last seventeen years. youth the magnificent stories of the life-boat LONDON. rescues on the Goodwin Sands, and which of Mr. JOSEPH GROSSMAN, of British Inter- us does not keep those stories fresh in his national Pictures, in recognition of the memory ? We know that those stories are valuable help which he has given by the being repeated almost every day ; and every production of the life-boat film " Heroes of week that passes some ten or eleven lives the Sea," as the result of which the Institution are being saved by the life-boats round the has so far benefited by upwards of £1,000. coasts of this country. The Lady Mayoress presented the badges. Ladies and gentlemen, we live on the sea and we live by the sea, and I venture to Mrs. Astley Roberts. suggest this before I sit down—that the day Mrs. ASTLEY ROBERTS : My Lord Mayor, we let our sea services, our seafarers, and my Lady Mayoress, your Excellencies, my perhaps I may add our fishermen, go—the Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen : The resolution day we let them die—we shall imperil our which I have the honour to propose is a very existence. I do not think there is a resolution of thanks to women for their work single man or woman in this hall, or outside on behalf of the life-boat service. There it for that matter, who would not wish to are thousands of them, women of all classes, congratulate the Institution upon a splendid in all parts of the British Isles. I shall ask year of work and service and to wish it well you to thank them all. But I am sure that for the future. (Applause.) you are thinking, as I am, that we owe our The resolution was put to the meeting and first gratitude and admiration to the women, carried unanimously. represented here this afternoon, who take their part in the actual work of rescue. Presentations to Honorary Workers. (Applause.) THK SECRETARY : Since the last annual In the first report of the Institution, when meeting three honorary workers have been it began its work over a century ago, you appointed honorary life-governors of the will find the names only of men. Even Institution, the highest honour which it can among the subscribers there are only a confer on an honorary worker—Miss Lucy dozen names of women. Men founded the Silvester, honorary secretary of the St. Institution. They set it on its way. It was Albans branch; Sir George Mellor, late not until it had been in existence for some chairman of the St. Anne's branch ; and Mr. years that a woman's name first appears in J. M. Mawson, honorary secretary of the its records. That woman was Queen Victoria. Piel (Barrow) branch. She became the Institution's patron when Unfortunately they are none of them able she ascended the throne. to be present this afternoon to receive the A year later another great name appears, vellums, signed by the Prince of Wales, the first woman to win the Institution's recording their appointments. medal for gallantry—Grace Darling. Other Since the last annual meeting sixteen gold women have won medals since ; and there badges, which are given only for distinguished have always been women on the coasts, the honorary service, have been awarded. Seven wives and daughters of the life-boat crews, of the recipients are present this afternoon to who, as launchers, have helped in the work receive them. of saving lives. They have done this for the greater part of a century. They have done CHELSEA. it as a matter of course. They have made The LADY EDITH DRUMMOND, in recogni- no fuss about it. They would be the last to tion of the distinguished work which she has see anything extraordinary in it. We have done for the life-boat service in London for now a younger generation of women who in many years. sport and in work, on land and in the air, SOUTHAMPTON. have set themselves to show that not in Mr. C. J. SHARP, J.P., in recognition of his courage only, but in physical skill and long and valuable co-operation as chairman endurance, they can emulate men. I think of the branch. we may well remind them that they are not BEMBRIDGE. the first, but that in the life-boat service, not Mr. W. COUI.DREY, in recognition of his only their own contemporaries, but the valuable co-operation as honorary secretary contemporaries of their mothers and grand- of the branch for thirty-three years. mothers and great-grandmothers, have always been ready to face wind and weather, the sea BIRMINGHAM. at its angriest, the gales of winter nights at Mr. T. O. GRAY, in recognition of the their most bitter, and to labour side by side valuable work which he has done for the with the men, when lives were in peril at life-boat service, especially as honorary sea. (Applause.) treasurer of the branch. It is these women, represented here by the FOLKESTONE. women of Dungeness, whom I ask you, first of all, to thank. But besides these splendid Miss ETHEL HOPKINS, in recognition of her women, there are thousands of others who valuable co-operation, especially as honorary in a different way are members ^of the life- secretary of the women's auxiliary of the boat service. It is twelve years now since branch. 56 THE LIFE-BOAT. [JUNE, 1938. the Ladies' Life-boat Guild was founded, but and its many hundreds of voluntary members long before then women had been taking an for the work which they have done in raising increasing part in the work of raising funds funds for the life-boat service." (Applause.) for the service. In the first reports, as I have said, you find only the names of men. If Mr. Walter Riggs. you look at the Institution's reports to-day Mr. WALTER RIGGS : My Lord Mayor, my you will find at least as many women as men Lady Mayoress, my Lords, Ladies and among those who are actively working for it. Gentlemen : I feel it a very great honour to For many years now it has been true to say be allowed to second this vote of thanks that the greater part of the Institution's which has just been proposed by Mrs. Astley funds has been raised by the work of women. Roberts. There is certainly no one in the That is as it should be. That is where we United Kingdom who can speak with more can give it our best help. It is the great authority than Mrs. Astley Roberts on the strength of the service that it not only has work of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. She the support of every class, but that its work herself has been markedly successful as is shared between men and women. president of the Eastbourne guild, not only (Applause.) in the work she has carried out herself on I would like to say just a word or two, if I behalf of the Institution, but also in inspiring may be allowed to do so, my Lord Mayor, as others to carry on that good work. As I am one of the Institution's oldest workers—since not a member of the guild, I can say things 1908. I hailed with delight the committee in praise of it which Mrs. Astley Roberts of management's idea of forming the Ladies' would not be able to say. As a member of Life-boat Guild, and the Eastbourne and the committee of management, I have the district guild now has 396 members. As a honour, in the committee's name, to say flag day organizer and collector of many what a very deep and increasing debt of years' experience, I should like to stress three gratitude the Institution owes to the Ladies' points in favour of every woman worker Life-boat Guild and, indeed, to every joining the guild. Firstly, the badge, costing individual member of it. In these times of 2s. 6d., stands as a bond of comradeship financial stress it is very encouraging to see between its members, especially upon occa- that they continue the work with the same sions like this, or at meetings and life-boat enthusiasm and with equally successful conferences. Secondly, it gives confidence to results as in the past. Without the money the corporations.watch committees and police, that is raised by the help of the Ladies' Life- or those who are responsible for official flag boat Guild the Institution would indeed find days in the larger seaport or industrial towns, it a very difficult job to carry on its work and and to the general and ever-generous public, to maintain the efficiency of the life-boat who have the satisfaction of knowing that service round the coast. Sir Godfrey Baring the life-boat flag day is arranged by and left and Mrs. Astley Roberts referred in their in the hands of authorized collectors wearing remarks to the number of flag days that have the official badge of the Institution. Thirdly, been held in Great Britain and Ireland in the that by all joining the guild we women help last year. One interesting point is that no the Institution financially and show in a less than four and three-quarter million con- practical way our high appreciation of its tributions were made to the life-boat boxes on truly national and humane work. those days. That is an enormous number, I should like to read to you part of a letter and when one recollects that practically the which was received by the Institution a short whole of the work was done by members of time ago. It came from a woman on the the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, it will give you East Coast. She is a member of one of some little idea of what that work means on the most famous of our life-boat families—the those days. If that were the only achieve- Hayletts of Caister. Her great-grandfather ment (which it is not by a long way) that the won the Institution's gold medal for great Ladies' Life-boat Guild has done during the gallantry. Her grandfather lost his life in last year it would be one very well worthy of the service. Her father won the silver medal. gratitude and one of which they could be very She wrote : "I have always had a great proud indeed. (Applause.) desire to help the Institution. Life-boats Perhaps, as the honorary secretary of a have always been the chief topic of my station branch, I may be allowed to add a home. From a child I have been brought up personal tribute to the work of the guild. amongst them. If I were a man I would be In the old days it was part of my job to try proud to carry on our family tradition, but to collect money for the funds of the station. my little bit is to try and raise funds. I am That has all changed. The guild does it now. afraid it is only small, but I hope each time There is not a village anywhere in the area of to increase it." (Applause.) the Aldeburgh branch that has not a member We cannot all be members of life-boat of the guild. That member organizes that families with such a great tradition behind particular district. They collect the money, us, but I do believe that it is in this modest and I may say they collect it very successfully. and devoted spirit that women all over the They have in every case more than doubled country, inland as well as on the coast, are any subscriptions that I was able to gather working to-day for the life-boat service. I in. That shows how in these things the ask you to thank them by passing the reso- ladies can do so very much better than we lution which I now have the honour to mere men. I think that my experience is propose: " That this meeting desires to shared by every honorary secretary on the record its sense of the deep obligation of the coast, and it is a remarkable fact that the Institution to the Ladies' Life-boat Guild more one gets interested in and the more JUNE, 1938.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 57

closely one is associated with the life-boat Boothby's plea for conciliation and appease- service, the more one feels what a debt of ment in national affairs, for which I am sure gratitude we owe to the guild. There is no Mr. Boothby does great work in the House of doubt whatever that the Ladies' Life-boat Commons from week to week, and almost Guild is one of the chief financial bulwarks of from day to day. With regard to that the Institution, and I think that the splendid scandalous libel on the great City of Aberdeen record of its achievements in the past must which he has movingly described to us, I be, and indeed will be, an inspiration for their think he was a little mistaken in saying that future effort and further success. I have the photograph was taken at a very early much pleasure, my Lord Mayor, in seconding hour in the morning. What really happened the resolution proposed by Mrs. Astley was this. The photograph was taken on a Roberts. (Applause.) day when there was a house-to-house col- The resolution was put to the meeting and lection and the whole population of the city carried unanimously. were waiting eagerly in their houses for the collector to call in order that they might Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt. make a most generous contribution to the SIR GODFREY BARING : My Lord Mayor, funds. (Loud laughter.) my Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen : It is now I should like to thank Mrs. Astley Roberts my privilege and great pleasure to move the for what she has said about the Ladies' following resolution : " That the hearty Guild and I should like to thank her for the thanks of this meeting be given to the Lord wonderful work which she has done in the Mayor for his kindness in presiding, and to past. She has made Eastbourne one of the speakers at this the hundred and ninth the strongholds of life-boat work. We are annual general meeting of the Royal National deeply grateful to her, not only for speaking Life-boat Institution." to-day, but for her many years of excellent My Lord Mayor, I should like to say that work. I have much pleasure in moving this everyone who is interested in the life-boat resolution of thanks. (Applause.) service (I think we are all interested in it here to-day) is deeply grateful to you for two The Hon. George Colville. things: First of all, for coming here to Mr. GEORGE COLVILLE : My Lord Mayor, preside with such dignity over this excep- my Lady Mayoress, Ladies and Gentlemen : tionally good meeting, and, secondly, for I do not think I can usefully add anything to allowing us to meet in this historic hall, under what Sir Godfrey Baring has said by way of such delightful conditions. Your distin- thanks. The hospitality and charity of the guished predecessors in the past, my Lord Mansion House are proverbial and to-day Mayor, have always supported our cause with has been no exception to the rule. I beg to the greatest readiness and generosity and we second the resolution. are delighted that that tradition .is being The resolution was put to the meeting and carried on by yourself. We are deeply carried unanimously and with acclamation. grateful to you for presiding over our meeting THE CHAIRMAN: Sir Godfrey Baring and this afternoon, and for allowing us to meet in Mr. George Colville, Ladies and Gentlemen : this hall. (Applause.) I sincerely thank you on behalf of all the May I also thank the speakers for the speakers, the sheriffs, the Lady Mayoress, and excellent speeches which have been made myself for the very hearty response which here this afternoon? Sir Percy Mackinnon you gave to that delightful speech. I would is the chairman of that great institution, only add this—that we in the City of London Lloyd's, which has always supported the must see to it, ladies and gentlemen, that we Royal National Life-boat" Institution with are always at the top of the list. (Applause.) the utmost generosity. We were so glad that he was able to move one of these Entertainment of Medallists. resolutions. After the meeting the coxswains and others Th'en I should like to thank Mr. Boothby who had received awards for gallantry were for, if I may say so, the wholly admirable the guests of the management at the and eloquent speech which he made in Palladium. They then visited Northcliffe seconding the resolution. I am certain we House to see the production of the Daily listened with great approbation to Mr. Mail.

Services of Foreign Life-boats to British Vessels in 1932. IT is hoped in future to publish each the course of the year. Three of these year in the summer number of The vessels had stranded; the other six Life-boat, the record of the services of had broken down at sea. The three foreign life-boats to British vessels stranded vessels were refloated, and all during the previous year. The record nine were towed to safety. Ten lives for 1932 is as follows : were rescued from peril. The United State* of America. France. THE life-boat service of the United FRENCH life-boats went to the help States helped nine British vessels in of two British vessels. One was a 58 THE LIFE-BOAT. [JUNE, 1983.

Guernsey steamer which had run ashore in a fog and her crew were landed. in a fog. The life-boat rescued seven Later the trawler herself was refloated people from her. The other vessel was by the English patrol boat Godetia, an English yacht, the owner of which with the help of an Icelandic coast- had been injured by an accident on guard vessel. The Grimsby trawler board, and the life-boat towed her in. went ashore in a heavy gale and snow- storm. She gave her position wrongly Holland. and the two motor boats sent out by A life-boat of the South Holland the National Safety Association re- Society for the Rescue of the Ship- turned without being able to find her, wrecked rescued two men from a but her crew were rescued and the motor racing boat, of Glasgow, which trawler herself refloated by a coast- had caught fire two miles from shore. guard vessel. Belgium. British Services to Foreign Vessels. Two British yachts which were in As already recorded in The Life-boat, difficulties at sea were towed into safety services were rendered last year by by Belgian life-boats. British life-boats to fifteen foreign vessels belonging to nine different Iceland. countries, and 111 lives were rescued THE National Safety Association of from them. Two of the vessels were Iceland went to the help of two English French, two Dutch, two Belgian, two trawlers, one of Hull and one of Swedish, two Norwegian, two from the Grimsby. Republic of Panama, one German, one The Hull trawler had gone ashore Italian and one Spanish.

A Rough Passage. The Jonrney of the St. Ives Motor Life-boat to her Station. By LIEUT.-COMMANDER H. L. WHEELER, R.N., Southern District Inspector. WE left Cowes for St. Ives, Cornwall, with the seas washing over the boat, the at noon on the 18th March. On board spray came over with such force that were Mr. H. F. Osborne, District it was very difficult to keep one's eyes Engineer (South), in charge of the open to steer a compass course. From machinery, Coxswain Thomas Cocking, midday till about 10 p.m. heavy green Junr., of St. Ives, the motor mechanic, seas were frequently shipped, and every- and two men of the St. Ives crew. one was surprised to see how quickly The new boat is one of the light self- the boat freed herself of this water. righting type, 35 feet 6 inches by 9 feet The crew were wet through, and all 3 inches, weighing, with the full crew spare clothing which was in suit-cases, of seven men and gear on board, 7 which were again inside double canvas tons. She is driven by a 35 h.p. engine, bags, and all covered by a large canvas and on trials at Cowes her maximum sheet, was also wet. j speed was just under 1\ knots. The distance from Weymouth is only Rough weather was experienced forty-seven miles, but it took nearly during practically the whole of the fifteen hours to do the trip, and the passage, and on the second day's run exposure told on everyone. after rounding Portland Bill we ran The boat behaved wonderfully, and into a full westerly gale, which con- the crew were delighted with her per- tinued until we reached Brixham just formance, and have the utmost con- before midnight on the 19th March. fidence in her after this trip. The The reading from the coastguard's log mizzen was hoisted during this gale, at Berry Head on this day was " Force and it certainly made the steering easy. of wind, 8 " [a gale], and I think this The lug was set on the run from Brix- is by no means overestimated. There ham to Plymouth, running with the were rain squalls about every twenty wind abaft the beam, and the steering minutes, and at these times, together was again very easy. JUNE, 1933.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 59

of] [Richards, Pewtmce. THE ST. IVES MOTOR LIFE-BOAT AT SEA. Leaving Newlyn Harbour on her passage from Cowes to her station.

By amrtety of] [Negus, Penzamx. FIRST LAUNCH OF THE ST. IVES MOTOR LIFE BOAT.

B* 60 THE LIFE-BOAT. [JUNE, 1933. I cannot speak too highly of the cox- and the average speed for the trip swain and crew. There was never a was 5.6 knots. murmur from start to finish, and they are all pleased the boat has had such a The committee of management sent test. letters of appreciation to Commander We arrived at St. Ives at two in the Wheeler, Mr. Osborne, the coxswain afternoon of the 23rd. The total dis- and navigating party. The coxswain tance run was 236 miles. We were at and navigating party also received sea forty-two hours and twenty minutes extra pay.

A Rescue in an Irish Curragh. ON the 2nd September, 1932, two men was already drowned, but they picked had gone out from Dooey, Co. Donegal, up the other just as, exhausted, he in a curragh, to lift lobster-pots. The was losing his hold on the oar to which wind increased, and a heavy sea he had been clinging. swamped and capsized the curragh. It was a very fine rescue, carried out Their cries for help were heard, and at considerable risk. The two-men two other men put off at once to their rowed about two miles, and must have help in another curragh. It was handled their boat with great skill to described by the district inspector as be able to get a man aboard out of the the most primitive curragh he had ever water without capsizing her. One of seen on the Irish coast. It was 15 feet them, Mr. John McFadden, who served 6 inches by 4 feet, with a depth of only in the Irish Guards during the War, 1 foot 8 inches from gunwale to keel. was badly wounded in the leg and Its ribs were hazel sticks with the bark invalided. He had been a fisherman, still on, tied together with string and but owing to his injury had to give this bits of line, and covered with calico and up and take to work on the land. To tar. Its weight was about 100 Ibs. each of these two men, Mr. John In this curragh the two men rowed McFadden and Mr. Michael Carr, the against wind and tide. They reached Institution has awarded its thanks the scene to find that one of the men inscribed on vellum and £2.

Services of the Life-boats. Reported to the February, March and April Meetings of the Committee of Management. February Meeting. the steamer began to drag her anchor Dunmore East, Co. Waterford.—On and the captain had no charts and did the llth December, 1932, the 4,920- not know where he was, two life-boat- ton steamer Pauline, of Panama, came men were put aboard, and piloted her to anchor in a very dangerous position to a safe anchorage in Waterford in Tramore Bay. She was bound, Harbour. The life-boat arrived back light, from Glasgow to Barry, but had at her station at 11 P.M.—Property had engine trouble when near Holyhead, Salvage Case. become unmanageable, and been driven Fenit, Co, Kerry.—At 8 A.M. on the by an easterly gale towards the Irish 17th December, 1932, the s.s. Co- coast. She was short of coal and food, operator, of Fenit, while bound, with a and her crew of twenty-one were crew of three, from Tralee Canal to exhausted and unable to work the ship. Fenit, encountered a strong S.W. gale She was seen from shore and the motor with a rough sea. She could not make life-boat C. and S. was launched at headway, and dropped anchor, but it 12.30 P.M. in a rough sea to warn the did not hold, and she drifted towards captain of the danger to his ship. some dangerous rocks. She was seen After learning of the Pauline's plight from shore by the honorary secretary the life-boat put back to Dunmore and of the life-boat station, and the motor returned with provisions. Then, as life-boat John A. Hay was launched, JUNE, 1933.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 61 the honorary secretary accompanying arrived back at her station at 10.30 her. The life-boat quickly got along- P.M.—Rewards, £15 10s. side and a life-boatman was put aboard. Then with his help, and with the life- Salcombe, Devonshire.—Just after 6 boat in attendance, the Co-operator P.M. on the 7th January the coast- was taken safely to Fenit Pier. But guard telephoned that a vessel had for the help given by the life-boat the stranded about half a mile west of Co-operator and her crew would prob- Sewer Mill Cove. The motor life-boat ably have been lost.—Rewards, £5 14s. Alfred and Clara Heath found the steam trawler Charter, of Lowestoft, fast Arbroath, Angus.—On the afternoon aground. She carried a crew of ten of the 29th December, 1932, it was and had been fishing out of Plymouth. learned that all the fishing boats had The life-boat stood by until the crew returned to harbour with the exception got ashore and then returned to of the smallest, the White Rose. As the her station, arriving back at 8.40 sea was rough with a moderate S.S.E. P.M. The weather at the time was breeze, the motor life-boat John and fine, with a fresh S.W. wind and a William Mudie was launched at 2.40 ground-swell. Two Looe fishing boats, P.M. She went to the far side of the who had seen the stranding of the bar, where the fishing boat could be trawler, left their fishing to give seen, and escorted her, with her crew information. The masters of these of four, back to harbour.—Rewards, boats were thanked and awarded £ 1 £3 6s. each.—Rewards, £17 9s. Bridlington, Yorkshire.—On the 2nd Barra Island, Hebrides.—The trawler January, while the fishing fleet was at Armana, of Fleetwood, was going out sea, the wind freshened and most of to the fishing grounds on the llth the boats ran for harbour, but three of January, when she ran aground .on a them—Gloaming, Miseltoe and Victory submerged rock. The weather was —which were farther out than the rest, fine and there was no wind, but the stayed to try and get up their lines. motor life-boat Lloyd's was launched at Just after 1 P.M. the wind veered to 1.45 P.M., as it was thought that the S.S.E. and began to blow with gale trawler was holed. She stood by until force. The sea was breaking heavily the Armana refloated and went on her across the bar, and it was decided to way, and then put back to her station, send out the motor life-boat Stanhope which was reached at 3.30 P.M.— Smart. She went to the harbour Rewards, £4 15s. entrance, poured oil on the water to lessen the effect of the sea, and then The Humber, Yorkshire.—At 8.47 escorted each boat in turn safely into P.M. on the 13th January, the Royal the harbour. The life-boat returned to Naval Signal Station reported that a her -station at 4.30 P.M.—Rewards, vessel was ashore one and a half miles £9 5s. north-east of the station. The motor life-boat City of Bradford II was Padstow, Cornwall.—On the evening launched and found that the vessel of the 4th January a S.W. gale was was the steam trawler Tranio, of Hull. blowing with a heavy sea and rain, and She had stranded while bound laden as a small fishing boat, with one man on from the Faroes to Hull, carrying a board, had not returned, it was thought crew of thirteen. A light variable advisable to send a life-boat out to wind was blowing with a slight ground- search. The No. 1 motor life-boat, swell, but a dense fog had settled. John and Sarah Eliza Stych, was The life-boat stood by at the request of launched at 9.10 P.M. After a difficult the captain, and later ran out a kedge search, owing to the fact that the small anchor to be picked up by the tugs boat carried no lights, she found her in which had been sent for. Owing to the Daymer Bay. The man was taken fog the tugs were not able to find the into the life-boat and the boat was trawler, but she refloated on the flood towed back to harbour. But for the tide and went on her way to Hull. life-boat's help the boat and man The life-boat then returned to her would have been lost. The life-boat station and arrived back at 7 A.M. 62 THE LIFE-BOAT. [JUNE, 1933.

She had been on service for ten hours. Arthur R. Dawes was launched at —Property Salvage Case. 9.15 A.M. and escorted all of the cobles into safety. She returned to The Humber, Yorkshire.—The Span- her station at 12.30 P.M.—Rewards, ish steamer Arantzazu, of Bilbao, £10 14s. 6d. stranded six miles south of Haile Buoy on the 14th January, while Aberdeen.—On the 18th January bound laden from Bilbao to Imming- the Aberdeen steam trawler Ben Screel ham. She carried a crew of twenty- was wrecked and the Institution's nine. She wirelessed for help and the life-saving apparatus at Torry helped motor life-boat City of Bradford II was in the rescue of the crew of ten, while launched at 11.45 P.M. A strong and the life-boat stood by.—Rewards, Tony increasing S.S.W. breeze was blowing, life-saving apparatus, £34 17s. 4d.; with a rough sea and patches of fog. Aberdeen No. 1 life-boat, £17 Os. Sd. The life-boat stood by the steamer, and, (A full account of this service appeared at the request of the master ran out in the March issue of The Life-boat.) a kedge anchor. This enabled her to refloat on the flood tide, and then the Aberdeen.—A message was received life-boat escorted her up the Humber to on the 19th January from the coast- safety. The life-boat was out for over guard stating that a vessel was ashore nine-hours, and returned to her station two miles south of Belhelvie coastguard at 9 A.M.—Property Salvage Case. station, and the Aberdeen No. 1 motor life-boat Emma Constance put out at Thurso, Caithness-shire.—During the 7.10 P.M. She found the Hull trawler afternoon of the 14th January, the General Birdwood close inshore, but coxswain reported that a local motor afloat. The trawler was bound for fishing boat, the Victory, had put out Iceland, but, when off Buchaness, had for the fishing grounds off Portskerra picked up an empty boat belonging to at 4 A.M. and had not returned. A the steam trawler Struan, the crew of heavy W.S.W. gale was blowing, with which had been rescued by the Peter- a heavy ground swell and rain, and it head motor life-boat when the vessel was decided to send out the motor was wrecked the day before, and was life-boat H.C.J. to look for her. The making for Aberdeen to leave the boat life-boat was launched at 4.30 P.M. and there. The trawler, which had been after a search found the Victory off signalling for a pilot, was escorted by Sandside. She was heading for Thurso, the life-boat to Aberdeen, where the but the heavy gale and wild sea, and pilot boat took charge of her. The the fact that her engine was not working weather was thick at times and a properly, made it a difficult task. The moderate northerly wind was blowing life-boat stood by and escorted her with a moderate sea.—Rewards, £13 safely into Scrabster Harbour. The 11s. 6rf. life-boat arrived back at her station at 7 P.M. but could not be rehoused on Courtmacsherry Harbour, Co. Cork.— account of the weather, and was left The motor life-boat Sarah Ward and at moorings.—Rewards, £11 3s. William David Crosweller was launched at 8.5 P.M. on the 19th January, during Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.—On ' the a moderate S.S.E. gale with a rough 18th January the Aberdeen trawler sea, to the help of the motor vessel Struan was wrecked, and the crew of Hibernia, of Skibbereen. She had nine were rescued by the Peterhead grounded on the rocks at Courtmac- life-boat.—Rewards, £52 17s. 6d. (A sherry Harbour mouth earlier in the full account of this service appeared in day, while bound with a general cargo, the March issue of The Life-boat.) from Cork to Skibbereen. The life-boat found that her engine had broken down Newbiggin, Northumberland.—On the and that she was fast on a rock. With morning of the 18th January, the some difficulty owing to the shallow coxswain reported that seven of the water and the rocks, her crew of three local motor fishing cobles were at sea were taken off and the life-boat and in danger owing to the very heavy returned, reaching her station again at sea. The pulling and sailing life-boat 9 P.M.—Rewards, £14 Os. 6d. JUNE, 1933.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 63

Moelfre, Anglesey.—The schooner Stonehaven, £17 Is. 6d., Aberdeen, Kate, of Peel, bound to Runcorn from £6 17s. 6d. Looe, with a crew of four and a cargo of china clay, was sheltering in Moelfre Clogher Head, Co. Louth, and Howth, Roads on the 31st January when she Co. Dublin.—2nd January. A steamer caught fire. A whole S.W. gale was was in difficulties but made port with- blowing, with a very heavy sea and out help.—Rewards, Clogher Head, rain. Her distress signals were seen £12 16s., Howth, £11 7s. Sd. from shore, and the motor life-boat Fenit, Co. Kerry.—On 2nd January G.W. was launched at 9.45 P.M. With a wireless message was received that a great difficulty, owing to the fire and steamer, the Heilo, of Oslo, was dis- the gale, the life-boat was manoeuvred abled with a broken rudder sixty-five alongside the schooner and the four miles away in the Atlantic with a men were rescued. Eventually the trawler standing by. A whole W.S.W. schooner burnt to the water's edge and gale was blowing with a very heavy sea. sank. It was not possible to get the The weather was cold with hail squalls, life-boat back on her slipway, and part and visibility was poor. The motor of the crew remained in her at moorings life-boat Peter and Sarah Blake put until the next day, when she was out at two in the morning, steering a rehoused.—Rewards, £18 17s. course by which it was calculated that she would intercept the steamer Whitby, Yorkshire.—Early on the if she were drifting. When she morning of the 3rd February the reached the position given in the fishing fleet went to sea in fine weather, wireless message she cruised about for but about 9 A.M. the sea got up sud- an hour but as she could find no sign denly and made the approach to the of the steamer the coxswain concluded harbour very dangerous for small that she must be in tow of trawlers. craft. Most of the boats had returned She did, in fact, safely make Dingla by then, but three cobles and eleven Bay. The life-boat returned home, motor fishing boats were still out, and arriving at 7.30 in the evening. She the motor life-boat Margaret Harder- had then been out for 17J hours in Smith, was launched at 10.25 A.M. in very severe conditions of weather case her help was needed. She put to and had travelled 140 miles. The sea and escorted the three cobles in. Institution presented inscribed silver She then returned to the harbour watches to Coxswain Thomas Crowley entrance, where she stood by until all and motor mechanic John Doyle, gave the remaining boats had got safely in. additional monetary rewards to them She returned to her station at 3.45 P.M. and each member of the crew, and sent —Rewards, £8 5*. 6d. a letter of appreciation to Mr. Timothy The following life-boats were F. Barrett, the honorary secretary.— launched but no services were rendered Rewards, £42 6s. 6d. for the reasons given : Barra Island, Hebrides.—6th Janu- Ballycotton and Youghal, Co. Cork, ary. A boat was seen two miles out and Helvick Head, Co. Waterford.— in a heavy sea, but she reached shelter 14th-15th November, 1932. Rockets without help.—Rewards, £17 Os. 3d. reported to have been seen at sea but Tor bay, Devon. — 7th January. nothing could be found.—Rewards, Rockets fired from an hotel at Slapton Ballycotton, £15 14s., Youghal, £15 7s. mistaken for distress signals close 6d., and Helvick Head, £12 Is. 6d. inshore.—Rewards, £ 14 Os. 6d. Angle and Tenby, Pembrokeshire.— 21st December, 1932. A steamer in Weymouth, Dorset, — 8th January. distress was taken in tow by another The Fleetwood life-boat on passage to steamer.—Rewards, Angle, £15 17s. 6d., her station had engine trouble, but did Tenby, £15 Os. 6d. not need help.—Rewards, £2 10s. Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, and Padstow, Cornwall.—17th January. Aberdeen.—2nd January. A trawler Searched area where rockets had been wrecked and crew of nine lost before reported but found nothing.—Rewards, her plight was known.—Rewards, £8 Is. 6d. 64 THE LIFE-BOAT. [JUNE, 1933. Walton and Frinton, Essex.—19th was thought advisable to send out the January. Flares were found to have motor life-boat Herbert Joy II to look been from a steamer with her funnel for her. She found the coble about a on fire.—Rewards, £20 185. 6d. mile out, trying to make harbour under Stromness, Orkneys.—24th January sail, and in danger of being swamped. Distress signals reported but no vessel The life-boat went alongside and in distress could be found.—Rewards, escorted her safely back to harbour. £16 Is. The life-boat arrived back at her station at 6.40 P.M.—Rewards, £38 18s. Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk. —24th January. Steamer with sick Eastbourne and Newhaven, Sussex.— man on board asked for the life-boat, On the morning of the 4th February which went to the position given but news was received from the coastguard found nothing.—Rewards, £29 Is. that a steamer was ashore at Crowlink, Ramsgate, Kent.—26th January. A and the Eastbourne motor life-boat steamer stranded on the Goodwin Jane Holland and the Newhaven motor Sands, but got off unaided.—Rewards, life-boat Cecil and Lilian Philpott were £7 16s. 6d. launched at about 8.30 A.M. A moder- ate S.W. gale was blowing, with a March Meeting. moderate sea, fog and rain. The Padstow, Cornwall, and Appledore, Newhaven boat had not gone far when Devonshire.—On the 30th January the she was recalled, as it was learned that s.s. Cambalu, of Liverpool, ran aground the Eastbourne boat was on her way. between Welcombe and Knapps Head, The steamer was found to be a Greek on the Cornish coast, in a dense fog. vessel, the Ellin, of Andros, bound, She was bound, light, from Plymouth laden, from Santa Fe to Hull, and to Mumbles, and carried a crew of nine. carrying a crew of twenty-nine. The A moderate northerly breeze was life-boat stood by all day while tugs blowing, with a moderate sea, and it tried to refloat the Ellin, but their was very cold. The coastguard at efforts were unsuccessful. She returned Hartland Point heard her signals of to her station at 8.15 P.M., and put out distress and told the life-boat authori- again at 9.50 P.M. to stand by all night. ties. The Appledore motor life-boat Next morning the weather became V.C.S. was launched at 3.15 A.M., and worse and twenty of the crew were the Padstow No. 2 motor life-boat taken into the life-boat and landed at Princess Mary at 4.45 A.M., to search Eastbourne, which was reached at for her. At about 7.40 A.M. the Pad- 12.30 P.M. on the 5th. At 2.15 P.M. the stow life-boat saw a red flare, and going life-boat put off once again for the towards it found that the crew of the remainder of the crew, but the captain Cambalu had abandoned their ship and did not wish to abandon his vessel taken to a small boat, but had been entirely, and nine men remained with unable to find shore and were still in him. As tugs were in attendance the danger. They were taken into the life- life-boat then headed for her station, boat and given stimulants. Then, with arriving back at 5.10 P.M. She had been the ship's boat in tow, the life-boat at sea for over twenty-nine hours.— returned to Padstow, arriving back at Rewards, Eastbourne, £78 6s. 9d.; 11.15.A.M. Meanwhile the Appledore Newhaven, £8 15s. life-boat had been cruising round, but Aranmore, Co. Donegal.—On Feb- could find no trace of the vessel, and ruary 6th the s.s. Mango, of Newry, after an exhaustive and fruitless search ran ashore on the rocks off Aranmore, returned to her station, arriving back during a thick fog. A strong S.W. at 12.10 P.M.—Rewards, Padstow, £12 breeze was blowing, a heavy sea was 11s.; Appledore, £29 4s. 3d. running, and it was raining. The Scarborough, Yorkshire.-—Just after motor life-boat William and Laura put 5 P.M. on the 3rd February the coxswain off at 6.40 A.M., but found that the was told that the coble Sabina, with steamer was right up among the rocks. two men aboard, had not returned to It was impossible for the life-boat to harbour. A moderate S.S.W. breeze get alongside, but the steamer's crew of was blowing, with a rough sea, and it nine could get ashore without difficulty, JUNE, 1933.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 65

over the bows. The life-boat stood by Scarborough, Yorkshire.—Three local until all the men were safely ashore, fishing cobles, Kingfisher, Morning and then returned to her station, Star and S. B. Colling, went out arriving there at 10.15 A.M.—Rewards, crabbing on the morning of the 10th £12 185. 3d. February. Shortly afterwards the sea became rough and the motor life-boat Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire—The Herbert Joy II was launched to their motor life-boat Lady Rothes was help. A strong N.E. breeze was launched at 5.15 P.M. on the 9th blowing. The life-boat came up with February, as a telephone message had the Morning Star about one mile to the been received from the coastguard that eastward, handed life-belts to her crew, the local fishing boat Boy Bob had gone and escorted her into harbour. The out early that day to haul her lines off S. B. Colling and the Kingfisher were Gardenstown, and had not returned. then met in turn, and escorted safely She carried a crew of three. A moderate in. While the life-boat crew went N.N.E. breeze was blowing, with a home for dry clothing the S. B. Colling choppy sea and rain showers. When put to sea again to collect some lines, the life-boat was between Sandhaven and as the sea was getting worse the and Rosehearty a light was seen, and life-boat went off again and escorted the Boy Bob was found with her com- her in. The life-boat arrived back at pass and deck fittings carried away by her station at 4.15 P.M.—Rewards, the heavy seas, and her crew at the £19 175. Qd. pumps. The life-boat took the boat and the three men safely back to Montrose, Angus.—During the after- Fraserburgh, arriving there shortly noon of the 10th February anxiety was after 6 P.M. But for her help the boat felt for the safety of the motor fishing and her crew would have been lost.— boat Annie, of Montrose, which had Rewards, £15 9s. put out for the fishing grounds in the morning and had not returned. A Whitby, Yorkshire.—Six motor fish- moderate N.E. breeze was blowing, with ing boats from Whitby put to sea on a very heavy sea. About 4.45 P.M. a the morning of the 10th February. By telephone message was received from the time that they were expected back the lighthouse-keeper at Scurdyness a moderate N.N.E. gale was blowing, that she was in sight about seven miles with a very heavy sea and snow, off the Ness. Darkness was approach- showers, making the entrance into ing, and as the Annie could only cross harbour very dangerous. Before any the harbour bar at great risk the motor of them returned a Scarborough fishing life-boat John Russell was launched. boat was seen approaching and the She came up with the Annie about motor life-boat Margaret Harker Smith three miles out, and her master was was launched at 11.15 A.M. She warned not to attempt the crossing. warned the fishing boat and her skipper He decided to take the chance, how- said that he would make for Scar- ever, and after a severe buffeting borough. The life-boat then remained managed to get into harbour with the alongside the fishquay until 12.45 P.M., life-boat in attendance. The life-boat when she put out again and escorted in arrived back at her station at 6.15 the three Whitby boats, Fortunatus, P.M.—Rewards, £17 14s. 6d. Noel II and Venus. About 3 P.M. the coastguard signalled that the fishing Lowestoft, Suffolk.—At 6.5 A.M. on boat Pilot Me, another Whitby boat, the 16th February the coxswain heard was broken down off Staithes, and the that a sailing trawler was ashore on the life-boat set out once more. She found south beach. He went to the coast- that the Pilot Me had put up sail, and guard look-out, and then to the life- shortly afterwards her engine was got boat pier and saw the trawler on the going again. The life-boat escorted her beach, rolling heavily in a ground back to Whitby. The other two boats swell. The motor life-boat Agnes had meanwhile made Scarborough, and Cross put off at 6.15 A.M. She found the life-boat returned to her station, that the trawler was the Ivanhoe, of arriving there at 4.45 P.M.—Rewards, Lowestoft, and that she was returning £8 55. &d. to port from the fishing grounds, with THE LIFE-BOAT. [JUNE, 1933. a crew of five. She was fast aground, Margaret Harker Smith was launched and straining and bumping hard. As at 5.10 P.M., and put out to meet her. the crew did not wish to leave her the The coxswain warned her skipper that life-boat stood by while a tug tried to the sea was breaking heavily outside refloat her. After an hour and a half the harbour entrance, and the life-boat the tug succeeded in towing her off and then escorted the fishing boat safely into harbour, and the life-boat returned into harbour. She arrived back at her to her moorings, arriving at 9.15 A.M. station at 6.30 P.M.—Rewards, £16 7s. —Rewards, £27 11s. 6d. Plymouth, Devon.—On the morning Thurso, Caithness-shire.—During the of the 18th February a message was afternoon of the 16th February a received from the King's Harbour sudden strong N.N.W. gale got up, Master that Yealm coastguard had with a heavy, broken sea and snow reported that a vessel, apparently showers. The motor life-boat H.C.J. flying distress signals, was anchored was launched at 3.30 P.M., as two about three miles south-west of Mew- local motor fishing boats had gone to stone. A moderate E.N.E. gale was Hoy Head fishing and had not re- blowing, with a rough sea and snow. turned. One of the boats was met The honorary secretary, after making about five miles north-west of Hoborne further enquiries regarding the nature Head and the life-boat escorted her of the signals, decided to send out the until she reached more sheltered water. motor life-boat Robert and Marcella She then went on to search for the Beck, and she left her moorings at other boat. After a long, unsuccessful 8.40 A.M. She found that the vessel search she put into Scrabster to find if was the ketch Ethel Edith, of Faver- the boat had got in, and was just sham, bound light to London, with five setting out again when she was seen persons on board, including the cap- entering the harbour. The life-boat tain's wife. The ketch had had her arrived back at her station at 7 P.M.— sails blown away and was in a helpless Rewards, £11 3s. condition. Her crew were too exhausted Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.—On the to do any work. Some of the life-boat 17th February the local fishing coble crew went 'aboard, and, after three Brothers did not return to port with the hours, managed to lift her anchors. other boats, and a look-out was kept The life-boat then towed her into port. for her. A strong N. breeze was —Rewards, £6 13s. blowing, with a rough sea and snow Scarborough, Yorkshire.—The Scar- showers. Eventually she was seen borough motor life-boat Herbert Joy II about three miles south of Portpatrick, was launched at 12.50 P.M. on the 18th apparently making no headway. The February, as a message had been motor life-boat J. and W. was launched received from the Rurniston coast- at 4.30 P.M., picked up the coble, and guard that a small boat was making towed her, and her crew of three, into very bad weather three or four miles safety. The life-boat arrived back at east of Hurniston. A N.E. gale was her station at 5.30 P.M.—Rewards, blowing, with a very heavy sea. The £3 10s. life-boat found the Scarborough fishing Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the 17th boat Progress about three miles out February the local motor fishing boat and escorted her safely into harbour Pilot Me put out at about 8 A.M. to through a very heavy sea.—Rewards, fish off Marske. During the day the £19 6s. 6d. sea got up and increased considerably Filey, Yorkshire.—The local motor fish- with the flood tide. A strong N. breeze ing cobles Heather and Venture put out was blowing, with showers of snow. on the morning of the 19th February to Some anxiety was felt for the safety of haul crab-pots. The Heather returned the boat and the coxswain telephoned very shortly afterwards, and as a to the honorary secretary of the life- strong N.E. gale was blowing, with a boat station at Staithes to ask if the heavy sea, the pulling and sailing life- Pilot Me had been seen. He replied boat Hollon the Third was launched at that she was then off Staithes, going 11 A.M. to the help of the Venture. south, so the Whitby motor life-boat Life-belts were handed to her crew and JUNE, 1933.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 67

she was then escorted back to safety. Cromer, Norfolk.—The motor life- The life-boat returned to her station at boat H. F. Bailey was launched at 12.30 P.M.—Rewards, £15 19s. 2.5 P.M. on the 1st March, as news had Wfeitby, Yorkshire.—Several fishing been received from the coastguard that boats went to sea early on the morning a vessel was aground on Haisborough of the 21st February, and by noon all Sands. A moderate S.E. breeze was of tibem except the motor fishing boats blowing, with a moderate sea. The Fortwnatus and Pilot Me had returned life-boat found the s.s. Mary Kingsley, to harbour. Later a moderate N.N.E. of London, aground about one and three- gale sprang up, with a rough sea and quarter miles south of the North Middle snow, and it was thought advisable to Haisborough buoy. She was bound, send the motor life-boat Margaret partly laden, from Hull to London, Harker Smith to stand by the two boats. carrying a crew of thirty-seven. The She put off at 1.40 P.M., picked up both coxswain boarded the steamer and her boats about one and a half miles north master said he was waiting for tugs. of Whitby, and escorted them safely When they arrived the life-boat took through the broken water into harbour. ropes across to them, and stood by —Rewards, £8 5s. 6d. until the steamer was refloated at 7.30 P.M. The life-boat remained alongside Scarborough, Yorkshire. — The for another hour, and then returned to motor life-boat Herbert Joy II was her station, arriving there at 12.30 A.M. launched at 11.45 A.M. on the 23rd —Property Salvage Case. February, as a whole N. gale was blowing, with a heavy sea and a snow The following life-boats were blizzard, and some fishing boats were launched, but no services were rendered still at sea. She found the Scarborough for the reasons given : fishing boat S. B. Colling about one Donaghadee, Co. Down.—31st Jan- mile north-north-east of Scarborough, uary. A small boat was blown out to and escorted her safely into harbour. sea, but the life-boat failed to find her. She then put to sea again in the same She was washed ashore on the Ayrshire direction, and met and escorted into coast thirty-six hours later with her safety the Scarborough fishing boat occupant still alive.—Rewards, £20 9s. Progress and the Bridlington motor fishing coble Gloaming. The life-boat Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire.—5th returned to her station at 12.30 P.M.— February. Signals reported at sea, Rewards, £19 6s. 6d. but search revealed nothing. The signals were probably occulting lights Weymouth, Dorset.—Soon after mid- marking the channel in the Ribble night on the 24th-25th February the estuary.—Rewards, £8 17s. 9d. coastguard at Portland Bill telephoned that a vessel was burning flares about Torbay, Devon. — llth February. three- and a half miles south-west of Rockets reported at sea, but nothing the Bill. A moderate S.S.E. gale was could be found.—Rewards, £7 6s. 6d. blowing, a heavy sea was running, and North Sunderland, Northumberland.—• it was snowing. The motor life-boat 14th February. Life-boat put out to William and Clara Ryland was launched meet an incoming fishing boat, which at 1 A.M., and found the s.s. Engineer, came in without waiting for the life- of Newcastle, at anchor about two boat.—Rewards, £12 10s. hundred yards off Chesil Beach. She Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.—20th Feb- was bound with a cargo of stone from ruary. A steamer was drifting with Newlyn to London, but had fouled her damaged steering gear, but repaired it propeller and become unmanageable. and did not require help.—Rewards, She carried a crew of eight. The life- £13 2s. 6d. boat stood by her and at 7 A.M. an Admiralty tug and two H.M. ships Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. — 22nd Feb- arrived and towed the Engineer into ruary. Searched where a rocket was Portland. The life-boat arrived back reported to have been seen, but found at her station at 2.30 P.M., having been nothing.—Rewards, £16 5s. 6d. on service for over thirteen hours.— Walmer, Kent.—23rd February. A Rewards, £19 18s. steamer had stranded at Hope Point, 68 THE LIFE-BOAT. [JUNE, 1933. but refloated without help.—Rewards, almost up-ended, and the coxswain £26 4s. Sd. thought her bottom had been knocked Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire.—24th in, but she got away undamaged. February. Two seaplanes stranded This was just after seven in the evening. but their crews got safely ashore.— She made a thorough search, but could Rewards, £7 16s. 6d. find no trace of the steamer, and put into Falmouth at 1.80 next morning. Hoylake, Cheshire.—24th February. Here she learned that the steamer had Two men in a boat were seen to be in succeeded in anchoring and was no difficulties, but managed to get ashore longer in need of help. The life-boat when their boat grounded.—Rewards, returned to her station later in the day. £18 15s. Qd. The crews of the life-boats at Cadgwith, Redcar and Tees mouth, Yorkshire.— Penlee and Plymouth were also 24th February. A steamer sent out an assembled in case they were needed, SOS, but cancelled it after the life- but did not launch. The institution boats had left. The chief inspector of made extra monetary awards to the life-boats and the district inspector of crew at The Lizard, and sent a letter of life-boats were on board the Teesmouth appreciation to the secretary of-the life-boat. The life-boat crews at station, the coxswain and crew.— Runswick, Whitby and Hartlepool also Rewards, The Lizard, £26 2s. Qd.; assembled. The master of the steamer Cadgwith, £4 9s. Qd.; Penlee, £1 15s.; expressed his thanks and sent a and Plymouth, 17s. Qd. donation.—Rewards, Redcar, £19 Is.; Teesmouth, £17 17s.; Runswick, £4 April Meeting. 17s. Qd.; Whitby, £2 19s. Dunbar, Haddingtonshire, and St. Hartlepool, Durham.—24th-25th Feb- Andrews, Fifeshire.—On the 27th De- ruary. Following the above assembly cember the steam trawler Ebor Abbey, the life-boat launched to a steamer in of Aberdeen, ran aground on the Carr difficulties, but she reached the Tees Rocks, Fife Ness, while bound with a unaided.—Rewards, £15 9s. 6d. crew of nine to Granton for bunker coal. A light to moderate W.S.W. breeze was Wicklow, Co. Wicklow. — 24th-25th blowing, with a smooth sea and fog. February. Failed to find a dredger in The news was received from the coast- distress on the 24th, but went out again guard and the Dunbar motor life-boat next morning, only to find that she did George and Sarah Strachan and the St. not then need help.—Rewards, £28 Andrews pulling and sailing life-boat 4s. Qd. John and Sarah Hatfield were launched Montrose, Angus. — 25th February. soon after 6 P.M. The life-boats found Report received that a vessel was the trawler surrounded by rocks and ashore, but she could not be found.— unable to move until the tide came in. Rewards, £23 Os. Sd. She had a big list and there was a risk The Lizard, Cadgwith and Penlee, that she might turn over. The life- Cornwall, and Plymouth, Devonshire.— boats stood by until, at about 11.30 On the 5th March the Italian steamer P.M., the trawler refloated, and finding Eleno sent out a wireless message that that no serious damage had been done, her engines had broken down, that she went on her way. Both life-boats then was drifting ashore, and wanted help. returned to their stations, Dunbar She was found about six miles W.S.W. arriving back at 2.40 A.M., and St. of the Lizard. A whole S.W. gale was Andrews at 2.30 A.M.—Rewards, Dun- blowing, with a very heavy sea which bar, £14 19s.; St. Andrews, £40 2s. Qd. was breaking a mile from the shore and Kingstown, Co. Dublin. — On the running with great weight into the morning of the 24th February the cove. It was raining heavily and dredger Sisyphus, of Dublin, which was visibility was poor. The risk of anchored in the harbour, signalled for launching was great, but the coxswain help. A strong to whole E.S.E. gale and crew insisted on making the was blowing, a very heavy sea was attempt. As the motor life-boat running and it was snowing. The motor Frederick H. Pilley left the slipway a life-boat Dunleary put off at noon and very heavy sea struck her. She was found that two of the dredger's three JUNE, 1933.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 69 moorings had parted. The life-boat an additional reward of 10s. to each stood by the dredger in case her help member of the life-boat crew.—Re- should be needed until 4.45 P.M., and wards, £13 9s. then, at the request of the harbour Dunmore East, Co. Waterford.—On master, she landed the crew of three. the 28th February the local motor She could not return to her moorings, fishing boat Sirius, with two men on however, on account of the gale and the board, was seen to be in distress to the fact that the boarding boat had been north-east of Dunmore. Her engine capsized, so she remained in the had broken down and she was drifting harbour until 9 A.M. next day. The on to the rocks before a strong S.E. gale was the worst known at Kingstown wind. The sea was moderate. The for seventeen years, the wind being motor life-boat C. and S. was launched officially registered at ninety miles an at 11.45 A.M. and came up with the hour. A letter of appreciation was sent Sirius when she was within one hundred to Mr. T. L. M. Fuge, district organizing yards of the rocks. She took her in tow secretary, for his personal attendance and brought her safely back to harbour, at the life-boat station on this occasion, which was reached at 12.45 P.M. Had when the honorary secretary and the life-boat not gone to the rescue so district inspector were absent, and for promptly the fishing boat would un- his endeavours to get information doubtedly have been lost on the rocks. through to Wicklow regarding another —Rewards, £5 14s. casualty.—Rewards, £13 19s. Qd. Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- Tynemouth, Northumberland.—On the folk.—On the 1st March the s.s. 25th February the s.s. Eilandi, of Commandant Charles Meric, of Bay- London, while sheltering from a storm onne, ran aground on the Cross Sand behind the south pier, and trying to while bound from the Tyne to Bordeaux repair her damaged steering gear, was with a cargo of coal. She carried a crew driven across the harbour mouth and of thirty. There was very little wind, stranded on the Black Midden rocks. but the sea was very heavy on the She carried a crew of eight and was sands, and there was a thick fog. She bound with a cargo of coal from the wirelessed for help, the coastguard Tyne to Par. A whole S.E. gale was passed the news to the coxswain, and blowing, with a heavy sea and snow the motor life-boat John and Mary showers, when the motor life-boat Meiklam of Gladswood was launched at Henry Frederick Swan was launched at 4.50 P.M. With some difficulty the life- 9.40 A.M. The coxswain dropped boat got alongside the steamer, and anchor and veered down to the Eilandi, some life-boatmen were put on board. and then got a line aboard with the Her master thanked them and gave line-throwing gun, but the crew would over the command to them to get the not leave by this means. Although vessel off the sands. After much unable to approach the steamer on the manoeuvring the steamer was refloated leeside owing to lack of water, the on the flood tide, the life-boatmen coxswain, after great difficulty, ma- piloted her clear of the sands, and she noeuvred the life-boat alongside her and went on her way. The coxswain then six of the crew jumped safely into the took his men off and the life-boat life-boat. The master and the remain- returned to her station, arriving there ing man fell into the sea in making the at 10.47 P.M.—Property Salvage Case. attempt, but were quickly pulled Dunmore East, Co. Waterford.—The aboard. The life-boat then returned to local motor fishing boat Sirius, with her station, arriving there at 11.5 A.M. two men aboard, which the life-boat In making the rescue the life-boat was had saved from destruction a few days carried by a big sea against the side of earlier, got into difficulties again on the the Eilandi, and sustained some damage 2nd March. She was fishing about two to her stern and gunwale. Owing to miles north-east of Dunmore when her the state of the weather a watch was propeller was fouled by the nets, and kept until the afternoon of the 26th. she began to drift. A strong S.E. breeze This service was well and quickly was blowing, with a rough sea, and it carried out and the committee granted was raining. The motor life-boat 70 THE LIFE-BOAT. [JUNE, 1933.

C. and S, was launched at 2.50 P.M., The Humber, Yorkshire.—At 11 P.M. and found her very close to the rocks. on the 1st April the life-boat watchman One of her crew had fallen overboard reported that a vessel had stranded on and nearly been drowned. The life- the Inner Binks. A N.W. to W. wind boat towed the fishing boat into harbour was blowing, with a rough ground sea. and arrived back at her station at The motor life-boat City of Bradford II 4.10 P.M.—Rewards, £4 3s. found the steam trawler Lord Hare- Whitehills, Banffihire.—On the morn- wood, of Grimsby, rolling heavily and ing of the 3rd March the coxswain was thumping on the bottom. She was told that a fishing boat had been seen bound, laden, with a crew of twelve, in difficulties. As it was known that the from the fishing grounds to Grimsby. local motor fishing boat Gowan, with The life-boat dropped anchor and stood four men on board, was overdue from by until daybreak. She then passed the fishing grounds, it was decided to tow-ropes from the trawler to a tug that launch the motor lifeboat Civil Service had arrived to refloat her. After the No. 4., and she put out at 12.15 P.M. tug had pulled for half an hour the tow A strong easterly gale was blowing, parted, and this left the trawler in a with a heavy sea, and it was raining. very dangerous position. The life-boat, The life-boat found the Gowan about however, managed to pass another three and a half miles north by west of hawser between the two vessels, and Whitehills. Her engine had broken eventually the trawler was refloated. down, and she was drifting helplessly. Her skipper was very grateful for the She was taken in tow and brought life-boat's help. The life-boat arrived safely into harbour, which was reached back at her station at 7.30 A.M., having at 1.45 P.M.—Rewards, £8 2s. 3d. been on service for over eight hours.— Property Salvage Case. Whitby, Yorkshire.—Early on the morning of the 4th March six local Easington, Yorkshire.—The Grimsby motor fishing boats—Fortunatus, Galli- trawler Sea Lion, carrying a crew of lee, Mizpah, Noel, Pilot Me and Venus nine, ran ashore at Dimlington early on —-put oft to the fishing grounds. By the morning of the 2nd April. A gentle 8 A.M. the sea had become rough, and N.W. breeze was blowing, but there was the river was running strongly into the a heavy swell on the beach. The harbour, making the entrance into pulling and sailing life-boat Docea harbour very dangerous. The motor Chapman was launched at 7.30 A.M. life-boat Margaret Harker Smith was She stood by the trawler until 10.30 launched at 10.10 A.M. and stood by A.M. and then returned to her station, outside the entrance until eleven o'clock, as her services were no longer required. when the Gallilee came in sight and was —Rewards, £21 15s. escorted safely home. She then put out again and met and escorted in all Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—On the even- the other boats, returning to her station ing of the 9th April the coastguard at 2.5 P.M.—Rewards, £8 5s. Qd. telephoned that a yacht was in diffi- Girvan, Ayrshire.—On the morning culties one mile S.W. of Clacton pier, of the 23rd March the coxswain was and the motor life-boat Edward Z. told that the small local motor fishing Dresden was launched at 7.45 P.M. A boat Clarinda, with four men on board, light N.W. breeze was blowing and the had not returned with the rest of the sea was smooth. The life-boat found fleet from the Ballantrae Banks. A the yacht to be the Amy, of West moderate S.E. gale was blowing, with Mersea, with three men and two a heavy sea, and great anxiety was felt women on board. She had been for her safety. The motor life-boat aground twice, was leaking very badly, Lily Glen-Glasgow was launched at 11 and was in a sinking condition. The A.M. and found the Clarinda near life-boat rescued the five persons, and Bennane Head, about seven miles then, with two life-boatmen on the from Girvan. She towed her safely yacht continuously baling, the yacht back to harbour, and arrived back at was towed back to Clacton and beached. her station at 2 P.M.—Rewards, £6 The life-boat arrived back at her 17«. 6d. station at 9 P.M.—Rewards, £11. JUNE, 1933., THE LIFE-BOAT. 71

The following life-boats were Dunmore East, Co. Waterford.—15th launched, but no services were rendered March. What was thought to be a boat for the reasons given : flying a distress signal was found to be a weighted pole with a flag attached.— Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, and Don- Rewards, £13 11s. 6d. aghadee, Co. Down.—25th February. A steamer stranded, but of the people Ramsgate, Kent.—17th March. A on board some were taken off by barge drove into the harbour and another vessel and others reached the stranded, but her crew got safely shore over the rocks.—Rewards, Port- ashore. -Rewards, £8 5s. patrick, £7 12s.; Donaghadee, £20 9s. Baltimore, Co. Cork.—At 4.50 A.M. Wick, Caithness-shire; Cromarty, on the 17th March a telephone call was Cromartyshire; Whitehills, Banffshire, received from Dublin that Valentia and Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.—25th Wireless Station had reported a trawler February. An SOS was picked up by in distress twenty-five miles S.S.W. of Wick Radio Station, but no casualty Mizen Head. A strong W.S.W. breeze was found, although each life-boat was blowing, with a rough sea and searched a separate area.—Rewards, showers of rain. The motor life-boat Wick, £8 15s. 6d.; Cromarty, £20 9s. ; Shamrock was launched at 5.30 A.M., but Whitehills, £16 Is., and Fraserburgh, failed to find the trawler, and eventu- £23 5s. 6d. ally put in to Crookhaven for further in- formation. There was none, so the life- Stromness, Orkney.—27th February. boat returned to her station, arriving A trawler ran ashore and sank, but her there at 5 P.M. She had been out on crew reached safety in their own boat. service for eleven and a half hours. It —Rewards, £7 16s. Qd. was learned later that the trawler, which had lost her propeller, had been Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. — 27th towed by another vessel into Berehavenj February. A trawler stranded, but It was a long and arduous service, and her crew were landed by the life- an additional reward of 10s. was given saving apparatus company.—Rewards, to each of the crew.—Rewards, £17 5s. £13 19s. 6d. St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—A wireless Flamborough, Yorkshire.—1st March. message was received from a French A steamer ran on the rocks, but when ship in difficulties, but no trace of her the life-boat reached her she found could be found.—Rewards, £13 11s. 6d. that the master did not wish to leave. Heavy seas struck the life-boat, flinging Barry Dock, Glamorganshire.—20th her against the steamer, and one of her March. A man in a small boat was in crew was thrown into the sea, but was distress, but was helped by a tug.— saved.—Rewards, £28 3s. 6d. Rewards, £4 8s. 6d. Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.— Youghal, Co. Cork.—21st March. A 4th March. A Dutch vessel was salmon yawl capsized, but before the wrecked on Blackwater Bank, but life-boat could reach her two of her another vessel rescued the crew.— crew had been picked up by another Permanent crew, Rewards, £2 6s. 6d. boat and the other two had been drowned.—Rewards, £15 7s. 6d. Plymouth, Devon.—6th March. A tug stranded and her crew jumped on to B o u 1 m e r, Northumberland. — 23rd the breakwater, from which they were March. A Beadnell fishing coble was landed by a pilot cutter's boat.— overdue, but reached safety unaided.— Rewards, £13 11s. 6d. Rewards, £9 10s. Newhaven, Sussex.—8th March. A St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—25th March. fishing boat went ashore under Peace- Rockets had been reported, but no haven cliffs, but the rocket apparatus vessel in distress could be found.— was in attendance.—Rewards, £15 18s. Rewards, £13 16s. 6d. 72 THE LIFE-BOAT. [JUNE, 1933. H.R.H. The Prince George, K.G., at Shoreham Harbour. Inaugural Ceremony of the New Motor Life-boat. H.R.H. THE PRINCE GEOKGE, K.G., The inaugural ceremony took place G.C.V.O., R.N., named the new motor in the presence of some 3,000 people life-boat at Shoreham Harbour, Sussex, immediately after Prince George had on 15th March last. This is the eighth opened the new lock at Shoreham. motor life-boat which he has named. The Lord Leconfield, Lord-Lieutenant of In 1928 he named the life-boats at Sussex, presided, and after Commander Stromness and Longhope in the Ork- E. D. Drury, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R., neys ; in 1929 the Southend-on-Sea, chief inspector of life-boats, had de- Essex, life-boat; in 1930 the life-boats scribed the boat, Sir Godfrey Baring, at Walton-on-the-Naze and Clacton- Bt., chairman of the Institution, pre- on-Sea, Essex ; in 1931 the Newhaven, sented her to the branch on behalf of Sussex, life-boat, and in 1932 the the donors and the Institution. The Aldeburgh, Suffolk, life-boat. boat was accepted by the Right Hon. A life-boat station was first estab- the Earl Winterton, P.C., M.P., presi- lished at Shoreham in 1865, and it has dent of the branch, and was dedicated rescued forty-eight lives. It was closed by the Bishop of Lewes (the Right in 1924, owing to the silting of the Rev. H. M. Hordern, M.A.). harbour, but as, during the next five The Prince's Speech. years, there was a great improvement Before naming the life-boat, Prince in the condition of the harbour, and George said : the harbour bar had disappeared, the " I am very glad to be here to-day, station was reopened and a motor life- and again to pay my tribute of admira- boat was placed there in 1929. This tion to the life-boat service. I have boat was of the Watson type, 40 feet by seen it now on many parts of the im- 11 feet, with a 40 h.p. engine, which mense coast of the British Isles—in had previously been stationed at Wey- the Orkneys, on the East Coast, and mouth. This year this boat has been once before on the coast of Sussex, replaced by a larger and more powerful when, two years ago, I named the boat of the same type built for the Newhaven motor life-boat. station. She is 41 feet by 11 feet 8 " The more I see of the service, of the inches. On service, with crew and gear men who man its boats, and of the on board, she weighs just over 15 tons. men and women who as honorary She is divided into five water-tight com- workers take a generous part in the partments, and is fitted with 145 air- organization of the service on land, cases. She has twin-screws, driven by the more I realize what a great place two 35 h.p. engines. The engine-room the life-boats have in our national life. is a water-tight compartment, and each " I have seen, too, how great every- engine is itself water-tight, so that it where is the local pride in the life-boat, could continue running even if the so that I can understand and share your engine-room were flooded. Her speed satisfaction in Shoreham that you once is just over 8 knots, and she carries more have a life-boat station. I am enough petrol to be able to travel 139 sure that with this new boat the Shore- miles at full speed without refuelling. ham life-boatmen will add new honours She carries a crew of eight, and in rough to the splendid record of the Sussex weather can take fifty people on board. stations. She has two cock-pits, a line-throwing " Your part as men of Sussex in the gun, and an electric search-light, and life of the sea must be as old as England is lighted by electricity. herself, but there is nothing in that long This boat has been built out of a history of seafaring which does the legacy of £4,000 received from the late county greater honour than the record Mrs. Rose Lord, of South Kensington, of its life-boat stations. Since 1850 and a gift of £1,200 from Mr. W. the life-boatmen of Sussex have res- Holdsworth Lunn and Mr. C. F. S. cued 875 lives. They have won thirty- Perowne, this sum having been collected two medals for gallantry. A splendid on board the steam yacht Argonaut record ! and the B.M.S. Dunottar Castle. " In the honour of that record the JUNE, 1933.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 73

By courtesy of] [Central News. PRINCE GEORGE IN THE SHOREHAM HARBOUR MOTOR LIFE-BOAT.

By eourtoy of] [J. F. Seaman, Scarborough. A LAUNCH THROUGH THE SNOW. The Scarborough motor life-boat being taken out in a blizzard on February 23rd. (See page 67.) T4 THE LIFE-BOAT. [JUNE, 1§88. whole county shares—the men who was then launched and Prince George man the boats, the men and women went afloat in her. who work for the service, the men and Among those present at the cere- women who give to its funds. In that mony were the Duchess of Norfolk, honour the generous donors of this new a vice-patron of the Ladies' Life-boat boat, and those whose names it bears, Guild, the Duke of Norfolk, president will now also have their share." (Loud of the Arundel branch, Mr. Holdsworth applause.) Lunn, one of the donors of the boat, A vote of thanks to Prince George was Dr. Phyllis Lunn, after whom the proposed by the chairman of the Shore- boat is in part named, Mr. V. G. North, ham Urban District Council (Mr. E. T. the honorary secretary of the Shore- Corbyn) and seconded by Mr. Harold ham Harbour station, the divisional Brown, J.P., chairman of the branch. inspector of coastguards and Lieut.- Prince George named the life-boat Colonel C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., Rosa Woodd and Phyllis Lunn and secretary of the Institution. wished her and her crew God-speed on The singing was led by the choir of every journey which they made to the Lancing College and accompanied by succour of the shipwrecked. The boat the band of the Welsh Guards.

Inaugural Ceremony of the Aberystwyth Motor Life-boat. THE inaugural ceremony of the new Lieut.-Commander G. R. Cousins, motor life-boat was held at Aberystwyth D.S.C., R.N., district inspector of life- on 20th April, in the presence of a large boats, described the boat and, ori behalf audience. The Earl of Lisburne, Lord- of the donor and the Institution, pre- Lieutenant of Cardiganshire, the Bishop sented her to the branch. of St. David's and the Mayor and The life-boat was accepted by the Mayoress of Aberystwyth took part in Mayoress of Aberystwyth (Mrs. P. B. the ceremony. Guards of honour were Loveday) and dedicated by the Bishop formed of boy scouts, girl guides and of St. David's (the Right Rev. D. L. members of the fire brigade, and the Prosser, D.D.), assisted by the Rev. singing was led by the Chor Y Castell, T. A. Roberts, M.A. (vicar of Holy accompanied by the town band. Trinity and the Mayor's chaplain) and There has been a life-boat station the Rev. R. J. Pritchard, M.A., repre- at Aberystwyth since 1862. It has senting the Free Church Council. In had five pulling and sailing life-boats, the course of his address the bishop which have rescued fifty-two lives. said: " When the call comes for The motor life-boat replaced a pulling service, the life-boatmen never ask: and sailing life-boat last year. She is ' Am I expected to go ? ' Their minds of the light self-righting type, 35 feet are made up. They go without hesita- 6 inches by 8 feet 10 inches, specially tion. We should all go through life designed for stations where the life- more happily and more securely if, like boat has to be launched off a carriage the life-boatmen, we remembered that or the open beach. This type of life- we too have duties which allow for no boat is fully described on page 76. hesitation." This boat has been built out of a gift The life-boat was then named Fred- from the estate of the late Mr. Frederick erick Angus by Mrs. Angus, the widow Angus, of Poole, Dorset. of the donor. The Earl of Lisburne presided. He Thanks to the Donor. gave a short history of the station, The Mayor of Aberystwyth (Alder- pointed out that in its seventy-one man P. B. Loveday) proposed a vote years it had had only three honorary of thanks to those taking part in the secretaries, and paid a tribute to the ceremony. In the course of it he said work of the present honorary secretary, to Mrs. Angus: " We are specially Lieut.-Colonel J. C. Rea, and the pres- indebted to you, who have come a long ent coxswain, David Williams, who was distance to name the life-boat. We also appointed in 1891, so that he has served thank you for the part you played in as coxswain for forty-two years. making it possible for the Aberystwyth JUNE, 1983.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 75 branch to possess such a fine life-boat. At the end of May Mrs. Angus enter- Your husband's memory will be kept tained the crew and some of the mem- alive in this town by this splendid gift." bers of the committee to supper. The The vote of thanks was seconded by mayor, as chairman of the branch, Alderman T. H. Edwards, and the presided, and a telegram of thanks was life-boat was then launched. sent to Mrs. Angus.

Shoreboat Services. For which Rewards were given at the February, March and April Meetings of the Committee of Management. Dooey, Co. Donegal.—The institution had recovered by the evening, but the awarded its thanks inscribed on vellum two who had been found floating face and £2 to each of two men, Mr. John downwards never recovered conscious- McFadden and Mr. Michael Carr, for ness. But for the prompt action of the rescuing a man who had been thrown men in the boat in going to the rescue into the sea from a capsized curragh and getting the women ashore for first on 2nd September. (A full account of aid, it is probable that two others this service appears on page 60.) would also have lost their lives.—• Rewards, £2. Llanelly, Carmarthenshire.—While returning from fishing at about 1 P.M. Tenby, Pembrokeshire.—On the after- on the 12th December, 1932, four men noon of February 7th a man in a small saw several cockle-women on a slag bank pulling boat found himself unable to in the Burry estuary who had been regain the shore against a strong north- cut off by the rapidly rising tide. westerly wind and ebb tide. He They went to their help at full speed. signalled for help, and the signal was Two women standing on the slag bank seen by the coastguard at Caldey were calling for help and pointing to Island. Two other men in a motor two other women who were struggling boat went to his help, took him on in the water. These two were sub- board, and towed his boat into Tenby. merged except for their heads when —Rewards, 15s, the boat arrived, and were picked up Aith, Shetland.—During the evening exhausted and helpless. The rescuers of the 14th March information was then found two other women floating received from the Lerwick coastguard face downwards in the water. The that a motor boat, manned by two men, first was got into the boat, where she had been seen in St. Magnus Bay. As collapsed. The other was unconscious. the sea was heavy, with a strong N.W. She was an exceptionally big woman, breeze blowing, it was thought that and in attempting to get her into the the boat might need help and it was boat -the men nearly capsized it. arranged that a motor boat should go Holding her head above water, they out to look for her at daybreak. The towed her to the side of the river, and motor boat, manned by three fishermen, were then successful in getting her on left about 5.30 A.M. She was out for board. The boat then returned to the seven hours, but returned without slag bank and rescued the two women finding the boat. It was found after- who were still there. It was impossible wards that the engine of the boat seen to do anything to revive the women in in the bay had broken down, but the the boat, but they were landed with all boat had made safety with the help of speed. Two of the women were able, a torn sail.—Rewards, £3, and 7s. Qd. with help, to walk home. Two others for fuel used.

The Portrait on the Cover. THE portrait on the cover is of Mr. was on war service. He has taken Harry Finch, who has been a member part in 45 life-boat services. Since of the life-boat crew at Walton and he became a member of the crew the Frinton, Essex, since May, 1907, except Walton and Frinton station has rescued for the years 1914 to 1918, when he (excluding the years of war) 105 lives. 76 THE LIFE-BOAT. [JuNE, 1933. Motor Life-boats of the Institution. No. 4.—The 35-feet 6-inches Self-righting Type.

UNTIL 1921 all the Institution's motor Her weight, with crew and gear on life-boats were of a weight which made board, is 6 tons 14 cwt. The first it necessary that they should either lie experimental boat was 35 feet by 8 afloat or be launched down a slip-way. feet 6 inches. This was increased to In that year, the first boat was sta- 35 feet 6 inches by 8 feet 10 inches. In tioned at Eastbourne of a new type, the latest boats of the type it has been which was sufficiently light to be found possible to increase the beam launched off a carriage or the open to 9 feet 3 inches, thus adding con- beach. This boat was experimental. siderably to the stability of the boat, She was followed by another, an im- although without diminishing her self- provement on the first boat also righting power, and in future boats of experimental, which was stationed at the type the beam will be still further Scarborough in 1923. increased to 9 feet 6 inches. The difficulty in designing this new This type is built with a double type was to get her sufficiently light skin of mahogany, keel of teak, ribs for launching and at the same time to of Canadian rock-elm, stem and stern keep her construction sufficiently strong. posts of English oak, and air-cases of The first experimental boat was just Columbian red cedar, which is now under 7 tons, with crew and gear on being used instead of white deal as board. The second was over a ton being a lighter wood. She is divided lighter, 5 tons 17 cwt., but after into six watertight compartments and experience with her it was found is fitted with 110 air-cases. She has necessary to strengthen her framework. twenty-four relieving scuppers and these Then in 1929 a third boat was built, can free her entirely of water in 20 with important modifications. This boat seconds. If she is bottom up she can was stationed at Hythe, Kent, and with right herself in 4J seconds. her the experiments had reached a suc- The first boats of the type were fitted cessful conclusion. There have been with 35 h.p. engines built for racing minor modifications since, but theHythe cars, but these were not found very boat is the standard to which the Insti- satisfactory, and as a result of this tution has since built this light type. experience with them the Institution 3S—6 x Q-3 S RTYPE MOTOR LIFEBOflT ST IVES GENERAL ARRANGEMENT * SECTIONS (AS FITTED]

OUTSIDE LIFELINES 78 THE LIFE-BOAT. [JUNE, 1938.

has designed its own engine. It is a speed, so that she can travel 106 miles 6-cylinder high-speed engine running at full speed without refuelling. at 3,300 revolutions a minute, as com- The boat is fitted with a drop keel, pared with 1,200 revolutions a minute and carries a fore lug and jib which in the 60 h.p. and 40 h.p. engines used can be used either with the engine in the larger types of life-boat. It running or as auxiliary power in the develops 35 h.p. with a combined event of any failure of the engine. self-contained reduction gear, giving a She carries a crew of from seven to propeller speed of 900 revolutions a ten men and in rough weather can take minute. The engine is water-tight, and thirty people on board. would continue running even when Since the Hythe boat of this type entirely submerged, for the air-intakes was completed in 1929 more life-boats are well above the water-line even when have been built of this type than of the boat herself is water-logged. any other, and it has made it possible The maximum speed is 7£ knots, to replace pulling and sailing life-boats and, as with all the Institution's motor with motor life-boats at a large number life-boats, there is a great reserve of of stations where, owing to the launch- power, so that the maximum speed can ing conditions, it was impossible to place be maintained even in very severe motor life-boats of the heavier types. weather. The boat carries 48 gallons of There are now ten of this type on the petrol, and the engine's consumption is English coast, four on the Scottish, three just under 3J gallons an hour at full on the Irish and one on the Welsh coast. The Institution's First Statement of Accounts. Statement of the Receipt and Expenditure of the Royal National Life-boat Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, to March 1, 1825. Dr. CT. 1825 1825 March 1 £ s. d. March 1 £ s. d. To amount of Donations and By advertisements paid to this day 470 10 11 Subscriptions received to Stationery and Printing .. 205 16 9 this day 9706 Rent and Furniture .. .. 224 17 9 Interest on Exchequer Bills 120 Clerks, Postage, Porterage, etc. 442 7 0 Rewards 466 7 9 £5000 3 per cent Reduced .. 4756 5 0 £2500 Exchequer Bills . . 2607 7 1 Balance at Bankers' . . 652 14 3 £9826 6 6 £9826 6 6 London, March 1, 1825. T. A. CURTIS ] H. SIKES [-Auditors. WM. THOMPSON ] Memorandum. The Committee are under engagements for Life-boats, Apparatus, etc., which it is estimated will amount to ...... £3750 0 0 Readers of The Life-boat will be interested to compare this statement of accounts for the first year of the Institution's work with the statement on pages 96-99 of the income and expenditure in 1932. Carrying on though Crippled. IN the last issue of The Life-boat two was still not sufficiently recovered, nine cases were recorded of ladies who had months later, to be present at the annual continued their work for the life-boat meeting of the institution to receive service when crippled by serious acci- the vellum recording her appointment dents. There is a third to be added to as an honorary life-governor of the them. Miss Silvester, the honorary institution, but in spite of her injuries secretary of the St. Alban's and Har- she has continued to look after the penden branch, was very seriously work of the branch. The subscriptions injured in a motor accident at the end of the branch have remained the same of July, 1932, and Miss Leishman, the as in the previous year, and life-boat honorary secretary of the St. Alban's day in St. Albans raised £196 as Ladies' Life-boat Guild, was badly hurt compared with £188 in the previous in the same accident. Miss Silvester year. JUNE, 1933.] THE LIFE-BOAT.

The Institution's Expenditure at a Glance.

How each £100 of the Institution's Expenditure was laid out in 1932.

£ s. d. 29 16 0 Mi^HHa>BHMi^BBBBBH*HMB Construction and Repair of Life- boats, Carriages and Tractors.

19 12 0 ^ M Payments to Life-boat Crews ; Rewards for Wreck Services ; Retaining Fees ; Wages ; Payments for Exercises ; Grants to Injured Men and Pensions.

16 0 0 ^fmmm^^^^mtmmm Propaganda and Publicity, in connexion with Head- quarters and over 1,100 Branches.

11 16 0 ««BB«"™^B« Provision, Custody and Inspection of Life-boat Stores.

10 2 0 ••••^•B Construction and Repair of Life-boat Houses and Slip- ways.

3 18 0 ^^ Amount spent locally at Life-boat Stations.

420 ^™™ Technical Supervision and Inspection of Life-boat -Stations.

4 14 0 ^BHB Administration.

£100 0 0

(For full Statement of Expenditure, see pages 96-99.)

The Institution's Income at a Glance.

How each £100 of the Institution's Income was obtained in 1932.

£ s. d. 38 6 0 ^—••••—^—^^^-—H^——«* Subscriptions, Donations, and Life-boat Days.

41 14 0 ^^^•^^^^••••^^^^^^•^^•••n^Bii^B Legacies.

17 14 0 •••••••••••••1^™ Income from Investments.

260 M_ Receipts from other sources. £100 0 0

(For full Statement of Income, seepages 96-99.) 80 THE LIFE-BOAT. [JuNE, 1933.

Duke of Northumberland's Life-boat Essay Competition, 1933. THE Duke of Northumberland's Life- hope to be life-boatmen they can at boat Essay Competition for elementary least use their imagination well." The schools was held this year for the division of prizes between boys and thirteenth time. The number of schools girls fully bears this out. A boy and a which took part was 2,207, as compared girl tie for the prize for the best essay with 2,249 in 1932. But though there in Great Britain and Ireland. It has was a decline of 42 in the total taking now been won eight times by girls and part, there was an increase of 111 in six times by boys. Five of the challenge the number which entered for the inter- shields have been won by boys and school competition—1,363 in 1938, as four by girls, and of the individual compared with 1,252 in 1932. In the prizes 158 go to boys and 155 to girls. North-West and the North-East of Girls, in fact, were as successful as England and in London there was a boys in giving their reasons for thinking decline in the number of schools the life-boatman's the ideal life. -" Oh, competing, in the other districts an give me this life," cries one essayist, increase. " and I would be contented for ever." For the first time separate challenge shields were offered for competition in Love of Danger and Speed. Ireland and Wales, so that the number Many were attracted by the danger. of shields is now nine, while the "As I am of a very adventurous number of individual prizes (35 for nature, I think I would rather take an each district) has been increased from interest in being awakened in the 280 to 315. middle of the night, and in going out in the life-boat in the howling, raging The Subject. storm to rescue some terrified wretches on a sinking ship." The subject was : " Why I should " I should laugh if the boat over- like to be a Life-boatman." It was turned and righted itself again." felt that with the increasing part " I love to go racing along in motor- which women are taking in the adven- cars and buses and I would love to go tures and hazards of life this was a speeding along in a life-boat." subject on which the girls could write " I was meant to have thrills, and I as well as the boys. Two head- love water." mistresses wrote that they thought the " The sea is in my blood, and I should subject unsuitable for girls and several like to snatch lives from its angry of the girl essayists themselves seem to grasp." have felt some embarrassment, and " I feel that a job of this kind will were led into uncalled-for regrets at make me the man I want to be." their sex. " I am sorry to say," wrote " A self-righting life-boat would not one, " that I was born a girl and can suit me; it would not go fast enough, never be a man, which is very distress- and there is more thrill when there is a ing." But the subject has certainly chance of the boat going over." been justified by the results. The " It would be lovely to ride on the examiner in the North-West of England waves, one second up and the next writes : " My first thought was that by second down, just like on the round- the very nature of the title all the about." essays of the girls would be written But all the essayists were not such under a severe handicap. I soon daredevils. One modestly writes: discovered that my fears had no " This good work should be left to foundation." The examiner for Scot- better people than myself." land writes : " One would have thought that the subject would make a greater Changing Ambitions. appeal to boys than to girls. But Ambitions change as we grow older, where this district is concerned the but did ever anyone examine and girls have more than held their own, reject so many before coming to his thus showing that if they can never final choice as this writer : JUNE, 1933.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 81

" When I was a small boy I wanted the two things which appeal to the to be a lamp-lighter, later my ambition youth of the British Isles in the life- was to be a lion-tamer, then a bus- boatman's calling are the danger and driver, an engine-driver, an airman, the chivalry. but when I learnt a little about life my " I am convinced that the work of a ambition was to be a life-boatman." life-boatman is of a higher value and of Another essayist, aged ten, wrote : a nobler standard than that of the old "I should like to be a life-boatman Devon sea-dogs of Elizabethan days. now that I am getting older." They brought sorrow and bloodshed— but the life-boatmen bring hope and Medali, " but not too many." gladness." Numbers of essayists looked forward " In these days when romance seems to winning medals, but " not too dormant, the life-boatmen are like the many," said one, " because if you have romantic knights of olden times, who a lot you are inclined to boast." But spent their lives helping those in dis- a medal is not the only desirable tress." tribute to courage. " I would like," " Like the Viking, I have a love wrote another, " to get my photograph for the sea, but, as a life-boatman, I in the papers." go not filled with thoughts of plunder Several essayists looked forward to and murder, but with the thought of more than a medal. helping a fellowman who is in distress." " Then when I would come to the " The life-boatman has a much worse shore, all the people would be ringing adversary than an armoured knight— my hands and saying he deserves a the mighty ocean." gold medal. My master would raise But these knightly and chivalrous my pay." qualities were best expressed in two Another essayist, after declaiming very simple and fine phrases. One that " to save human life is better than essayist called the life-boatmen " brave all the wealth of the world," went on : sons of Providence," and another " I should get a good deal of money " splendid Godsends." for doing so." The Best Essays in Great Britain and Another was more concerned to Ireland. leave his family provided for. " One Among the nine essays which won the can always be sure of the security of challenge shields three stood out from the family when one gets drowned or the rest—those by Joan Patricia Rose injured. That is not always assured Jefferis, of the Circus Church School, in many other situations, so therefore Portsmouth; Eric Channell, of Wood one might as well die for a noble cause Memorial Boys' School, Saltney, Flint- than for none at all." shire, and Gordon Groves, of Portland But of those who touched on finance Senior Boys' School, South Norwood, the quaintest were two who found London, S.E.25. It was impossible to satisfaction in being of help to the say which of the first two was the insurance companies. better, and Joan Jefferis and Eric " I should save much lamentation Channell will each receive the prize for and sorrow," wrote one, " and I should the best essay in the British Isles. also save the insurance companies Gordon Groves is a very close third. from paying out money." Eric Channell has also the distinction A number looked forward to wearing that for the second year running he oilskins, and one even found pleasure has won the Welsh challenge shield for in the difficulties of getting into sea- his school. This feat has only once boots. before been performed, in the first two " I would love the thought that if I years of the competition. In Scotland was a life-boatman I would have to also, the same school, but a different pull on big boots so quickly that I essayist, has won the challenge shield should nearly fall over." for the second year running—St. Augustine's School, Coatbridge, Lan- " Splendid Godsends." arkshire. If these schools win the But if some of the reasons were shields again next year, they will be frivolous, the essays left no doubt that entitled to keep them. 82 THE LIFE-BOAT. [JUNE, 1933.

Successful Towns. offered also to the teachers, without Portsmouth and Southsea schools whose cordial and unselfish co-operation have now won the challenge shield for it would be impossible to carry out the the South-West of England no fewer competition, and to the judges in the than six times in the thirteen com- nine districts for their generous interest petitions, a record unapproached by and help. any other place ; and Portsmouth this Below will be found the names of the year has altogether eight prize-winners. nine winners of challenge shields and Bristol has not only won the shield for the two best essays. The full list of the Midlands, but has altogether nine winners is printed as a separate leaflet prize-winners; Liverpool has no fewer and will be sent, with a copy of this than eleven prize-winners, Cardiff six journal, to each of the schools which and North Shields five. In Scotland entered for the inter-school com- the Orkneys are again prominent with petition. five prize-winners. Winners of the Challenge Shields. The Awards. LONDON.—Violet Berryman, St. Luke's Joan Jefferis and Eric Channell will (Mixed) School, Fernhead Road, each receive a copy of Britain's Paddington. Life-boats, by Major A. J. Dawson, NORTH-EAST OF ENGLAND. — Ivy inscribed by the Prince of Wales, and Leadley, Central Senior Girls' a certificate. Each of the other seven School, Scarborough. winners of challenge shields will receive NORTH-WEST OF ENGLAND.—Cecilia a copy of Launch, by Major-General Murphy, St. Mary's Roman Catho- Seely, acting-coxswain of the Brooke, lic School, Crewe. Isle of Wight life-boat, inscribed by SOUTH-EAST OF ENGLAND.—Gordon the author. The schools will hold the Groves, Portland Senior Boys' shields for a year and each school will School, South Norwood. also receive, as a permanent record of SOUTH-WEST OF ENGLAND.—Joan its success, a copy of the certificate Patricia Rose Jefferis, The Circus awarded to the pupil. The other prize- Church School, Surrey Street, winners will each receive a certificate Portsmouth. and a copy of Launch. MIDLANDS.—Harold Warfield, Wick Road Senior Boys' School, Bris- Thanks to the Teachers. lington, Bristol, 4. Once again the Institution most SCOTLAND. — William McKenna, St. gratefully acknowledges the kindness Augustine's School, Coatbridge, of the Education Authorities in giving Larnarkshire. permission for the competition to be IRELAND.—William McCague, Rock- held, and the help which many of them vale Public Elementary School, were so good as to give by circulating Newry, Co. Down. the particulars of the competition and WALES.—Eric Channell, Wood Mem- drawing attention to it in other ways, orial Boys' School, Saltney, Flint- The Institution's warmest thanks are shire.

The Best Essays. I. By JOAN PATUICIA ROSE JEFFERIS (13), The Circus Church School, Portsmouth, Hants Why I should like to be a Life-boatman. sympathy, loyalty, gentleness, resolution and THERE are many noble callings in life in which resourcefulness, rank high among those workers have lit lamps of self-sacrifice, virtues which go towards the making of a courage and heroism which can never be chivalrous man, one who truly loves his extinguished. At the head of them all I fellows. place the life-boatman, and were I a man I A life-boatman is a member of a vast should want to join this army of the world's brotherhood which extends goodwill to all great heroes. nations. Thus he carries out in his daily All are not fitted for the work, but by the life the aims of the League of Nations, which, exertion of will-power, many could equip as a schoolgirl, I long to see fulfilled. themselves for it. A life-boatman must Splendid physique must be possessed by have the qualities I admire most and long to the ideal life-boatman, who, leading a healthy, have in a high degree. Self-control, courage, self-controlled and busy life, maybe in a quiet JUNE, 1933.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 83 retreat sometimes racked by violent storms, odds amazes me. Amazement gives way to or in a fashionable watering-place, exemplifies intense admiration and a longing to follow in the noble, heroic type so admired by all. the sturdy life-boatman's footsteps. Skill and quick judgements are necessary Life-saving is his hobby. His every-day for the coxswain of a life-boat, qualities occupation may be fishing, yet after strenuous essential in every branch of life. " The work he is willing, nay, eager, to battle with waves of the sea are mighty and rage hor- the elements. Everyone should have a hobby. ribly," yet the coxswain, cool and unafraid, What nobler one than this could be chosen? steers his precious charge into the heart of Every life-boatman seems to have the the hurricane. Could I choose, I should like " Mark Tapley " spirit of " looking on the his post in the boat best of all. brighter side " ; each one having a cheerful, The unassuming manner in which the life- sympathetic, understanding outlook. boatman cloaks his deeds, the willing spirit, Add to the power of his example the call which, without hope of gain, moves him to of the seas so well expressed by Masefield in risk his life for another, inspire me with a " I must go down to the seas again—•—" and longing to emulate the fine example he has it is easy to understand the appeal the life- set. Wonder fills me at the unselfishness boatman makes to me. I cannot accompany displayed. Truly there must be a noble him on the raging seas, but I can emulate his heart hidden beneath that oft-times rough character by striving to be sympathetic, exterior, to make him stedfast and patient courageous, resolute, loyal and resourceful, under such irksome circumstances. His ever upholding the traditions of the English endurance in face of apparently overwhelming race and extending goodwill to all. II. By EKIC CHANNEIX (13), Wood Memorial Boys' School, Saltney, Flintshire. Why I should like to be a Life-boatman. ficient cause, and to face danger with such OF all those noble characters which we so noble companions. The mere thought that proudly associate with the name of the I should be serving the cause of my race and Briton, none is more inspiring and stimulat- humanity would be sufficient reward for my ing to the youthful British mind than the small services. character of the life-boatman. Another two qualities which gain my I am patriotic enough to have great pride admiration of the life-boatman are his in stating that I am of British nationality. virility and modesty. His fine, stalwart Most British boys or girls have, for an ideal figure is itself a living illustration of strength, career, something with a strong sense of endurance, and manliness, alone sufficient to danger in it, and I, being a British boy, have account for my desire to be a life-boatman. for my ideal career something which certainly His very countenance and stature suggests possesses both danger and adventure. manliness, while action shows that he is Definitely, if the choice were mine, and cir- modest and humble. No foolish avidity for cumstances would allow it, I would be, if at fame and reward induces him to place his all possible, a life-boatman. That gallant own life in jeopardy to save his fellowmen. person is the one whom a great number of No expectancy of reward urges him on, his people, including myself, consider to be the services are entirely voluntarily. True, the model character in humanity. gold medal of the life-boat service is an object Why should I like to be a life-boatman ? which every life-boatman wishes to possess, Multitudes of answers instantly present that serves to them as the famous Victoria themselves to my mind. These reasons are Cross does to the British soldier. There is too numerous to be stated fully, but are not only one difference between the two, while the meritorious qualities of the life-boatman the " V.C." is won in the full pomp and sufficient to gain my admiration ? They are, circumstance of battle, the gold medal of the or should be sufficient to gain the high " R.N.L.I." is gained quietly. When a life- esteem and admiration of the entire British boatman is awarded a medal for his courage populace. and bravery it is nearly always unexpected. Perhaps the foremost of these qualities Numerous other qualities, such as veracity, which every life-boatman possesses is the integrity, efficiency, and self-sacrifice all go amazing courage and fortitude with which he to form that fine specimen of manhood, the faces the terrific force of the gale, and sets gallant life-boatman. He, in his practical out in those characteristic blue and white idealism, combines and incarnates that which boats in a gallant endeavour to deliver some should be the aim of all who fight the good unfortunate persons from a terrible death fight—the chivalry and glamour of knightly in the hungry, engulfing waves. Not the combat, and the gentle charity and benevo- least sign of hesitation or fear shows on his lence of the Biblical Good Samaritan. What sturdy, weather-beaten countenance, when can one possibly wish to attain above that ? the heraldic rocket, with its fateful message, The gallant life-boatman certainly fights the spurts into the black, abyss-like skies. What good fight, even unto death, and it is impos- an indomitable nature he must have to be sible for anyone to exceed that. able to go forth, quite willingly from the The life-boatman has a much worse adver- cosy warmth of his home, and walk boldly sary than an armoured knight—the mighty into the black night on his merciful errand of ocean. Despite the enormous progress in succour. modern civilization, despite all the wonderful These qualities form a prominent reason inventions and contrivances of the modern why I should like to be a life-boatman, for age, nobody human can control the sea, the I should be proud to serve for such a bene- sea is supreme. It is this mighty, and 84 THE LIFE-BOAT. [JUNE, 1938. formidable foe which the life-boatman has should choose the life-boatman as my ideal, to fight against, and one may imagine the and wish to be one myself, for all his actions perils and adversities which he must go seem to be centred round that famous pas- through, all for the safety of his fellow sage, uttered by Him Who, with one com- humans. mand, made the mighty tempest cease : With all these meritorious qualities to his " Greater love hath no man than this, that credit, can it be at all wondered at that I a man lay down his life for his friends."

District Conferences. North-East of England, South-East of England, and North-West of England. TEN years ago the first conference of during the past year. The secretary honorary workers was held in the North reviewed the work that had been done of England and although the practice of by the eighty branches and guilds in holding them regularly was not estab- Yorkshire and particularly welcomed lished until three years later, they have the delegates from the Midlands, as it proved so valuable that it has been was the first time that workers from two decided to hold them in each district in districts had joined in conference.' As every second year. This year four have an experiment, no attempt was made been held, in the North-East of England to follow a fixed agenda and a general the South-East of England, the North- discussion took place. The chief points West of England and London. Differ- discussed were the importance of secur- ent methods were adopted at the first ing a good annual subscription list; the three conferences, but at each the same difficulties in some places of obtaining interest was shown and at each the permission to hold life-boat days, and delegates were officially welcomed by in others of securing an adequate the Mayor of the town in which it was number of collectors ; the usefulness of held. house-to-house collections, particularly where a life-boat day had been refused ; North-East of England. the importance of emphasizing the low At this conference delegates from cost of administration; the value at thirty branches in Yorkshire and eleven branches on the coast of having the branches in adjacent counties in the life-boat launched on life-boat day and, Midlands district met at Hull on the where the branch had not a life-boat, of 31st March. Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., arranging for the life-boat of the near- chairman of the committee of manage- est station to be present. ment, presided, supported by Lieut. - Colonel C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., South-East of England. secretary of the Institution, and the Delegates from eighteen branches organizing secretaries for the North- attended this conference, which was Eastern and Midlands districts. held in the St. George's Hotel, Clifton- During the morning the delegates ville, Margate, on the 6th May. Sir inspected the Humber motor life-boat Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the City of Bradford II, which had been committee of management, presided, brought, under the charge of Coxswain supported by Commander H. Strong, Robert Cross, from its station at Spurn R.D., R.N.R., a member of the com- Point to the Victoria Pier, Hull. mittee of management, Lieut.-Colonel Before the conference in the Council C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary Chamber there was a luncheon in the of the Institution, and the district Reception Room, at which the Lord organizing secretary. Some time pre- Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Hull vious to the conference eight papers, (Alderman and Mrs. J. M. Dossor) were some written by honorary secretaries present and over ninety delegates. At and some by officials of the Institution, the conference the Lord Mayor wel- had been circulated. They dealt with comed the delegates. Sir Godfrey the following subjects: The constitution Baring thanked him and the City of an ideal branch ; difficult places ; the Council, and expressed the Institution's importance of annual subscriptions; appreciation of the generous help which the organization of a life-boat day; the branches had again given so readily house-to-house collections ; cinema col- JUNE, 1933.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 85 lections ; garden f£ tes, and carol singing, Hall, Manchester, on the 16th May. and at the conference points arising Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of from these papers were discussed, after the committee of management, pre- the chairman had thanked the delegates sided, supported by Lieut.-Colonel C. R. very cordially for their continued Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the generous support. Institution, and the district organizing An official luncheon was held at which secretary. Delegates from 47 branches the Right Hon. the Lord Southborough, were present. The chairman gave a P.C., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., short address on the work of the K.C.S.I., a vice-president of the Insti- Institution and congratulated the tution and chairman of the Civil branches on their achievements during Service Life-boat Fund, and Captain a very difficult year. The subjects dis- H. H. Balfour, M.C., M.P. for Thanet, cussed included : Branch organization ; were present, and at which the Mayor the value and methods of the Ladies' of Margate (Alderman F. L. Pettman) Life-boat Guild ; the provision by the welcomed the delegates. A visit was Institution of necessary books, station- then paid to the life-boat house. Mr. ery, Press articles, films, slides, etc.; Gomm, the honorary secretary of the methods of collecting, including annual Margate branch, gave a brief talk on subscriptions, life-boat days, and house- the best ways of raising money at a boat- to-house collections, and methods of house and the Margate motor life-boat, arousing and maintaining public in- The Lord Southborough, was launched. terest, such as annual meetings and On the following day a special life-boat lectures. At the close of the conference service was held at Holy Trinity Church the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of at which the vicar, the Rev. A. E. Cook, Manchester (Alderman and Mrs. W. preached, and a collection was taken Walker) held a reception and wel- for the Institution. comed the delegates. An account of the London Conference North-West of England. will be given in the next issue of The This conference was held in the Town Life-boat.

" Heroes of the Sea." Over a Thousand Pounds made by a Life-boat Film. IN 1930 British International Pictures tribution of the film was undertaken by made a film called " The Lady from Wardour Films (the distributing agency the Sea," in which the principal inci- for British International Pictures) with- dent was a life-boat rescue. Part of out any cost to the Institution. It is the scenes were filmed at the life-boat issued to cinemas without charge on station at Walmer, Kent, and oh the the understanding that they allow Goodwin Sands. collections to be made for the life-boat After this picture had been produced service. British International Pictures made, The film was issued in February, with the life-boat material which it 1931, and in the first two years, to the had obtained, a short film for the use end of February, 1933, it was issued to of the Institution. This film, which 219 cinemas and the collections made takes seven minutes to show and is in amounted to £1,050 3*. lOd. two versions, one silent and one with At the meeting of the committee sound, shows the launch of a life-boat of management on 9th March it was by night, the life-boat at sea, the decided to send a special letter of coxswain washed overboard and res- thanks to Mr. John Maxwell, the cued, the rescue of the shipwrecked, chairman of British International and the return of the life-boat next Pictures, and to award the gold morning. badge to Mr. Joseph Grossman, the The whole of the advertising and dis- studio manager. 86 THE LIFE-BOAT. [JUNE, 1933.

The Folkestone Branch. No one of the 1,136 branches of the the women's auxiliary of the branch, institution can equal in the number and its secretary, Miss Ethel Hopkins, of its activities the record of Folke- in a vigorous attempt not to let the stone for the first three months of funds of the branch suffer by the the year. There were nine in all— refusal of a life-boat day. In addition in January a lecture and a dance, in to them eight meetings of the com- February a bridge party, in March two mittee were held, and at a special tea whist drives, a bridge drive, a lecture, a party arranged by the mayor and jumble sale and a spinsters' ball. The mayoress, the local presentation was spinsters' ball, in particular, was a great made to Miss Hopkins of the gold success. The tickets were 3s. llfd. badge which the institution had and no change was given, but one of awarded her for her distinguished ser- the guests retorted by paying the whole vices. As reported elsewhere, Miss charge in farthings. The ball included Hopkins was also present at the annual a carnival, competitions, and a " sur- meeting of the institution in London, prise packet for every man." where the badge was presented to' her These efforts have been organized by by the Lady Mayoress of London.

Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management. Thursday, 9th February, 1933. Voted a compassionate grant of £10 for Sir GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the chair. the benefit of Fred Jones, an ex-member of Co-opted Colonel the Hon. Harold the Newhaven life-boat crew, to which he Robson, a member of the committee of had belonged for 30 years, in view of his management. serious illness and poor circumstances. Reported the receipt of the following Voted a compassionate grant of £23 Gs. 3d. special contributions :— to the widow of Thomas W. Gunn, who was £ s. d. bowman of the Longhope life-boat for Anonymous .... 100 0 0 nearly 33 years and died shortly after retiring Messrs. Wallace Bros. & Co., Ltd. 100 0 0 with a pension, leaving his widow in poor Great Western Railway . . 20 0 0 circumstances. The sum represents the Paid £14,092 10s. Id. for the total charges gratuity he would have been entitled to on of the Institution during the month, in- retirement, less the amount of pension cluding rewards for services, payments for already drawn. the construction of life-boats, life-boat- Also voted £6 to pay the rewards for the houses and slipways and the maintenance of shoreboat services at Dooey and Llanelly, the life-boat stations. accounts of which appear on p. 75. Included in the above were :— Reported on the excellent co-operation £237 6s. Id. to pay the rewards for life- which obtains between the Institution's boat services, accounts of which appear on district inspector and the Civic Guards in pp. 60-63. the Irish Free State in connexion with £279 19s. to pay the rewards for life-boat enquiries, especially in relation to shoreboat launches, accounts of which appear on services, and sent a letter to the Director, pp. 63 and 64. Department of Industry and Commerce, £8 13s. 4

of the Institution during the month, includ- attending the inaugural ceremony of the ing rewards for services, payments for the new Shoreham Harbour motor life-boat and construction of life-boats, life-boathouses naming the boat on the 15th March. and slipways, and the maintenance of the Decided to close forthwith the Easington life-boat stations. and Port Isaac life-boat stations. Included in the above were :— Reported the receipt of the following £389 19s. 9d. to pay the rewards for the special contributions :— life-boat services, accounts of which appear £ s. d. on pp. 64-67. Anonymous .... 200 0 0 £276 Os. 9

Awards to Honorary Workers. Gold Badges. after 8J years as honorary secretary of the THE GOLD BADGE, with the RECORD Filey branch. OF THANKS, has been awarded to the Mr. CHARLES B. LINDSAY, on his retirement, following :—• in acknowledgment of his valuable services The Lady LOUISA CECIL, chairman, Ladies' to the life-boat service in Dundee as Committee, Worthing branch. honorary secretary of the branch. Mr. JOSEPH GROSSMAN, of British Inter- Mr. NATHANIEL STEPHENS, on his retirement, national Pictures, Ltd., in recognition of after nearly 11 years as honorary secretary the valuable help which he has given by of the Ilfracombe branch. the production of the life-boat film " Heroes of the Sea," as the result of which the Records of Thanks. Institution has so far benefited by upwards of £1,000. THE RECORD OF THANKS has been Mr. WILLIAM STRACHAN, honorary secretary, awarded to the following :— Perth branch. Mr. DAVID Dow, honorary secretary, Kirkin- tilloch branch. Thanks of the Institution on Vellum. THE THANKS OF THE INSTITUTION, Miss MILLIGAN, life-boat collector, Bourne- INSCRIBED ON VELLUM, has been mouth branch. awarded to the following :—• Mrs. TUCKER, life-boat collector, Moelfre Mr. CHARLES BUHGESS, on his retirement, branch.

News from the Branches. 1st January to 31st March. Greater London. Brecknock, a member of the committee of CITY.—Annual meeting at the Mansion management of the Institution, also spoke. House, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor in the Address by the district organizing secretary chair. Amount collected in 1932 £6,241, as at British Sea Anglers' Society's annual compared with £7,647 in 1931. dinner. Lectures at Croydon and Cricklewood. CLAPHAM.—Whist drive. Bring-and- buy sale. North-West of England. HACKNEY.—Address by Lady Keymer to the Conservative and Unionist Association. ACCRINGTON.—Bridge and whist drive. HORNSEY.—Annual meeting. Speaker : BAMBER BRIDGE AND WALTON-LE- Lieut.-Col. J. Benskin, D.S.O., O.B.E., a DALE.—Whist drive. member of the committee of management of BLACKPOOL.—Annual meeting on 21st the Institution, supported by Lieut.-Col. February, the mayor, president of the C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the branch, in the chair. Speaker : Lieut.-Col. Institution. Amount collected in 1932 £268, C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the as compared with £222 in 1931. Institution. Efforts of the past year : Life- ISLINGTON. — Address by Lieut.-Col. boat day, collections in hotels and places of C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the worship. Amount collected in 1932 £391, as Institution, to the Finsbury Conservative compared with £446 in 1931. and Unionist Association. BOLTON.—Annual meeting on 20th Feb- KENSINGTON.—Address by the district ruary, the mayor, president of the branch, in organizing secretary to the Rotary Club. the chair. Speaker: Lieut.-Col. C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the LEYTON.—Address by Major A. D. Institution. The Institution's award of the Burnett Brown, M.C., deputy secretary of life-boat picture was presented to Mr. H. the Institution, to the Rotary Club. Ormson Dixon, branch honorary secretary. TOOTING.—Dance. Amount collected in 1932 £311, the same WALTHAMSTOW.—Concert at St. Mary's amount as in 1931. church hall. Concert at St. Saviour's church Dinner, dance and whist drives, arranged hall. Two concerts with addresses by the by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. district organizing secretary. BURY.—Annual meeting on 22nd March, WESTMINSTER.—Careme cocktail party the mayor, president of the branch, in the organized by the Junior Central London chair. Presentation of the life-boat picture Women's Committee. awarded to Miss L. Cook, honorary secretary Address by Captain Basil Hall, R.N., late of the branch. Amount collected in 1932 district inspector of life-boats, at the United £172, as compared with £123 in 1931. Service Institution. Bridge and whist drive. Lantern lecture by the district organizing CARLISLE.—Annual meeting on 24th secretary at R.N.V.R. dinner. The Earl of February, the mayor, president of the JUNE, 1933.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 89 branch, in the chair. Speaker : Lieut.-Col. LIVERPOOL.—Annual meeting on 16th C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the March, the lord mayor, president of the Institution. Amount collected in 1932 £205, branch, in the chair. Speaker : Lieut.-Col. as compared with £235 in 1931. Afterwards C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the the assembly were entertained to tea by Mrs. Institution. Presentation of the gold badge Talbot Caddow, president of the Ladies' awarded to Miss Greenham, honorary treas- Life-boat Guild. urer of the Wallasey and New Brighton Annual whist drive and dance. Bridge district. Amount collected in 1932 £2,824, drive organized by Mrs. Connell and Mrs. B. as compared with £2,616 in 1931. Anderson. NEW BRIGHTON.—Annual meeting of CARNFORTH.—Annual meeting on 23rd the committee. Reference was made to February. Amount collected in 1932 £69, the loss sustained by the deaths of Mr. as compared with £78 in 1931. S. S. Jerrett, chairman, and Coxswain CHESTER.—Annual meeting on 17th George Robinson. Mr. Stuart Deacon March, the mayor, president of the branch, elected chairman. The annual life-boat in the chair. Speaker : Sir Godfrey Baring, men's supper followed the meeting. Bt., chairman of the Institution. Efforts of LYMM AND HEATLEY.—American tea. the past year : Mayor's appeal for subscrip- LYTHAM ST. ANNES.—Annual meeting tions, life-boat day. Amount collected in on 21st February, the mayor presiding. 1932 £203, as compared with £182 in 1931. Speaker: Lieut.-Col. C. R. Satterthwaite, DARWEN.—Concert by the pupils of Miss O.B.E., secretary of the Institution, who McConnell. presented the vellum signed by H.R.H. the DOUGLAS.—Annual meeting on 24th Prince of Wales, K.G., to Sir George Mellor, March, the mayor presiding in the absence of J.P., recording his appointment as an the lieutenant-governor. Amount collected honorary life-governor of the Institution, and in 1932 £522, as compared with £628 in 1931. the life-boat picture awarded to Mrs. Marsden, honorary secretary of the Ladies' Life-boat DUKINFIELD.—Whist drive and dance. Guild. Amount collected in 1932 £121, as FARNWORTH.—Special meeting to re- compared with £284 in 1931. vive the branch. MACCLESFIELD.—Annual meeting on FLEETWOOD.—Annual meeting on 21st 27th March, the mayoress, president of the February, Councillor F. J. Thompson, J.P., Ladies' Life-boat Guild, in the chair. Amount presiding. Speaker : Lieut.-Col. C. R. collected in 1932 £109, as compared with Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the £134 in 1931. Institution. Amount collected in 1932 £95, MANCHESTER, SALFORD AND DIS- as compared with £45 in 1931. TRICT.—Annual meeting on 16th February, BUNDLEY.—Annual meeting and whist the Mayor of Salford presiding, in the drive on 22nd February. Amount collected absence of the Lord Mayor of Manchester. in 1932 £62, the same amount as in 1931. Speakers : The Lady Mayoress of Manchester, the Bishop of Manchester, Councillor J. Toole, HOLLINGWORTH.—Annual whist drive J.P., Councillor C. F. Hampson, Mr. J. H. and dance. Borlase and Mr. J. H. Lawson. Amount HORWICH.—House-to-house collection. collected in 1932 £2,812, as compared with HYDE.— Whist drive, arranged by the £3,108 in 1931. branch committee. Address by the branch secretary to the Manchester Grammar School, with life-boat KENDAL.—Bridge and whist drive, films. arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. BARTON-ON-IRWELL.—Presentation KESWICK.—Annual meeting on 23rd by Mrs. H. H. Pearce of the certificate won February, Mr. A. R. Thomson, chairman of in the life-boat essay competition by a the branch, presiding. Speaker : Lieut.-Col. pupil of St. Catherine's Church of England C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the School, Barton. Institution. Amount collected in 1932 £44, CHEADLE HULME.—Special meeting. as compared with £38 in 1931. Ladies' Life-boat Guild formed. Mrs. LAKE DISTRICT.—Annual meeting on Elliott Mottram, president; Miss G. 23rd February. Speaker : Lieut.-Col. C. R. Jeffries, honorary treasurer, and Miss Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the Maureen Johnson, honorary secretary. Institution. Amount collected in 1932 £151, COLLYHURST AND HARPURHEY. as compared with £99 in 1931. Mr. Stanley —Special meeting. Life-boat Guild formed. H. Le Fleming, J.P., Lord Lieutenant of Councillor C. F. Howarth elected president; Westmorland, elected patron of the branch. Mr. H. C. Welborn, hon. treasurer, and Mr. LANCASTER.—Annual meeting on 22nd E. Price, honorary secretary. February, the mayor in the chair. Speaker : Dancing display given by Madame Lieut.-Col. C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., Robinson's pupils, with collection. Lec- secretary of the Institution, who presented tures by the branch secretary at the Queen's the Institution's gold badge awarded to Mrs. Park Congregational Church, the Crusaders' Oglethorpe, vice-president of the Ladies' Mission, and the Harpurhey and Colly- Life-boat Guild. Amount collected in 1932 hurst Women and Junior Unionists' £151, as compared with £165 in 1931. Associations. Collection at the football ground. Jumble FALLOWFIELD.—Special meeting of sale. the Junior Life-boat Guild. 90 THE LIFE-BOAT. [JUNE, 1933.

GORTON.—Annual meeting of the STANDISH.—Annual whist drive, district committee. Annual dance, at- arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. tended by well-known theatrical artistes, TINTWISTLE.—Dance, organized by the who gave a cabaret show. Ladies' Life-boat Guild. LONGSIGHT.—Whist drive, arranged TOTTINGTON. —Dance. by Mrs. Hastain, president of the Ladies' TYLDESLEY.—Fisher-folk dance and Life-boat Guild. life-boat tea, organized by the Ladies' Life- NEW MOSTON.—Annual whist drive. boat Guild. NORTH SALFORD.—Special meeting. Cinema collections. Alderman J. Rothwell, J.P., presiding. WESTHOUGHTON.—Whist drive. Life-boat Guild formed. Mrs. Neville Finburgh, president; vice-presidents, Mr. WIGAN.—Annual bridge tea. J. P. Morris, M.P., Alderman Rothwell, Lectures at Stonyhurst College and schools Councillor Dulberg, Captain Busby, M.C., at Ambleside, Appleby (Carlisle), Blackpool, and Mrs. Boutflower ; honorary treasurer, Fleetwood, Liverpool, Seascale, Southport, Mrs. Peace ; honorary secretary, Mr. H. Wetheral (Carlisle). Shaw. OLD TRAFFORD.—Annual dance, ar- North-East of England. ranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. ALNWICK.—Annual meeting on 20th February, Col. the Hon. Harold Robson, PRESTWICH. — Special meeting. chairman of the Alnmouth and Boulmer Ladies' Life-boat Guild reconstituted. branch and a member of the committee Mrs. Wild, J.P., elected president. of management, presiding. Among those WHALLEY RANGE.—Annual meeting present were the Duke of Northumberland, of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. president of the branch, Earl Grey of Howick, Viscount Grey of Falloden, K.G., and MORECAMBE.—Annual meeting on 22nd Archdeacon Mangin. Amount collected in February, the mayor, president of the branch, 1932 £138, as compared with £93 in 1931. in the chair. Speaker : Lieut.-Col. C. R. The Duke of Northumberland presented the Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the Institution's bronze medal awarded to Institution. Amount collected in 1932 £117, Coxswain Bartholomew Stanton, of Boulmer, as compared with £56 in 1931. for the rescue, on 22nd November last, of OLDHAM.—Annual dance and whist three men from the steam trawler Guillemot. drive. BATLEY. — Drawing-room meeting. ORRELL.—Annual whist drive and dance. Ladies' Life-boat Guild revived. PADIHAM.—Whist drive. BERWICK-ON-TWEED.—Dance and PIEL (Barrow).—Annual meeting on 19th whist drive. Annual supper to the life-boat January, the Mayor of Barrow in the chair. crew. Lantern lecture at Bowsden by Amount collected in 1932 £132, as compared Commander H. Lillingston, R.N., chairman with £174 in 1931. of the branch. Fancy dress evening party, arranged by BEVERLEY.— Whist drive. the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. BLYTH.—Annual meeting on 10th March, PORT-ST.-MARY.—Vaudeville entertain- the mayor, president of the branch, in the ment, given by the Rushen Amateur Dra- chair. Amount collected in 1932 £294, as matic Society. compared with £306 in 1931. Bridge and PRESTON.—Annual meeting on 20th whist drive. February, the mayor, president of the branch, BRADFORD.—Annual meeting. Efforts in the chair. Speaker : Lieut.-Col. C. R. of the past year : Life-boat day, matinee. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the Amount collected in 1932 £1,571, as com- Institution. Amount collected in 1932 £308, pared with £1,678 in 1931. as compared with £338 in 1931. Mr. W. H. BRIDLINGTON.—Annual meeting of the Harris elected chairman of the branch, and Ladies' Life-boat Guild on 30th March, the Mrs. P. Temple, honorary secretary of the mayor, president of the branch, in the chair. Ladies' Life-boat Guild in succession to Miss Speaker : Lieut.-Col. C. R. Satterthwaite, Cross. O.B.E., secretary of the Institution. Efforts RADCLIFFE.—Whist drive. of the past year : Life-boat day, Fconcert, organ day. Amount collected in 1932 £180, RISHTON.—Annual ball. as compared with £304 in 1931. Concert. ROCHDALE.—Annual meeting on 8th February, the mayor, president of the CAWTHORNE.—Whist drive and dance. branch, in the chair. Speaker: Mrs. A. CULLERCOATS, WHITLEY & MONK- Brierley, a member of the Rochdale Ladies' SEATON.—Dramatic recital. Bridge and Life-boat Guild committee. Amount col- whist drive. lected in 1932 £155, as compared with £161 DARLINGTON.—Annual meeting on 28th in 1931. March, the mayoress, president of the Ladies' SANDBACH.—Annual meeting on 13th Life-boat Guild, in the chair. Efforts of the January. Amount collected in 1932 £33, as past year: Life-boat day, garden fete, bridge compared with £69 in 1931. and whist drives. Amount collected in 1932 The " dance of the season." £170, as compared with £161 in 1931. JUNE, 1933.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 91 LIFE-BOAT DAYS.

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DONCASTER.— Annual meeting on the WEST HARTLEPOOL.—Bridge drives. 27th February, the mayor presiding. Efforts Lectures by the district organizing secretary of the past year : Life-boat day. Amount at Hebdon, Morley (Leeds), Slaithwaite and collected in 1932 £59, as compared with £88 Wylam. in 1931. Jumble sale. Midlands. GATESHE AD.—Bridge drives and whist ASHBOURNE.—Life-boat day. drive. BIRMINGHAM.—Collection at Royal HALIFAX.—Annual meeting on 21st Theatre, during pantomime, for one week. March, the mayor, president of the branch, Collections at West End Cinema and Gau- in the chair. Efforts of the past year : mont Cinema. Bridge drive and dramatic performance. BRISTOL.—Annual meeting, Mr. Frank Amount collected in 1932 £161, as compared Wills, chairman of the branch, presiding. with £224 in 1931. Speaker : the district organizing secretary. Amount collected in 1932 £946, as compared HARTLEPOOL.— Dance and whist drive. with £1,137 in 1931. Presentation by the HARROGATK— Specic.1 meeting, the lord mayor of the framed picture awarded to mayoress presiding. Ladies' Life-boat Guild Mrs. Clifford, honorary treasurer of the formed. Ladies' Life-boat Guild. HECKMONDWIKE.—Bridge and whist Life-boat talks by the district organizing drives. secretary to Bristol schools. Lantern lecture to Naval Reserve on H.M. training 'sloop HOLMFIRTH.—Whist drive and dance. Flying Fox by the district organizing HULL.—Annual meeting on 31st March, secretary. Col. C. H. S. Cooper in the chair. Speaker : BUXTON.—Miss Austin appointed honor- Lieut.-Col. C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., ary secretary. Lectures at four schools by secretary of the Institution. Efforts of the the district organizing secretary. past year : Works appeal and life-boat day. Amount collected in 1932 £602, as compared CHELTENHAM.—Jumble sale. with £551 in 1931. CLEETHORPES. — Supper dance, ar- Life-boat conference. (See special report ranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. on p. 84.) HORNCASTLE.—Life-boat day. MIRFIELD.—Bridge and whist drives. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. — Annual LANGWITH.—Concert, whist drive and meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild on dance. 10th March, the acting lady mayoress LEAMINGTON.—Annual house-to-house presiding. Efforts of the past year : Life- collection. Cinema and theatre collections. boat day and concert. Amount collected in LICHFIELD.—Presentation by the mayor 1932 £202, as compared with £380 in 1931. of the record of thanks awarded to Mrs. Dinner dance, arranged by the Northum- Ashpole, the honorary secretary. Dance. berland county committee. Guests received Whist drive. by the Duchess of Northumberland, who was accompanied by the Duke. NORTON CANES.—Life-boat day. NORTH SUNDERLAND.—Dance. NORTHAMPTON.—Presentation by the mayor of the gold badge awarded to POCKLINGTON.—Annual meeting on Mr. M. E. Goldsmith, honorary treasurer. 14th February. Efforts of the past year : Speaker : The district organizing secretary. Life-boat day and whist drives. Amount NOTTINGHAM.—Annual meeting, the collected in 1932 £33, as compared with £40 Duke of Portland, K.G., P.C., G.C.V.O., in 1931. patron, presiding. Speaker : Lieut.-Col. C. R. SCARBOROUGH. — Ladies' Life-boat Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the Insti- Guild " At Home." Bridge and whist drives. tution. Amount collected in 1932 £592, as SEAHAM HARBOUR.—Children's dance compared with £810 in 1931. and whist drive. OLDBURY AND LANGLEY.—Annual SELBY.—Dance. meeting. Amount collected in 1932 £41, as SKELMANTHORPE AND SCISSET.— compared with £29 in 1931. Whist drive. Bridge drive. SOUTH SHIELDS.—Whist drive. OWSTON FERRY.—Concert. PETERBOROUGH.—Annual meeting, SOWERBY BRIDGE.—Annual meeting Lady Winfrey, president, in the chair. on 13th March. Amount collected in 1932 Speaker: Lieut.-Col. C. R. Satterthwaite, £5, as compared with £27 in 1931. O.B.E., secretary of the Institution. Amount STAMFORDHAM.—Whist drive and collected in 1932 £116, as compared with dance. £164 in 1931. TYNEMOUTH.—Annual supper and con- RUGELEY.—Annual meeting, Mr. H. W. cert, given by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild to Bush, J.P., chairman of the branch, presiding. the life-boat crew. Whist drive. Amount collected in 1932 £71, as compared WAKEFIELD.—Variety entertainment. with £81 in 1931. WASHINGTON.—Drawing-room meeting. SPALDING.—Life-boat day, followed by Ladies' Life-boat Guild formed. a dance. JUNE, 1933.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 93

STAFFORD.—Lantern lecture by the EAST GRINSTEAD.—Lecture at Dor- honorary secretary, Mr. E. F. R. Catterall. mansland women's institute by the honorary STOURBRIDGE.—Presentation of the secretary, Miss Rowe. life-boat picture awarded to Mr. Trow, EDENBRIDGE.—Whist drive. honorary secretary and treasurer. FOLKESTONE.—See special article on STROUD.—Bridge drive, organized by page 86. Mrs. Allen. GILLINGHAM.—Meeting to inaugurate TETBURY.—Mr. and Mrs. Parkhouse branch. appointed honorary treasurer and honorary GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLE- secretary. STON.—Annual meeting on 29th March, TEWKESBURY AND UTTOXETER.— Lieut.-Commander H. K. Case, D.S.C., Life-boat days. R.N.R., chairman of the branch, presiding. WARWICK.—Life-boat day. " Heroes of Efforts of the past year : Collection on the Sea " film shown at County Cinema. Norwich life-boat day, collections at theatres, hotels, etc., sale of souvenirs. Amount WOLVERHAMPTON.—Annual meeting, collected in 1932 £203, as compared with Mr. A. C. Skidmore, chairman, presiding. £365 in 1931. Speaker : The district organising secretary. Amount collected in 1932 £375, as compared HEMEL HEMPSTEAD.—Lantern lecture with £495 in 1931. by the honorary secretary, Captain H. E. Whist and bridge drive. Annual life-boat Holme, R.N. ball. HYTHE.—Dinner to the life-boat crew, Lectures by the district organizing sec- given by Mr. W. H. Spinney. Concert. retary at Chesterfield, Dudley, Little Comp- Entertainment by the life-boat crew. ton, Mansfield, Stratford and Walsall. KESSINGLAND.—Life-boat Sunday. South-East of England. LEIGHTON BUZZARD.—" Heroes of the ARUNDEL.—Special meeting at Arundel Sea " film shown, with collection. Castle, by kind permission of the Duke of MARGATE.—Annual party for life-boat- Norfolk. Speakers : Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., men's children, arranged by Mrs. Gomm. chairman of the Institution, and Commander NEWHA YEN.—Presentation by Com- H. B. Boothby, D.S.O., R.N.R., chairman mander J. Bray, R.N.V.R., of the life-boat- and honorary secretary of the Littlehampton man's certificate awarded to Coxswain W. branch. Branch formed. Mrs. Ramsay, Clark on his retirement. honorary secretary. SEAFORD.—American tea. Address by BIRCHINGTON.—Jumble sale. the district assistant secretary. The dansant. BRIGHTON1AND HOVE.—Bridge tourna- SHERINGHAM.—Presentation by Sir ment and dance. Theatricals. Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the CAMBRIDGE.—Lecture on producing The Institution, of the thanks of the Institution Times by a member of the staff of The Times. on vellum awarded to Mr. P. C. Sayers, late Admiral Weekes in the chair ; vote of thanks honorary secretary of the branch. proposed by Lieut.-Col. C. R. Satterthwaite, SHOREHAM.—Inaugural ceremony of O.B.E., secretary of the Institution. the new motor life-boat performed by H.R.H. CHICHESTER.— Theatricals at Petworth. the Prince George, K.G. (For full report see Lantern lecture at Stansted. Whist drive. p. 72.) Two performances by concert party. SOUTHWICK. —Dance. COBHAM.—Concert. Address by the district organizing secretary. UPMINSTER.—Progressive bridge party. COLCHESTER. — Presentation of the WALTON AND FRINTON.—Annual record of thanks awarded to Mr. P. Borges dinner to the crew, at which Mr. P. J. for the share he took in rescuing five lives at Pybus, M.P., presented the silver watch Clacton-on-Sea when a small boat capsized awarded to the coxswain for a dangerous in August, 1932. launch on the 29th October, 1932. CROMER.—Presentation by Sir Godfrey WEYBRIDGE.—Bridge tournament. Baring, Bt., chairman of the Institution, of WOODBRIDGE.—" Heroes of the Sea " the silver medal awarded to Coxswain Henry film shown, with collection. Blogg, and the thanks of the Institution on vellum awarded to each member of the crew WORTHING.—Annual meeting on 6th for the rescue on the 15th October, 1932, of March, the mayor presiding. Speaker : 30 lives from the Italian steamer Monte Lieut.-Col. C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., Nevoso. secretary of the Institution. Efforts of the past year : Life-boat day and church col- DARTFORD.—Address to the Rotary lections. Amount collected in 1932 £420, Club by the district organizing secretary. as compared with £441 in 1931. Presentation Life-boat day. Whist drive. by Colonel Satterthwaite of the gold badge EASTBOURNE.—Entertainment of the awarded to Lady Louisa Cecil on her retire- crew and their families by the Ladies' Life- ment from the chairmanship of the ladies' boat Guild at a New Year's party. Enter- committee. tainment at Hurstmonceux. Lantern lecture to the Town Club for 94 THE LIFE-BOAT. [JUNE, 1933.

Women and Girls by the district assistant PORTSMOUTH.—Annual meeting, the secretary. Lord Mayor, president, in the chair, supported Lectures at Ashford, Colchester and by the lady mayoress, Sir Harold Pink, Westgate. chairman, and Mrs. Cleave, chairman of the South-West of England. Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Speaker : The Rev. A. M. Peckham, M.A. Amount collected in BATH.—Lady Waldegrave's matinee at 1932 £367, as compared with £430 in 1931. the Theatre Royal; performance of " Passing Presentation by the lady mayoress of Brompton Road." Presentation by Major certificates won in the life-boat essay com- A. D. Burnett Brown, M.C., deputy secretary petition. Rev. A. M. Peckham appointed of the Institution, of a copy of " Britain's vice-chairman. Life-boats," signed by H.R.H. the Prince of Bridge and whist drive, organized by the Wales, K.G., awarded to Mrs. George Ladies' Life-boat Guild, at Admiralty House, Goldie, the honorary secretary. by kind permission of the Commander-in- Annual meeting, Brigadier-General E. H. Chief and Lady Waistell. Prizes presented Molesworth, C.B., chairman, presiding. by Lady Waistell. Speaker : The district organizing secretary. SALISBURY. — Special meeting, the Amount collected in 1932 £299, as compared mayor, chairman, presiding, supported by with £278 in 1931. the mayoress. Speaker : Sir Godfrey Baring, BASINGSTOKE.—Annual meeting, Mr. Bt., chairman of the Institution. Stratford presiding, supported by the Five performances of " The Middle Watch," mayoress, president of the Ladies' Life-boat by the Salisbury Amateur Dramatic Society. Guild. Speaker: The district organizing SHEPTON MALLET.—Life-boat day. secretary. Amount collected in 1932 £63, SHERBORNE.—Bridge drive, organized as compared with £62 in 1931. by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. BRADFORD - ON - AVON.—Presentation SOUTHAMPTON.—Annual meeting, Mr. by the chairman of the urban district council Cyril Sharp, honorary secretary, in the chair, of the life-boat picture awarded to Mr. J. F. in the absence of the mayor. Speaker : Sir Goodall, the honorary secretary. Address Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the by the district organizing secretary. Institution. Efforts for the past year : COWES.—Annual dance and children's Life-boat day, theatrical performances, works party, arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat collections, collections at theatres, whist Guild. drive. Presentation of the gold badge DAWLISH.—Dance and variety enter- awarded to Mr. Charles J. Sharp, chairman. tainment. In his absence, on account of illness, it was EXETER.—Annual meeting of the branch received by his son, Mr. Cyril Sharp, the and Ladies' Life-boat Guild. The Rev. the honorary secretary. Amount collected in Earl of Devon, president, in the chair, 1932 £760, as compared with £686 in 1931. supported by the mayoress. Speaker : Sir Meeting of life-boat day workers, Mr. C. J. Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Sharp, chairman, presiding. Presentation of Institution. Efforts of the past year : Life- certificate won by a Southampton school in boat day. Amount collected in 1932 £192, the life-boat essay competition. as compared with £521 in 1931. THAME.—Annual meeting, with concert, Whist drive, arranged by Mrs. Cottey. and the life-boat play " Their Business in Prizes distributed by Mrs. Arthur Reed, Great Waters." Speaker: Sir Godfrey chairman of the branch, supported by the Baring, Bt., chairman of the Institution. Rev. the Earl of Devon and Mr. Arthur Reed, Efforts for the past year : Life-boat day and village collections. Amount collected hi 1932 M.P. £63, as compared with £105 in 1931. FALMOUTH.—Ball, arranged by the TORQUAY.—Whist and bridge and dance, " Double Six " Club. arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. FARNBOROUGH.—Concert and play. Address by the district organizing secretary. YEOVIL.—Life-boat day. FOWEY. — Whist drive and dance, Lectures at Aldershot and Seaton. arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. The mayoress presented the .prizes. Scotland. ABERDEEN.—Annual meeting on 14th JERSEY. — Special meeting, Major- February, the Lord Provost, president of the General E. H. Willis, C.B., C.M.G., Lieut.- branch, in the chair. Speaker : Lieut.- Governor of the island, presiding, supported Commander T. G. Michelmore, R.D., R.N.R., by the Bailiff. Speaker: Sir Godfrey Baring, northern district inspector of life-boats. Bt., chairman of the Institution, who Efforts of the past year : Life-boat day and presented the inscribed binoculars awarded procession, and annual dance. Amount to Mr. T. R. Blampied, the honorary sec- collected in 1932 £977, as compared with retary. £987 in 1931. MARLBOROUGH.—Address to the mem- Presentation at meeting of town council to bers of the Cadley women's institute by the Mr. James Duncan, the volunteer-in-charge district organizing secretary. of the Torry life-saving apparatus, of the PAIGNTON.—Bridge drive, arranged by silver watch awarded to him in recognition the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. of the gallant part he played in the rescue of PETERSFIELD.—Theatrical entertain- the crew of the Aberdeen trawler Ben Screel, ment. on the 18th January last. JUNE, 1933.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 95

Annual ball, with Lord Carnegie as the NEWBURGH.—Dance, organized by guest of honour. members of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. BURNTISLAND. — Annual whist drive. Miss Forbes, president of the Guild, presented prizes. DUNDEE.—Annual meeting on 8th Febru- ary, Mr. B. L. Nairn, president of the branch, PETERHEAD.—Life-boat ball, organized in the chair. Speakers : The Lord Provost, by a special committee. Whist prizes were the Lady Provost, the Rev. V. C. Alexander, auctioned at the request of the winners. B.D., Mrs. T. H. H. Walker, Mr. D. J. Annual Sunday concert, Provost Dickie Nicoll, Baillie William Reid, M.B.E., V.D., presiding. Presentation of the thanks of the and the district organizing secretary. Efforts Institution on vellum, awarded to each of the pastfyear: Appeal by committee, member of the crew for the service to the life-boat day and procession, dramatic s.s. Struan on 18th January last, by the Duke entertainments and whist drives. Mr. Robert of Montrose, C.B., C.V.O., V.D., LL.D., Hunter was appointed honorary secretary in chairman of the Scottish life-boat council place of Mr. C. B. Lindsay, resigned. Amount and vice-president of the Institution. collected in 1932 £957, as compared with Money awards were also made from the £1,793 in 1931. Cruickshank Trust. The Earl of Caithness Whist drive at Carnoustie, organized by proposed a vote of thanks to the Duke of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild; prizes presented Montrose. by the lady provost. ROTHESAY.—Whist drive and dance. DUNFERMLINE. — Whist drive and Prizes presented and address given by the dance. Duke of Montrose, C.B., C.V.O., V.D., LL.D., chairman of the Scottish life-boat DUNOON.—Bridge party, organized by council and a vice-president of the Institution. the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Addresses by Provost Halliday and the EDINBURGH.—Bridge and whist drive, district organizing secretary. arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. ST. ABBS.—Special meeting of the life- Address by Lady Findlay, D.B.E., president boat committee, at which the resignation of of the Guild. Country fair in the Waverley Mr. MaeCallum, honorary secretary and Market in aid of the Institution and the treasurer, was received. Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, organized by Mr. David Sharp. At the opening ceremony TROON.—Joint church service. Lecture- Lady Findlay spoke of the work of the life- concert, Mr. James Clark presiding. Lecturer : boat service. Lantern lectures. Miss Mary L. Young, honorary secretary of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. ELIE.—Whist drive and dance, organized Lantern lectures were also given at by Mrs. Jamieson and members of the Abbeyburnfoot, Abernyte, Appin, Braco, Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Cairnryan, Carradale, Castle Kennedy, FALKIRK. — Drawing-room meeting, Coulter, Craignish, Culshabbin, Dolphinton, arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, at Drumlie, Drymen, Fenwick, Fordoun, Gar- West Bank, by the courtesy of Mrs. Nimmo ; lieston, Glencoe, Kentallen, Kirkahoe, Kirk- lantern lecture by the district organizing patrick-Durham, Largieside, Lockerbie, secretary. Whist drive and dance, organized Loudon, Morebattle, Muckhart, New Luce, by Mrs. Wright, Bothgowan ; address given Palnackie, Pitcairngreen, Sibbaldbie, South- by the district organizing secretary. Life- end (Argyllshire), Strichen, Tarbert, Tibber- boat day. more and Torthorwald. GLASGOW.—Performance of " The Old Guard," by the Lyric Club, for one week. Ireland. The Duke of Montrose, C.B., C.V.O., V.D., BELFAST.—General committee meeting, LL.D., -chairman of the Scottish life-boat with Mr. Thomas Richardson, presiding, council and a vice-president of the Institution, supported by Lady Dixon, D.B.E., chairman thanked the members of the Lyric Club at the and first vice-president of the Ladies' Life- last performance. boat Guild, and Lieut.-Col. C. R. Satter- GOUROCK.—Whist drive, organized by thwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the Institution. the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. DROGHEDA. — Mr. J. R. Pearson appointed honorary secretary. HAMILTON.—Swimming gala attended DUBLIN.—Annual meeting of the Ladies' by Sir Harry Lauder. Life-boat Guild, the Countess van Cutsem. KILSYTH.—Life-boat day. vice-president and chairman, presiding. Speakers : Senator Andrew Jameson, the LEVEN.—Whist drive and dance, with chairman of the branch, Major Arthur appeal by Dr. Johnstone, president of the Whewell, the chairman of the special effort branch, and an address by the district committee, Mrs. David Barry, Lieut.-Col. organizing secretary. C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., secretary of the MILLPORT.—Special meeting, Provost Institution, Mr. B. J. Newcombe, assistant Young presiding. Speaker: The district secretary of the branch, the district inspector organizing secretary. Ladies' Life-boat Guild of life-boats, and the district organizing formed. secretary. The Countess Van Cutsem pre- sented a "Grace Darling" brooch to Mrs. NAIRN.—Two performances of " Rookery Jack Craigie as the collector showing the best Nook," arranged by Mrs. Fleming, honorary return in the house-to-house collection. secretory of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. (Continued on page 100.) 96 THE LIFE-BOAT. [JUNE, 1933.

INCOME and EXPENDITURE for 1932. EXPENDITURE. Life-boats :—• s. d. £ s. d. New Life-boats for the following stations :—On account— Aberystwyth, Aldeburgh, Anstruther, Arbroath, Barra Island, Donaghadee, Dungeness, Fenit, Hoylake, Long- hope, St. Ives, Shoreham, Skegness, Walmer and Whitehills ------47,018 2 5 Upkeep of Office and Store at Cowes - 77 13 10 Alterations and Repairs of Life-boats, etc. - 9,928 10 2 Consulting Naval Architect ------427 2 3 Salaries of Superintendent Engineer, Surveyors, Assistant Surveyors of Life-boats and Machinery, Draughtsmen, and Clerical Staff ------10,058 13 6 Travelling Expenses ------2,886 5 11 Pensions under the Pension Scheme - 325 15 - Contributions to Superannuation and Provident Fund 262 6 4 70,984 9 5 Life-boat Carriages and Tractors, viz. :— New Tractors, etc. ------358 18 3 Repairs to Tractors ------303 11 10 Alterations and Repairs of Life-boat Carriages, etc. 258 18 1 Salaries of Assistant Surveyor of Carriages and Tractor Engineer ------690 - - Travelling Expenses ------539 14 3 Contributions to Superannuation and Provident Fund 34 14 2 2,185 16 Life-boat Houses, Slipways, etc. :— New Construction and Adaptation - - 19,817 16 3 Repairs and Maintenance - 5,103 1 6 .— 24,920 17 9 Life-boat Stores - 11,935 11 6 Life-boat Storeyard at Poplar, including Taxes, Insurance and Repairs ------2,809 4 2 Salaries of Superintendent of Stores, Storekeeper and Clerical Staff and Wages of Manual Workers - - 13,786 7 - Pensions under the Pension Scheme - - - - 281 - - Contributions to Superannuation and Provident Fund - 92 4 - 16,968 15 2 Payments in connexion with Life-boat Stations, such as Repainting and other Small Repairs to Life-boats, Life- boat Carriages, and Life-boat Houses, done locally; Conveyance of Boats, Carriages and Stores ; Postages, etc. 9,304 19 1 Salaries of Assistant Secretaries, etc., of Stations - 339 16 - 9,044 15 1 Wages, Rewards and other payments to Coxswains, Motor Mechanics, Crews, etc., viz.:— Cost of Wreck Services, including Rewards to Life-boat Crews and others, Special Rewards and Recognitions, Medals and Vellums ------5,033 Grants to men injured in the Life-boat service 401 Fees of Coxswains, Bowmen and Signalmen, Wages of l» Motor Mechanics, etc. - - - - 30,573 4 2 Payments to Life-boat Crews and Launchers for exercises, etc. 6,020 5 3 Pensions and Retiring Allowances to Coxswains, Bowmen and Signalmen ------3,829 1 2 Pensions and Grants to Relatives of deceased Life-boatmen and others ------1,565 16 9 Pensions and Gratuity under the Pension Scheme to Ex-permanent Crews of old Steam Life-boats, etc. 768 19 8 48,191 9 3 Carried forward 184,831 14 9 JUNE, 1933.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 97

INCOME. I Subscriptions, Donations, etc. :— £ s. d. £ s. d. General Subscriptions to Headquarters - 5,919 19 6 I ,, „ through Station Branches - - 5,749 11 5 ,, „ through Financial Branches - - 17,549 17 6 | „ Donations to Headquarters - 4,235 16 2 „ „ through Station Branches - 17,923 9 8 „ ,, through Financial Branches - - 45,619 17 1 I Contributions from Harbour Authorities towards upkeep of Life-boat Stations 1,834 19 2 Contribution Boxes (Headquarters) - - - - . 207 11 5 | „ „ (Station Branches) - 3,064 14 - „ „ (Financial Branches) ... 836 3 10 1 102,941 19 9

Life-boat Funds :— Civil Service Life-boat Fund, per H. A. Clark, Esq., I.S.O., in respect of the following Life-boat Establishments— Donaghadee, Margate, Southend-on-Sea and Whitehills - 1,121 1 6 Southport Funds (Balances of Mr. W. H. Shaw's Fund and Special Reserve Fund) 1,154 15 2 North Deal—Bevan Reward Fund (per the Charity Com- missioners) ...... 208 5 - 2 484 1 8

Income from Investments :— Dividends and Interest on Investments - 45,111 15 6 Less Income Tax deducted ----- 6,541 7 8

38,570 7 10

.Special Purposes Trust Fund Income £ s, d. Account 1,562 12 - Less Transfer to Special Purposes Trust Fund 271 3 8

1,291 8 4

Less Transfers to General Subscriptions, Station Branch Contributions, and Financial Branch Contributions - 118 19 10 1,172 8 6 Income Tax recovered ------7,650 13 3 47,393 9 7

Carried forward 152,819 11 - 98 THE LIFE-BOAT. [JUNE, 1933.

EXPENDITURE. d. £ s. d. Brought forward - 184,831 14 9 Life-boat Inspectors, etc. : — Salaries of Chief Inspector, Deputy Chief Inspector, Inspectors of Life-boats and Clerical Staff - 6,443 4 8 Travelling Expenses ------2,137 8 8 Pensions under the Pension Scheme - 1,225 17 - Contributions to Superannuation and Provident Fund 162 4 5 9,968 14 9 Administration : — One-half of Salaries of Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Principal Clerk, Accountant and Clerical Staff ------4,118 2 6 Rent, Leasehold Depreciation, Rates, Taxes, £ s. d. Lighting, Heating, Insurance, etc. - - 2,075 10 11 Insurance under Workmen's Compensation, National Insurance and Unemployment Insurance Acts ----- 674 15 11 Commissionaires and Watchman - - 548 15 - Telephones, Postages and Parcels - - 812 18 5 4,112 - 3 Less estimated amount chargeable to Pub- licity ------2,050 - - 2,062 - Pensions and Gratuities under the Pension Scheme - 3,108 6 Contributions to Superannuation and Provident Fund 207 9 Stationery, Office Expenses, Printing, Books, Circulars, Forms, etc. ------1,903 11 8 Travelling Expenses to Headquarters — Committee of Management ------208 6 5 Auditors' Fee ------315 - Law Expenses ------737 6 Repairs and improvements to the House of the Institution 401 12 — 13,061 15 4 Calls on Shares received from the Estate of the late Miss Sarah Berry ------86 5 - Expenses re the following Estates : — The late Rev. Thomas A. Wills - 10 - - The late Dr. W. R. Ashurst ----- 41 19 8 The late Mrs. M. Flattely ------10 - The late Mr. H. N. Vansittart ----- Publicity at Headquarters and 1,136 Branches: — One-half of Salaries of Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Assis- tant Secretary, Principal Clerk, Accountant and Clerical Staff (as above), and Salary of Publicity Secretary, etc. 4,845 7 8 Salaries of District Organizing Secretaries and Clerical Staff 7,112 2 1 Travelling Expenses of District Organizing Secretaries 1,984 18 11 Annual General Meeting ------40 16 1 Advertising and Appeals ------6,453 12 11 Stationery, Printing, Books, Circulars, Forms, Badges, Collecting Boxes, Postages, etc. - - - - - 8,437 2 10 Printing and Binding the Annual Report and The Life-boat Journal ------2,402 18 5 Pension and Gratuity under the Pension Scheme 585 10 10 Salaries and Commissions of Assistant Secretaries, etc., of Branches ------3,282 3 9 Contributions to Superannuation and Provident Fund 219 19 7 Estimated proportion of Administration Expenses as above 2,050 - - 37,414 13 1

TOTAL EXPENDITURE £245,417 13 4 JUNE, 1933.] THE LIFE-BOAT. 99

INCOME. £ s. d. Brought forward ----- 152,819 11 - Sundry Receipts :— Sale of old Life-boats, Life-boat Carriages, Life-boat Houses, £ s. d. Condemned Stores, etc. ------1,853 4 7 Sale of The Life-boat Journal, Advertisements, etc. - - 48 4 6 1,899 9 1 Ordinary Income ------154,719 - 1 Legacies for General Purposes ----- 57,535 14 8 Gifts and Legacies for Special Purposes :— Income only available :— £ s. d. Legacies ------2,316 10 1 Special Gifts - - - - - 200 - - 2,516 10 1 Capital available :— Legacies ------52,181 2 5 Special Gifts ----- 1,635 18 9 — 53,817 1 2 • 56,333 11 3 TOTAL RECEIPTS 268,588 6 - Less :— Transferred to Endowment Trust Fund - - 2,516 10 1 Transferred to Special Purposes Trust Fund 53,817 1 2 Less Calls on Shares - - - 86 5 - 53,730 16 2 56,247 6 3 Total Receipts available for General Purposes - 212,340 19 9

Transferred from Special Purposes Trust Fund for Life-boats, etc., included in Expenditure, defrayed during the year by Special Legacies and Donations ------13,325 4 2 225,666 3 11 Deficit charged to General Purposes Fund 19,751 9 5

£245,417 13 4

NOTE.—This account comprises the receipts and disbursements of the Headquarters of the Institution for the year to 31st December, 1932, and of the Branches for the year to 30th September, 1932. 100 THE LIFE-BOAT. [JUNE, 1933.

Whist drive. Prizes presented by the severe loss by the death of Mr. Samuel Countess van Cutsem, in the absence of the Thomas, J.P., for many years honorary lord mayor owing to illness. treasurer. FENIT (Tralee).— Presentation to the COLWYN BAY.—Annual meeting on 27th coxswain, Thomas Crowley, and the motor February, Mr. T. E. Purdy, C.C., J.P., mechanic, John Doyle, of silver watches president of the branch, in the chair. awarded by the Institution for their devotion Speaker : The district organizing secretary. to duty when the motor life-boat was out for Amount collected in 1932 £271, as compared 17J hours, in very heavy weather, in response with £313 in 1931. * to a call from the s.s. Heilo of Oslo. Lecture at girl guide headquarters by the LONDONDERRY. — Presentation by district organizing secretary. Lieut.-Col. C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., CONWAY AND DISTRICT.—Meeting of secretary of the Institution, of the records of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Presentation thanks awarded to seven pilots and boatmen by the mayor of the life-boat picture awarded of Innishowen Head, for the rescue of two to Mrs. J. A. Conway-Jones, the honorary men from a motor fishing boat, which had secretary. broken down in a very heavy sea. Mr. Humphrey M'Connell presided in the absence IRON BRIDGE.—Life-boat ball. Address of Mr. R. H. Smyth, D.L., chairman of the by the district organizing secretary. harbour board. NEWPORT (Mon.).—Annual ball. Pre- sentation by the deputy-mayor, in the absence Wales. of the mayor, of the life-boat picture awarded to Mrs. M. Rees, president of the Ladies' (Including Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Life-boat Guild. and Shropshire.) PONTYPRIDD.—Annual Meeting on 3rd ABERTILLERY.—Annual meeting, with February. Efforts of the past year: Mrs. Dolman, president of the Ladies' Life- Life-boat day, house-to-house collection. boat Guild, in the chair. Efforts of the past Amount collected in 1932 £75 as compared year: Life-boat day, house-to-house col- with £82 in 1931. Presentation by Mrs. lection. Amount collected in 1932 £10, as John Lewis of the life-boat picture awarded compared with £14 in 1931. Presentation of to Mrs. Edgar Jenkins. the life-boat picture awarded to Mrs. Dolman. WHITCHURCH (Glamorganshire).—Lan- BEDWAS.—Whist drive and dance. tern lecture by the district organizing secretary CARDIFF.—The branch has suffered a at the Wesleyan guild room.

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