THE LIFEBOAT.

The Journal of the Royal National Life-boat Institution.

VOL. XXVII.-No. 299.] SEPTEMBER, 1929. [PRICE 6d.

Inaugural Ceremonies of Motor Life-boats. Southend-on-Sea, Essex and The Humber, Yorkshire. LIEUTENANT H.R.H. PRINCE GEORGE, tenant of Essex (Brigadier-General R. B. E.G., G.C.V.O., R.N., named the Motor Colvin, C.B., T.D., J.P.), and the Mayor Life-boat which was sent last autumn of Southend (Mr. R. H. Thurlow Baker). to Southend-on-Sea, on 8th July last, The Mayor presided at the Ceremony, the name given to the boat being Greater and among those taking part in it were London. It will be remembered that the Right Hon. Lord Southborough, just a year before, Prince George went P.C., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., specially to the Orkneys to name the K.C.S.I. (Chairman of the Civil Service new Stromness and Longhope Motor Life-boat Fund), the Countess of Iveagh, Life-boats. C.B.E., M.P. for Southend, the Earl of There has been a Life-boat Station at Iveagh, C.B., C.M.G., D.L., the Bishop Southend since 1879, and it has the of Chelmsford (the Right Rev. H. A. record of 160 lives rescued from ship- Wilson, D.D.), the Hon. George Colville wreck. The present boat is the sixth to (Deputy-Chairman of the Committee of be built for the Station. She is of the Management), Alderman Sir John Eamsgate type, specially designed in Francis, J.P. (Chairman of the Southend 1926 for those Stations where the Life- Branch), Mr. George F. Shee, M.A. boats may have to travel considerable (Secretary of the Institution), and distances and to work over sands, and Captain Howard F. J. Rowley, C.B.E., is a combination of the Watson, a R.N. (Chief Inspector of Life-boats). cruising type, and the Norfolk and The singing was led by the Choir from Suffolk, a shallow-draft type. She is Prittlewen Church and the Pier Band. 48 feet 6 inches x 13 feet, with twin When the Prince arrived at the pier a screws and two 40-h.p. engines. She has number of presentations were made to a speed of 8£ knots and a radius of him, including the Coxswain, Mr. George action of over 70 miles. Murrell. The Prince then presented to She is the gift of the Civil Service Life- Alderman F. Britain (Honorary Sec- boat Fund, which, since it was estab- retary of the Branch), the inscribed lished in 1866, has contributed over Binocular Glass which had been awarded £78,000 to the Institution, and is the to him by the Institution. eighth Life-boat to be provided and The Ceremony opened with the hymn endowed out of the Fund. Of the eight, " Eternal Father, Strong to Save," five are Motor Life-boats, and are and Lord Southborough, on behalf of stationed at Margate, North Deal, the Civil Service Life-boat Fund, pre- Maryport, Dun Laoghaire (Kingstown), sented the Life-boat to the Institution. and Southend-on-Sea. During the sixty- In doing so he spoke of the late Mr. W. two years of the Fund, 1,266 lives have Fortescue Barratt, the Honorary Sec- been rescued from shipwreck, and 54 retary of the Fund, who, even after he boats and vessels saved, by Civil Service retired, continued to work whole- Life-boats. heartedly for the Life-boat Service. Prince George, who travelled down by This new Life-boat, the first to be pre- road from London, was received at the sented to the Institution by the Fund borough boundary by the Lord-Lieu- since Mr. Barratt's death, would carry 306 THE LIFEBOAT. [SEPTEMBER, 1929. an inscription plate, recording the ser- not merely the heroism of these men, but vices of their friend and colleague to the the seamanship and the skill with which Life-boat Cause. He then presented the they carry out their arduous duties. boat to the Institution on behalf of the " Secondly, it fell to me last year, at Civil Servants of the country, in full the special request of His Majesty, to confidence that she would carry on the go from London to the Orkneys in order great traditions of the Life-boat Service. to name two Life-boats in those distant In accepting the boat Mr. Colville ex- islands, at Stromness and Longhope— pressed the deep gratitude of the Insti- two splendid Motor Life-boats, one of tution to the Civil Service. He then them of the very latest type. In this formally entrusted her to Alderman way, I might say I was initiated into the Francis (Chairman of the Branch), and Life-boat Service and it was, I think, a after Captain Rowley (Chief Inspector happy arrangement that I stayed in the of Life-boats) had described the boat, Flagship of the Atlantic Fleet in order the Bishop of Chelmsford dedicated her to carry out my pleasant duty. to the glory of God and the service of " These are, I am sure you will agree, mankind. very good reasons why I should welcome the invitation to name this fine boat THE PRINCE'S SPEECH to-day. But there is a third which may Prince George then named the boat, not have occurred to you, but which is breaking a bottle of wine on her bows. very interesting to me. I have recently In doing so he said :— been appointed to the Civil Service and " There has always been a close and it is my privilege—and one which I friendly link between the Royal Family value very highly—to be a member of and the Life-boat Service, ever since the the staff of the Foreign Office. My Royal National Life-boat Institution acquaintance with the duties of the was established in 1824, when King Civil Service and my brief contact with George IV. became the first Patron. some of its members have already con- These ties have been strengthened firmed the reputation which this great throughout the century, as the Institu- body of men holds in the mind of the tion has developed the great national nation for their devotion to duty and service entrusted to it, and the Life-boat their high integrity of character. In Crews have shown, by the constant this way I feel that I have some claim, example of their heroism and human- however slender, to be here to-day as ity, their readiness at all times to launch one of the great body of men and women, their boats to the assistance of those in who, by their generosity and in the peril on the sea. spirit of public service, have presented " At the present moment, His Majesty this magnificent boat to the Royal the King is the Supreme Patron of the National Life-boat Institution. As I Institution, and the Prince of Wales, the said on a previous occasion, I think few President, has always taken the keenest things are more highly creditable to the interest in the Institution and the wel- Civil Service than that they should have fare of the Service. (Cheers.) decided many years ago that there was " This would be quite a sufficient one great national object, characteristic reason why I should be pleased to be of the best qualities of our race and present to-day at the inauguration of yet carried out on a purely voluntary this splendid Life-boat which bears the basis, which deserved their steady name Greater London. But, as a matter support, namely, the Life-boat Service. of fact, there are three reasons which (Cheers.) add very definitely to my pleasure. " As a result of that decision, they "As a naval officer, I have been have, in the course of years, presented to brought into close touch with the tradi- the Institution and maintained, a little tions of the Senior Service. I know how fleet of Life-boats, always the best of deeply the Royal Navy sympathise their respective kind and type, and with the spirit that animates the Life- always maintained by them at the boat Crews and how much they admire highest standard of efficiency. This is SEPTEMBER, 1929.] THE LIFEBOAT. 307

By courtesy of I \Central H.R.H. PRINCE GEORGE NAMING THE "GREATER LONDON."

By courtesy of] [The Yorkshire Observer. 'CITY OF BRADFORD H."

Sir William Priestley at the helm. On his left, Mrs. Moss Howson ; on his* right, the Lord Mayor of Bradford and the Lady Mayoress ; behind him, Mr. G. G. Stephenson. Lord Deramore is on the left of the picture, and Coxswain Cross on the right. In the background (wearing his chain of office) the Mayor of Bridlington. 308 THE LIFEBOAT. [SEPTEMBER, the eighth Life-boat which the Civil Orkneys last summer. In that year the Service has presented, and, like its challenge shield for Scotland was won immediate predecessors, it is a Motor by a girl in the Orkneys, and two boys Life-boat of the latest type. In this from Orkney schools won certificates, boat, which bears a great name, the only thirty-five of which are given in each Greater London, the Civil Service has a of the six districts. (Applause.) This boat worthy of tLe Life-boat Service, year, I hear, the Challenge Shield for worthy of the Crew which is called upon Scotland has been won by a boy in the to man her and worthy of the great body Shetlands, and the Orkney schools have of men and women—the Civil Service won no fewer than seven of the thirty- of Great Britain and Ireland—whose five certificates awarded. I am very glad generosity she represents. She has to hear that my visit to the Orkneys has already been launched on service six aroused so much interest and healthy times and has saved four lives. ambition among the boys and girls, '' I have now great pleasure in naming not only in the Orkneys, but in the her the Greater London, and I wish her Shetlands. For such an interest is not and her gallant Crew Godspeed on the only very welcome to the Institution, service to mankind to which she is but I am sure you will all agree with me dedicated." (Loud cheers.) that there are few better examples that we can put before British boys and girls THE PRINCE'S SPEECH AT THE LUNCHEON. as the model of everything that a good At the conclusion of the Ceremony, citizen should be than the men who the Prince opened the new arm of the man our Life-boats. (Applause.) And pier, and he and the principal guests if this is the case with the children of were then entertained to luncheon by the hardy islanders of the far Orkneys the Mayor. In replying to the toast of and Shetlands, it is probably even more his health proposed by the Mayor, the true in the case of the boys and girls of Prince said :— a crowded and prosperous town like " I much appreciate the kind way in Southend. which you have proposed my health and " It was this that the Institution had j thank you all for the cordial way in in mind when it set the subject for the j which you have honoured the toast. competition this year. The subject was This is the first time that I have visited ' What are the qualities of the Life- Southend and I hope that my visit here boatman which make him an example of to-day will be taken as another proof of good citizenship ? ' I wonder how many the keen interest that all the members of us here would like to have suddenly of my family take in the Life-boats pro- to write an essay on that subject. I vided by the Institution and in the doubt if I should. But it had no terrors splendid Crews that man them. I also for the boys and girls and, even without hope that the naming of this boat, being a patron of letters, one can enjoy which has been formally pledged to the the amusing and clever and even wise service of humanity with the blessing things which some of them wrote. One and the sanction of a religious ceremony, of the \\ riters sums it up in a way which will lead to a great increase of interest will appeal to the Mayor and town coun- in, and support for, the Life-boat cillors of Southend. ' He is a man,' Station at Southend. writes this essayist, ' who gives his " Indeed, I venture to go a little services to the public the same as further and to hope that my visit may borough councillors do.' (Laughter and lead to the boys and girls of the South- Applause.) Speaking in the presence of end schools entering with fresh zest into so distinguished a number of borough the essay competition which is held councillor?, I feel that praise can hardly every year throughout Great Britain go further than this, and, although there and Ireland, and in connexion with is, perhaps, some difference betwesn the which six challenge shields are pre- Life-boatman and the borough coun- sented. I am encouraged in this hope cillor, I thiiik we can all say we admire by what has followed on mv visit to the them both. (Laughter and Applause.) SEPTEMBER, 1929.] THE LIFEBOAT. 309

Before resuming my seat, I must thank ford (Alderman H. Thornton Pullan), you, Mr. Mayor, for your kind hospi- who was accompanied by the Lady tality, which I much appreciate." Mayoress, Sir William Priestley, J.P. (Loud applause.) (a Vice-President of the Institution and The toast of the Eoyal National Life- Chairman of the Bradford Branch), Sir boat Institution was proposed by Henry Sutcliffe-Smith (Honorary Secre- Councillor H. W. Richardson (Chairman tary of the Bradford Branch), the of the Pier Committee). In responding, Mayor of Bridlington (Alderman C. H. Mr. Colville described the developments Gray, J.P., Joint Honorary Secretary being made by motor power in the Life- of the Bridlington Branch), the Rural boat Service, and the consequent great Dean of Bridlington (the Rev. J. Top- increase in the cost of maintaining it. ham), the Rev. G. V. Britton (President He congratulated Southend on carrying of the Free Church Council of Bradford), out an excellent Life-boat Day, but said Mrs. Moss Howson, Mr. H. Royal Daw- that it had not a very good list of annual son (Joint Honorary Secretary of the I subscribers, and he appealed to more of Bridlington Branch)," Mr. G. G. Stephen- its population of over 100,000 to con- son (Honorary Secretary of the Harro- tribute 5*. a year. Mr. Colville then gate Branch), and about 150 members proposed the toast of the Mayor. of the Bradford Branch and Ladies' Before returning to London, Prince Life-boat Guild. The singing was led George visited Shoeburyness, where he by the Excelsior Prize Silver Band. opened the Children's Convalescent The Ceremony opened with a hymn, Sunshine Home. followed by prayer by the Rev. G. V. Britton. The Lord Mayor of Bradford The Humber (Yorkshire). then presented the Life-boat to the As a special Centenary gift to the Institution in the name of the two Institution in 1924 the City of Bradford donors, Mr. Moss Howson and the City raised £10,000, in addition to its annual of Bradford. In doing so he said that contributions to the general funds, and they were all proud of what Bradford this gift was used to provide a 45-feet had done for the Life-boat Service. Watson Motor Life-boat for the Station The trade of their city was largely a at Spurn Point, on the Humber. This foreign trade, dependent on ships and Boat was built in 1923, and was named the brave men who manned them. City of Bradford. It has since been Remembering that, they were glad to decided that the Humber should be do all that they could to support those provided with a boat of the improved who were ever ready to help their and more powerful Watson Cabin type. comrades in peril on the sea. This new boat was completed and went In accepting the Life-boat on behalf to the Station this year, while the other of the Institution, Sir William Priestley boat is the first Motor Life-boat to be said that besides making this special gift put in the Institution's Reserve Fleet. the Bradford Branch was fifth in the The new Humber boat has been built list of Branches in its contributions to out of another special gift from Bradford the general funds of the Institution. So amounting to £4,800, combined with a long as Bradford existed it would do legacy of £5,000 received from the late everything possible to support the Life- Mr. Moss Howson, of Harrogate. She is boat Service. named City of Bradford II, while the The Rural Dean of Bridlington dedi- boat in the Reserve Fleet will now be cated the Life-boat, and after the singing called City of Bradford I. of a hymn Lieut.-Commander P. E. As Spurn Point is very remote, the Vaux, D.S.C., R.N., District Inspector Inaugural Ceremony was held at Brid- of Life-boats, described her. lington on 6th July. The Lord Dera- Mrs. Moss Howson then named the more, T.D., J.P. (Lord-Lieutenant for Life-boat City of Bradford II. the East Riding of Yorkshire), presided, A vote of thanks to Mrs. Moss Howson and among those taking part in the was proposed by the Lord Mayor of ceremony were the Lord Mayor of Brad- Bradford and seconded by Sir Henry 310 THE LIFEBOAT. [SEPTEMBER, 1929. Sutcliffe Smith. Mr. G. G. Stephenson spoke of the splendid record of the (Honorary Secretary of the Harrogate Yorkshire coast in life-saving. It had Branch) replied on Mrs. Moss Howson's fifteen stations, and six of them—Red- behalf. He recalled that though Brad- car, Scarborough, Whitby, Filey, Brid- ford claimed Mr. Moss Howson as a lington and Spurn—had been in exist- Bradford man, he had lived at Harro- ence for over a century. Since complete gate for thirty-five years, so that Harro- records of lives rescued had begun to be gate claimed him also. He had been one kept in 1850, Yorkshire Life-boats had of the earliest subscribers to the Harro- rescued 2,300 lives. gate Branch, and it was many years ago A vote of thanks to the Mayor of that he had first discussed leaving the Bridlington was proposed by Mr. J. G. Institution a legacy to provide a Life- Hutchinson and seconded by Miss Nora boat. Grainger (Assistant Secretary of the A vote of thanks to the chairman was Bradford Branch). The Life-boat then proposed by Canon William Barker and went for a short cruise with a number of seconded by Councillor Victor Waddi- the visitors on board, and they were love. In replying, Lord Deramore then entertained to tea by the Mayor.

The End of Steam. Record of the Six Steam Life-boats and the "Helen Peele" of Padstow. LAST spring, when the Motor Life-boat then at Holyhead, and then at New Princess Mary was sent to Padstow, the Brighton, returning later to Holyhead. larger of the two Pulling and Sailing Altogether six Steam Life-boats were Life-boats at that station, and the built, although there were never more Steam Tug, Helen Peele, were with- than four in service at the same time, drawn from service, while the smaller for the size and weight of these boats Life-boat will, later on, be replaced by a necessarily confined their use to those light Motor Life-boat. With the Helen Stations where they could be safely Peele, the last of the steam-driven boats kept at moorings. in the Institution's Fleet has gone. The last of these Life-boats was the For nearly forty years steam has played James Stevens No. 3, built in 1898. an important, though restricted, part She remained on service at Holy-head in the Life-boat Service, and now that until the autumn of last year, when she it has given way entirely to petrol, it was withdrawn to make way for a should receive its valedictory notice in Motor Life-boat. Thus for thirty-eight the Institution's Journal. years there were Steam Life-boats in The first Steam Life-boat, the Duke the Institution's Fleet. They went out of Northumberland, was completed in on service 468 times. They rescued 1890, being stationed first at Harwich, 673 lives. These figures show the

Period of Lives Xame. Service. Stations. Launches. Rescued.

Duke of Northumber- 1890-1923 Harwich, Holyhead, New 175 295 land. Brighton. City of Glasgow 1894-1901 Harwich, Corleston 26 32 Queen 1897-1924 New Brighton 81 196 James Stevens So. 3 1898-1928 Grimsby, Gorlcston, Angle, Totland Bay, Dover, Holy- head .... 83 54 City of Glasgow Xo. 2 1901-1917 Harwich . 99 James Steren-s Xo. 4 1899-1900 Padstow . . . . 4 (wrecked)

468 SEPTEMBER, 1929.] THE LIFEBOAT. 311 value of their work, restricted though it oil to be turned on, and this smoothed was, in the years before the coming of the seas considerably. He then the internal-combustion engine gave stood boldly in to within 200 yards the Life-boat Service mechanical power of the rocks, in only two or three in a form which could be adapted to its fathoms of water, and by manoeuvring general needs. The table on page 310 the Tug skilfully rescued the crew. In shows their individual record. the darkness and shallow water, with The Steam Tug, Helen Peele, remained the heavy sea running, it was an opera- in the Service some months longer than tion of great difficulty and danger, for the last of the Steam Life-boats, leaving had the tug touched the rocks, it would it at the end of last April. She was have been fatal. The rescue was i built in 1901, specially for the conditions completed only just in time. Immedi- ; of Life-boat work at Padstow. The ately afterwards the cable of the fishing j year before, the new Steam Life-boat boat parted, she was carried on to the j at Padstow had capsized on service, rocks, and became a complete wreck. [ with the loss of eight of her crew, and For this gallant service the Master of ! it had been decided not to replace her the Tug, Mr. J. Atkinson, was awarded | with another Steam Life-boat. At the the Institution's Bronze Medal, which j same time some special provision had was presented to him at the Annual : to be made for the dangerous, rock- Meeting held in London last spring. bound coast between Land's End and The 'Helen Peele is classed 100 Al at the Bristol Channel. There are few Lloyds, and has probably many years places on it where Life-boats can be of useful service before her. She has stationed, and it was essential that the now become a tender to the big yachts Life-boats at Padstow should be able to on the Clyde, but her Life-boat work cover a big stretch of coast. This, will not be forgotten, nor has it entirely with the help of the Helen Peele, they come to an end, for she carries a brass have been able to do. Padstow has plate with the record on it of her Life- had two Pulling and Sailing Life-boats, boat work, and also, by the kindness of both of the self-righting type, and the her present owner, a Life-boat collecting Tug has worked with the larger of the box. By going to Scotland after nearly two, the Edmund Harvey. During their thirty years' service on the English coast, twenty-eight years of joint service they she is returning home. For she was have rescued 78 lives, while working by designed by the late Mr. G. L. Watson, herself the Helen Peele has rescued 10 of the Glasgow firm of yacht-designers, lives. From December, 1917, to January, who was the Institution's Consulting 1919, she was on war-service as a rescue- Naval Architect, and she was built at tug with the Grand Fleet, and during Leith. Her bell remains at Padstow, that time rescued another 11 lives— where it will hang in the Institute. 99 lives in all. The Helen Peele left Padstow for the Clyde on 2nd May last, and the A Medal Service. Honorary Secretary of the Station She ended her long Life-boat career wrote : " I, with a large number of with one of the finest services in her other people, gave her a good send-off, record. In the early morning of 27th and as she proceeded down the river it November, 1928, when a gale was blow- was to many a very sad occasion, like ing with a very heavy sea, it was reported losing an old friend. All the trawlers that a Port Isaac motor fishing boat had their whistles going as well as the was at sea. The Helen Peele went out Helen Peele, and we watched the in search of her. With the help of procession of the six trawlers, headed her searchlight she found Our Girlie by the Helen Peele, out to sea, until she anchored close to the shore near Port was only a speck on the horizon." Quin, and in great danger, for if her As the Helen Peele put to sea from cable had parted the heavy seas would Padstow for the last time, with her have flung her at once on the rocks. escort of six trawlers, steam passed out The Master of the Tug ordered the of the Institution's Fleet. 312 THE LIFEBOAT. [SEPTEMBER, 1929.

A Life-boatman's Generosity.

Mr. Richard Cowling, late Signalman of Scarborough. IT is not only on the seas that Life-boat- best reply which could be made to the men show the fine stuff of which they critic's comments. are made, and we feel sure that the As a result of the article, John Bull following story will be read with as received anonymously a hundred pounds much pleasure and pride as any story to give to Mr. Cowling. The paper's of gallantry and devotion in the actual representative then called on Mr. Cow- work of rescue. ling and offered him the money. He Mr. Richard Cowling, of Scarborough, replied : " I am satisfied with what the retired at the end of 1928, after serving Institution has done for me. I don't for thirty-four years as a member of the want to accept this money. If you do Scarborough Life-boat Crew, and then as I wish you'll take it and give it to the for fourteen years as Signalman. He Institution. That would be the best was awarded a Life-boatman's certrficate possible thing that could be done." of service, and also a pension, on the usual "The Real Bulldog Breed." scale, in recognition of 1m services as Signalman. These pensions, as workers John Bull reported this reply in for the Institution know, are given to another article, called " The Real Bull- Coxswains, Second Coxswains, Bowmen dog Breed," and then sent the cheque to and Signalmen, that is. to those who have the Institution, with a letter from the certain regular duties to perform in con- Acting Editor in which he said : "I nexion with the Station, and for these think that we should be fulfilling the duties receive a retaining fee, in addition wishes of the donor if we were to pay to the rewards which they, and the over this money to the Royal National rest of the Crew, receive for every service Life-boat Institution. . . . Kindly or exercise launch in which they take accept my best wishes for the success of part. The signalman's scale of pension your Society, 'whose fine work none is 3s. for each year of service, so that appreciates more than John Bull. ' Mr. Cowling's pension amounts to The whole Life-boat Service will feel £2 0,s. 6

The Rye Life-boat Disaster.

The Mayor of Rye's Fund; Mcmcrials to the Seventeen Life-boatmen. ON 22nd June a meeting was held This scheme was fully approved by between the Attorney-General (Sir the Trustees and was accepted by the William* Jowitt, E.G.) and the Trustees dependents of the 17 Life-boatmen. of the Fund which the Mayor of Rye raised for the dependents of the 17 Life- Two Memorials. boatmen of Rye Harbour who lost their A memorial tablet made of Manx stone lives when the Life-boat capsized on has been presented to Rye Harbour service on 15th November last. At this Church by the people of the Isle of meeting the Attorney-General put be- Man. It was unveiled on 24th June fore the Trustees the following scheme by Sir Claude Hill, K.C.S.I., C.I.E., for the distribution of the Fund, which Lieutenant-Governor of the Isle of Man, amounted to about £34,500. and was consecrated by the Bishop of " (1) Capital grant to be made forth- Chichester (the Very Rev. G. K. A. with as follows : £1,000 to each of the Bell, D.D.). A special form of service five widows ; £250 to the parent or was conducted by the Vicar of Rye parents of each unmarried son lost in Harbour (Rev. H. Newton) assisted by the disaster. This would involve a the Vicar of Peasmarsh (Rev. E. T. capital expenditure of £8,000, being Clarke, M.A., R.D.), and Lady Maud £5,000 to widows, and £3,000 to Warrender sang " 0 Rest in the parents. Lord." Among those present was the " (2) The balance of the Fund, which Mayor of Rye (Counciller L. A. Vidler, will then amount to about £25,000, is to J.P.), and the church was filled with be handed over to the Public Trustee members of the families of the seventeen for administration by him. He will be men. assisted by a local committee, consisting In unveiling the tablet Sir Claude of seven persons whose names have been Hill said that it was a message of love previously agreed. and sympathy to the people of Rye " (3) The Public Trustee, acting on Harbour from that small island, set in the advice of this committee, will ad- the midst of the storms of the Irish Sea, minister the Fund so as to secure the which was the home of Sir William maximum benefits to the dependents, Hillary, and the birthplace of the Royal and to i ee that there is on the one hand National Life-boat Institution which no premature exhaustion of the Fund, he had founded. and on the other hand no undue accu- Besides this tablet at Rye Harbour, mulation which would result in a tontine a memorial stained-glass window has for the ultimate survivors, or any un- been placed in Winchelsea Church. disposed of surplus. The window is the work of Mr. Douglas " (4) A trust deed will be prepared Strachan, who executed the stained- defining the powers of the Public Trustee glass windows which were Great Britain's as to administration, involving the gift to the Palace of Peace at The Hague. power to make further capital grants It depicts a Life-boat putting out to a and to settle the question of who are ship in distress, while figures on the dependents. The details of the trust shore watch it as it goes. The window deed will be settled by the Trustees in was unveiled on 6th July by the consultation with the Public Trustee Right Rev. R. S. Fyffe, D.D., late and Mr. Idle [the solicitor representing Bishop of Rangoon, and the ceremony some of the dependents of the Life- was attended by the Mayors and Cor- boatmen] with power to consult the porations of Rye and Winchelsea, and Attorney-General should any difficulties many relatives of the seventeen Life- arise." boatmen.

H2 314 THE LIFEBOAT. [SEPTEMBER, 1929 Life-boat Emergency Committees. A Suggestion to Stations. WE should like to call the attention of consisting of three of its members. This Station Branches to an arrangement Committee will act in the absence or which has recently been made at Blyth, illness of the Honorary Secretaries, and Northumberland. There are two is composed of three practical seamen, Honorary Secretaries at this Station, the Harbour Master, a Pilot and a Towing but in order that their duties may be Company Manager. We hope that efficiently carried on if they should both wherever practicable other stations will be absent, and that the Coxswain or follow Blyth's example. Such an Motor Mechanic may always have some- arrangement should be of great help to one in authority to go to for advice the Honorary Secretary, and relieve him and help, the Committee of the Branch of all difficulty in delegating his duties has set up an Emergency Committee, when he is away from the Station. The Last of the "Malvoisin.' IN the last issue of The Lifeboat we her rudder, and had had her sails blown gave an account of the Life-boat ser- away in a gale. The ketch herself was vices to the British ketch, Malvoisin, brought in by a tug two days later. which, built in 1883, was wrecked last March, 1914.—The Harwich Steam May off Calais and broke up on the rocks. Life-boat helped to save the ketch and To the three services to this vessel her crew of five when her sails had been mentioned in that account a fourth blown away in a gale. should be added. On 14th March, 1914, November, 1925.—The Deal Life-boat the Malvoisin had her sails blown away rescued her crew of four when she had off Harwich, in a moderate gale with a anchored in the Downs in a gale with rough sea. The Harwich Steam Life- very heavy seas. The ketch rode out boat went out to her help and found her the gale and later on was brought into labouring heavily and unmanageable. safety. The Life-boat succeeded in establishing March, 1926.—One of the Aldeburgh communication between the ketch and Life-boats stood by her all night, when a tug, and accompanied her while the all her sails had been blown away, until, tug towed her into Harwich. By these on the following morning she was taken means the ketch and her crew of five in tow by the Fishery Protection Gun- were saved. boat and brought into Harwich. The full record of services to this It should be added that it was a vessel is as follows :— reader of The Lifeboat living in Cali- January, 1905.—The Margate Life- fornia who drew our attention to the boat rescued her crew of four at the fact that we had overlooked the service mouth of the Thames when she had lost in 1914. The "Suevic.' The White Star liner Suevic has been Coverack and Porthleven were all sold to a Norwegian firm, and is to be launched. The work of rescue went on converted into a floating whale-oil all night, in spite of the intense darkness, factory. It was from this 12,000-ton and by noon the next day 456 persons liner that Life-boats rescued 456 lives had been brought ashore. One hundred twenty-two years ago. On the night of and sixty were women and children, and 17th March, 1907, the Suevic, on her no fewer than sixty of these children way home from Australia with 524 were under three years old, but all were persons on board, ran ashore on the landed without accident. The remain- Maenheere Reef off the Lizard. There ing sixty-eight were taken in the ships' was a dense fog, and a strong S.W. wind boats to tugs. Sir Silver Medals were was blowing, with a heavy sea. The awarded by the Institution to those who Life-boats from Cadgwith, The Lizard, took part in the service. SEPTEMBER, 1929.] THE LIFEBOAT. 315

Centenaries of Life-boat Stations. Presentation of Vellums signed by the Prince of Wales. LAST year the Institution presented on 13th May, the Rev. Otway Wood- Vellums to seventeen Life-boat Stations ward (Chairman of the Branch) pre- which had been in existence for a cen- siding. The presentation was made by tury and over. Up to the end of July Mr. George F. Shee, M.A. (Secretary of this year seven more Stations received the Institution), who paid a tribute to the same honour,* and since then Vellums the fine work done by the Station and have been presented to several more, and to the gallantry of Irish Life-boatmen. accounts of these presentations will The Vellum was received by Mr. Wood- appear in the next issue of The Lifeboat. ward, who then presented it to the Each Vellum is signed by the Prince Chairman of the District Council for of Wales and bears a record, expressing safe keeping in the records of Newcastle. the Institution's appreciation of the voluntary work of the Officers and Montrose, Forfarshire. Committee and of the devotion and Montrose was one of the earliest places courage of the Life-boat Crew. on the Scottish coast to have a Life-boat The number of lives rescued and of Station, being one of five places in Scot- medals awarded (as given in the follow- land for which boats were provided at ing reports) is up to the date of the the beginning of the nineteenth century, ceremony, but it is not in every case built by Henry Greathead, the builder possible to give the total of lives from of the first Life-boat, in 1789. The the date of the establishment of the other four are Aberdeen, Arbroath, St. Station, as the early records are not Andrews and Ayr. always complete. The medals are in The first Montrose boat went to her each case all medals awarded to Life- Station in 1800, and since 1869 two Life- boatmen and others from the foundation boats have been maintained at Mont- of the Institution in 1824. rose. Altogether Montrose has had thirteen Life-boats, including the present Newcastle, Co. Down. Motor Life-boat, built in 1926, and One of the two places in Ireland at named by the Duchess of York. They which the Institution decided, imme- have been launched on service 259 diately after it was founded, to place times, and have rescued 475 lives. Life-boats, was Dundrum Bay,] the Fourteen Silver Medals have been other place being Courtmacsherry. The awarded to Life-boatmen and others, first Dundrum Bay Life-boat was nine of which were given for one Service stationed at Rossglass in 1825, and in in 1832. In addition to these Medals, 1830 it was transferred to Newcastle. the Norwegian Government awarded Altogether Newcastle has had seven Medals and Diplomas for a service to Life-boats. They have been out on a Norwegian vessel in 1916. service 49 times, and have rescued The name which constantly appears 99 lives, while two Gold Medals and in the Life-boat records of Montrose is eighteen Silver Medals have been that of Mearns. A Mearns was one of awarded to Life-boatmen and others for three captains with whom Greathead gallantry. In addition to these Medals had consultations in 1807, when he awarded by the Institution, the French built a second boat for the Station. A Government in 1905 presented a Gold Mearns was among the nine men who Medal to Coxswain Foland for the rescue received Silver Medals for the Service in of the crew of a French barque. 1832. The Coxswains of the two Life- The presentation ceremony took place boats in 1873 were each awarded the Medal for the rescue of the crew of the brig Henriette, of Memel. They were * The report of the presentation at Aber- deen in January appeared in the last issue of William Mearns and William Mearns, The Lifeboat. junior, and the latest Medal to be 316 THE LIFEBOAT. [SEPTEMBER, 1929. awarded in 1913, was won by David a tribute to the fine work of its Crews, Mearns, Master of the trawler Southesk. and mentioned ex-Coxswain Chisholm, There are men of the same name in the who was loudly cheered. The Vellum present Life-boat Crew. was accepted by Provost Boase, who The presentation of the Vellum took said that the town was proud to place place on 12th July on board the Pulling it among its archives. and Sailing Life-boat in the presence of Arbroath, Forfarshire. between 200 and 300 people. In the unavoidable absence of Major-General The Arbroath Station was established Sir Eobert Hutchison, K.C.M.G., C.B., in. 1802, being equipped, like Montrose D.S.O., Member of Parliament for Mont- and St. Andrews, with one of Great- rose District, Provost W. D. Johnston, head's Life-boats. Since then it has had O.B.E. (Chairman of the Branch), pre- four Life-boats, including the present sided, and the presentation was made by boat. The first of these four boats was Mr. George F. Shee, M.A., Secretary of built out of a fund raised by the Dundee the Institution, in the absence of Sir People's Journal. She was called People's Godfrey Baring, Bart., Chairman of the Journal No. 2, and served from 1865 to Committee of Management, and the 1888. People's Journal No. 1, built out Duke of Montrose, Chairman of the of the same fund, went to Peterhead. Scottish Life-boat Council. In pre- The other three Arbroath boats have senting the Vellum, Mr. Shee gave a been built out of private gifts or legacies short history of the Station, and con- to the Institution: Arbroath's Life- gratulated it on its splendid record. In boats have a record of 90 launches and accepting the Vellum on behalf of the 43 lives rescued. Two Gold Medals have Town Council, Provost Johnston said been awarded, botb in Maieb. 1S2T, aad that it was a testimonial to the town to the same man, a Coast-guard Officer. which would be jealously guarded by the In 1905 the Coxswain, Second Coxswain Council on behalf of the citizens of and Bowman were presented with Silver Watches by the German Emperor, for Montrose. the rescue of five lives from the German St. Andrews, Fifeshire. schooner Gesine. The St. Andrews Life-boat Station, The presentation ceremony took place like that at Montrose, was established on 13th July, on board the Life-boat, in in 1800, and including the first Life- the presence of about 300 people. Ex- boat, built by Greathead, the Station Provost A. M. Eobertson (Chairman of had had six Life-boats in all. They have the Branch) presided, and the pre- been out on Service on 72 occasions, and sentation was made by Mr. George F. have rescued 140 lives. One Gold and Shee, M.A., Secretary of the Institution, eight Silver Medals have been awarded who paid a tribute to the Life-boatmen by the Institution to Life-boatmen and of Arbroath. In the absence of Provost others. In addition, ex-Coxswain Chis- Chapel, on account of illness, the Vellum holm, who won the Silver Medal in 1912 was accepted by Bailie Sherrifis on for the rescue of the crew of nine of the behalf of the town, who spoke of the Swedish barque Princess Wilhdmina, gallantry of the fishermen of Arbroath, was awarded a medal by the Swedish from whom their Life-boat Crews were Government. drawn. The ceremony of presentation took Cromer, Norfolk. place on 13th July, in the presence of an Cromer was first provided with a Life- audience of several hundred people, boat in 1829, but of this boat's service after the Life-boat had been drawn in the Institution has no particulars . A parade through the town. Brigadier- second boat was sent there in 1858, and General W. A. Oswald (Chairman of the since 1923 Cromer has had a Motor Life- Branch) presided, and the presentation boat, at the same time retaining its last was made by Mr. George If. Shee, M.A., Pulling and Sailing Life-boat as an Secretary of the Institution. Mr. Shee emergency boat. Its Life-boats have gave a brief history of the Station, paid been launched on Service 165 times and SEPTEMBER, 1929.] THE LIFEBOAT. 317 have rescued 366 lives. Two Gold, Baring paid a warm tribute to the mag- one Silver and twenty-four Bronze nificent record of the Cromer Life-boat Medals have been awarded to Life-boat- Crews, and in particular to Coxswain men of Cromer, all these awards being Henry Blogg, whom they might justly made for two Services in recent years, claim to be not only a national, but an which rank among the most arduous international celebrity. He asked that and gallant in the history of the Institu- the Vellum which he presented should tion. These were the service in 1917 to be placed in the Town Hall as a lasting the Swedish steamer Fernebo, which had memorial of the heroism of Cromer men, been blown in half by a mine, and the and a small mark of the gratitude of the service in 1927 to the Dutch steamer Institution to all who had been and were Georgia, which had broken in half on connected with the work of the Life-boat the Haisborough Sands. In addition to Station. these twenty-seven Medals to Coxswain After Alderman Davison had accepted and Crew, the Silver Medal was awarded the Vellum, the Vice-Consul for the to a soldier who played a very gallant Netherlands at Great Yarmouth pre- part in the service to the Fernebo. Cox- sented the Watches on behalf of the swain Henry Blogg, who received the Netherlands Government. He pre- Gold Medal for each service, is the first sented them, he said, as a mark of the Life-boatman since 1848 to be twice gratitude of the Queen of Holland and awarded this, the V.C. of the Life-boat the Dutch people and with the heartfelt Service, for conspicuous gallantry. thanks of the captain and crew of the In addition to these Medals, Coxswain Georgia. Blogg was awarded an inscribed Gold Alderman Davison then presented a Watch, and each Member of the Crew Medal which had been awarded to a an inscribed Silver Watch by the corporal of the Cromer Division of the Government of the Netherlands for the St. John's Ambulance Brigade for Service to the Georgia. fifteen years' service. In doing so, he The presentation ceremony took place said that two members of the Life-boat on 19th July, in the Parish Hall, which Crew were qualified ambulance men, and was packed with people. Alderman D. he would like to see the whole Crew Davison, J.P., Chairman of the Urban members of the Brigade. District Council and Chairman of the Branch Committee, presided, supported Teignmouth, Devon. by Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., Chairman of Teignmouth is mentioned in the first the Committee of Management of the report of the Institution, issued in Institution, the Dowager Lady Suffield, March, 1825, as one of those places on the High Sheriff of Norfolk (Mr. Stanley the coast where Life-boats had been Christopherson), the Vice-Consul for the placed by individuals or associations Netherlands at Great Yarmouth, and other than the Institution. Including Mr. F. H. Barclay, J.P., Honorary the boat stationed there some time before Secretary of the Branch. 1825, Teignmouth. has had altogether In opening the meeting, Alderman five Life-boats. Of these, the second, Davison read a message from Lord which served from 1862 to 1880, was Suffield, expressing his regret that he built out of a fund raised in Hong Kong could not be present, and referred to the and Shanghai, and was called The China. fact that Lord Suffield had succeeded his Teignmouth Life-boats have been out father and grandfather as President of on service 60 times and have rescued the Branch. He gave a brief history of 128 lives. Four Silver Medals have been the Station, and spoke of Cromer's pride awarded for gallantry. Two of these not only in its Life-boatmen, but in the were awarded in 1907, one to Coxswain wives and mothers of the men. Their George Rice, who died in March of the courage also deserved the gratitude of present year, and the other to the present all who had at heart the welfare of the Honorary Secretary of the Station, Mr. Life-boat Service. W. J. Burden, for an arduous and In presenting the"Vellum, Sir Godfrey gallant service in 1907, when the crew 318 THE LIFEBOAT. [SEPTEMBER, 1929. of a Finnish schooner were rescued. Vellum to the Council, and in. doing so, The Russian Government made a gave the record of the Station. Mr. present to the Crew in gratitude for this Young, in accepting the Vellum, service. thanked the Institution for the way The presentation ceremony took place in which it had recognised the services at a meeting of the Urban District of Teignmouth to the Life-boat cause, Council on 30th July, at which Mr. G. S. and paid a warm tribute to the work Young presided. Mr. W. J. Burden, the which Mr. Burden had done for the Honorary Secretary, presented the Station.

Life-boat Calendar for 1930.

Reproduction of a Painting by Mr. Charles Dixon, R.I. As in previous years, the Institution is by 9 inches wide, and they can be issuing this autumn a Life-boat Calen- obtained from the Institution in any dar for next year. We feel that there quantity, post free, Is. each, or 10s. a is no better way of keeping the work dozen, this price including an envelope of the Life-boat Service before the with each calendar. It will weigh, in public every day of the year, and we the envelope, just under 4 ounces, so hope that readers of The Lifeboat that it can be sent through the post, will buy this calendar not only for with the envelope open, for \d. themselves, but to send to their Those who wish to order calendars can friends. do so at once, and they will receive The 1930 calendar will have on it them at the end of November or a reproduction in colours of one of a beginning of December. They should series of five paintings which Mr. apply to the Secretary, Koyal National Charles Dixon, R.I., has very kindly Life-boat Institution, Life-boat House, done for the Institution called " Ships 22, Charing Cross Road, London, W.C. 2, the Life-boats Serve," and it shows a and should enclose with their order a Motor Life-boat which has just rescued postal order or stamps. Only Such orders the crew of a small steamer. can be dealt with, and it will help The calendars will be 11^ inches long materially if orders are sent at once.

False Alarms. Two more false alarms have to be to shore to find that the parachute added to those which were mentioned had been sent down with a dummy in an article in The Lifeboat in November attached. 1926. On the evening of 1st August, A similar incident occurred off the an aeroplane passed over Selsey, and a Isle of Wight on 12th August. The parachute was seen to drop from it and Yarmouth Motor Life-boat was warned, fall into the sea about a mile and a half but before it put out enquiries were from the shore. The Motor Life-boat made by telephone to the seaplane was launched and cruised about for station at_Calshot and it was found that nearly an hour, but found no trace either airmen were practising dropping para- of a man or the parachute. She returned chutes with dummies.

How Can I Help the Institution? The continuation of the article " How Secretary of the Institution, will appear can I help the Institution ? A Note in the November issue of The Lifeboat. for keen Honorary Secretaries and The first part of this article appeared Workers," by Mr. George F. Shee, in the June issue. SEPTEMBER, 1929.] THE LIFEBOAT. 319

THE LIFE-BOAT CREW AT ST. MARY'S, ISLES OF SCILLY. (Photograph taken by Mr. George F. Shee, Secretary of the Institution.)

THE LIFE-BOAT CALENDAR, 1930. ALL SAVED! From the painting by Mr. Charles Dixon, R.I., presented by tfce artist to the Institution. 320 THE LIFEBOAT. [SEPTEMBER, 1929. The Founding of the Institution. The Report of the first Meeting. THE Institution was founded at a meet- of London Tavern, at one o'clock, for ing held in the City of London Tavern the purpose of establishing a National on 4th March, 1824, with the Arch- Institution for the preservation of lives bishop of Canterbury (Dr. Manners in cases of Shipwreck, affording such Sutton), in the chair. The twelve resolu- relief as the necessities of the persons tions which called the Institution into may require, and bestowing reward on being and laid down the broad lines on those who may exert themselves in which it should work, are recorded in saving the lives of their fellow-creatures. the Institution's first Annual Report. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury So, too, are another nine resolutions, of took the Chair at a quarter past one thanks to the King, the Royal Family, o'clock, and was attended by several the Archbishop, the Prime Minister, Sir Noblemen and Gentlemen of distinction, William Hillary, as the Institution's among whom we noticed the Bishop of founder, Mr. Thomas Wilson, M.P., Chester, the Bishop of London, Mr. who became its first Chairman, and Wilberforce, M.P., Mr. Warre, M.P., others who had given their help. A Mr. Gooch, M.P., Mr. Manning, M.P., short report of the meeting appeared Mr. Thomas Wilson, M.P., Sir Charles in The Times for 5th March, 1824, and Flower, Bart., Mr. Alderman Thompson, this was quoted in The Lifeboat for Mr. Alderman Bridges, the Rev. Dr. June, 1924, and again in the issue for Blomfield, and several other distin- last November, in Major Evan Fyers' guished persons ; but the assembly was article " Some Unpublished Letters of not very numerous. Sir William Hillary, Bt." So far, however, no report has THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. appeared in any publication of the On his Grace taking the Chair, the Institution of the speeches which the Secretary, Mr. Thomas Wilson, read Archbishop, Mr. Wilberforce, and others the advertisement for calling the Meet- made at the meeting. We have now ing, and the Most Rev. Chairman then obtained a copy of the Morning Chronicle rising, adverted in the first place, to the for 5th March, 1824, in which a much honour conferred on the Society by his fuller report appears than in The Times, Majesty having consented to become and this report we give below as being the Patron. His Grace then went on to the fullest report which, so far as we say that the Meeting had heard the know, exists of the historic meeting at advertisement read, and the substance which the Institution was founded. of the Resolutions which would be read, We have reproduced the report as it would put them fully in possession of appears in the Morning Chronicle, but the object for which they were assem- it should be pointed out that though bled, he should therefore say only a the resolutions in this report give the very few words. They were to form a substance correctly, their wording is Royal Institution worthy of a great in only one case the same as the wording nation, and a nation which was the first in the Institution's official report. In maritime power of the world; this might some cases the names have not been be partly owing to our insular position, correctly caught by the reporter, and but it was chiefly occasioned by the the necessary correction is made in a spirit of the people, the source of our footnote in each case. national wealth and national power. Extract from " The Morning Chronicle," Though we might be proud, and justly London, Friday, March 5th, 1824. boast of our maritime pre-eminence, it carried with it, like every pre-eminence, National Institution for the Relief of Persons corresponding duties. If it were true, suffering by Shipwreck. that in consequence of this pre-emi- Yesterday, a Meeting of Noblemen nence we visited every part of the and Gentlemen took place at the City tempestuous ocean, leaving no corner SEPTEMBER, 1929.] THE LIFEBOAT.

THE BUILDING WHERE THE INSTITUTION WAS FOUNDED London Tavern, 123, Bishopsgate Street Within. This famous Tavern was built in 1765, and finally closed in 1876, when it was sold to the Royal Bank of Scotland. It is thus described by Wheatley in his " London Past and Present";— " An excellently managed establishment, famous for its dinners, wines and turtle. As many as 355 could dine with comfort in the large room on the upper floor. The large room was greatly in request for public sales, political and public meetings, and the meetings and elections of religious and benevolent societies." 322 THE LIFEBOAT. [SEPTEMBER, 1929. unexplored which could afford new affluence of the country. The motives objects for science, or new sources of stated by the Most Reverend Chairman wealth, inviting all people, and men of were such as men, as Britons, and as all languages to communicate with us, Christians, must all approve of ; and and to take part in all our transactions ; he should be unworthy of the regard of if this were true, it must be our duty to mankind, lost to all proper feeling, provide the best means in our power to forgetful of the character of his country, secure them against the dangers and if he could be deaf to a voice, raised to sufferings of shipwreck. Not only our call for aid on an occasion like this to own countrymen, but the people of suffering humanity. every other nation came on our coast The object of an Institution like this for the purposes of commerce, or some seemed so natural to this country—so other laudable purpose. We were also necessary, indeed, to its welfare, that bound, under the influence of honour- he was astonished it had not long before able and charitable feelings, to hold this period been established—that it out assistance (in cases of shipwreck) was left to this day, and to his Grace of to our bitterest enemies as well as to our Canterbury, to establish it, and publicly best friends. This was the ground on to recognise it, as justly claiming our which the Institution was to be estab- warm and undivided support. It was lished, the details (his Grace said) he our duty, also, to do away the reproaches would leave to the Secretary to make which had for many years ^>een cast known to the Meeting. In one word, upon us. He would not go back to very the purposes of this Institution would ancient times, and had no occasion to be as free and unbounded as charity remind the Right Reverend Bishops itself. He moved the first Resolution, near him, of the time when the Britons namely, " That a National Institution were described as the enemies of every be formed, for the preservation of the man. It was not long since, whtt^ships lives of those persons who suffer ship- were wrecked on our coast, that the wreck on the coast of the United crews were more liable to be plundered Kingdom." than to be relieved. In establishing this Captain BOWLES, R.N., seconded the Institution, we were in some measure Resolution, which was carried unani- paying a debt, and atoning for the mously. crimes of those who had gone before us. It would tend to diffuse bene- ME. WILLIAM WILBERFORCE, M.P. volence through the country; and Mr. WILBERFORCE accounted it a inducing the more affluent districts to great honour to be called on by his contribute to the assistance of those Grace the Most Reverend Chairman to whose misfortunes were more frequent, submit a motion to the meeting—a call and the means of relieving it less, would from him which he (Mr. Wilberforce) connect the whole country in one bond was ever ready to answer, as such calls of benevolence, and was deserving of were never made but for the best pur- universal encouragement and support; poses of Christian charity. The appeal when it was considered what claims the of his Grace had been so powerful, clear country had to respect for its benevo- and urgent, as to leave him very little lence, and how much we were indebted to add. Although, from circumstances to Providence for the manifold blessings not difficult to understand, this project we enjoyed, it could scarcely be-thought had been only slowly brought forward, that the country would be deserving of and the meeting now was not so its reputation, or we of the continuance numerous as many other meetings he of those blessings, if we failed to do had attended on similar occasions; everything in our power in a cause like yet he trusted, as the society was only this. As was truly and properly said now in its infancy, it was the infancy by his Grace, we had a duty to perform of a Hercules, and would grow large and to others, and to ourselves, and we were powerful to a degree corresponding to not at liberty to choose whether we the greatness of the design and the could perform it or not; we were SEPTEMBER, 1929.] THE LIFEBOAT. 323

urgently bound, both by duty and was recollected that the services for justice, to give the Institution the best which these medallions were to be support in our power. It was a part bestowed, were performed amidst dan- of this duty to encourage others in the gers and darkness, with every thing to .performance of acts of courage and appal and nothing to encourage, but a benevolence and to give them motives sense of duty to God, and a desire to for braving dangers. benefit suffering man, it was surely With this view the Resolution had right to encourage them in the per- been drawn up which he held in his formance of those services, by the hands, and which was " That medal- honours and rewards of a grateful lions or pecuniary rewards be given to country. those who shall rescue the lives of others The Honourable Gentleman then in cases of shipwreck." To us it might took occasion to compliment Captain seem t^ft no stimulus was wanting to Manby, who was in the room, as the engage in so laudable a work, but let individual who had first directed the us place ourselves in the situation of attention of the public to the subject. those persons who have to expose their From his efforts this new Institution lives to peril and hardship, and who may had grown up. It was the blessed effect at a moment of danger, though never of benevolence to increase its powers in thinking of themselves, be somewhat its progress, till it diffused its blessings, slow in risking their lives, if they are like the sun in its glory and strength, to leave behind them their families over all the world. unprovided for, and who would cheer- Mr. Wilberforce concluded by com- fully hasten to brave storms and moun- plimenting his Grace of Canterbury for tain waves when called by the voice of coming forward on this as on all other distress, and when conscious that their occasions, and trusted that under his wives, though widowed, would not be auspices, and the auspices of their more forsaken — and that their children, august Patrons, the Institution would though fatherless, would not be forsaken rapidly extend, and diffuse its benefits orphans. For such it was their duty, the over the whole country. He sat down duty of the opulent, to provide ; for they by moving the Resolution. who discharged public duty were public Captain DUNDAS j- seconded the officers, and deserved public rewards. Motion, and it was unanimously carried. There was no service more full of dangers, or more deserving of marks THE BISHOP OF LONDON. of honour, such as medallions, than this. The Bishop of LONDON felt himself They were bestowed on all great and honoured by being called on to move deserving occasions, and had, perhaps, a Resolution ; and after the appeal and contributed to that greatness of address they had heard, he had very character, and that splendour of exer- few words to say. He had, however, tions which distinguished our country. great satisfaction in lifting up his voice It was great by its naval, its military, in favour of ail Institution which was and its civil glories. If we had our to save the lives of some, and give Nelson and our Wellington, we had, comfort to the families of others. It also, men equally great in the discharge was worthy of the country in which it of important civil duties. There was originated, and confers honour on the one at the present day, who had stood proposer ; it gives protection to that at the head of the administration of hardy and adventurous class of men justice, for upwards of twenty years, whose occupations are on the great and who had been so impartial in his deep, and who are exposed to the perils decisions, so equitable in his high office, of the tempest. Such persons were that his conduct had extorted the respect exposed to numerous disasters, and if of the country, and, though he might they were not assisted they must fre- have enemies, not one of them could quently perish. To remedy that was cast a stain on his name.* When it t Captain Deaus-Dundas, R.N., in the * Lord Eldon, the Lord Chancellor. Institution's report. 324 THE LIFEBOAT. [SEPTEMBER, 1929. the great object of the Institution, and feelings in such a situation would have more particularly of the Resolution which been indescribable, if they had known he had to propose, namely, " That such that a boat, properly prepared, was immediate assistance be afforded to ready to come to their rescue. persons rescued from shipwreck, as At present, on the whole coast be- their case may require." This assistance tween Liverpool and Whitehaven, there would be indiscriminately administered. were no means of saving shipwrecked The benefits of such an Institution persons established, and no man could would be felt on all the coasts of the hesitate, under such circumstances, in country—habits of rendering assistance, saying that the present Institution was would render foreigners neighbours and necessary, and would be useful if estab- friends. He would not trespass longer on lished. It was dictated not only by their attention. His Lordship sat down policy but gratitude to the British navy. by moving the Resolution he had read. The valour and enterprise of British Alderman BRIDGES seconded it in a seamen had placed Great Britain in her few words. He was surprised that an present commanding situation, and institution of this nature had not before they surely required and deserved every been established, and trusted that bene- protection and every kindness from the volent hearts and powerful arms would rest of their countrymen. If the Institu- always be found to give effect to their tion should only save the crew of one humane project. The motion was put vessel, they might all rejoice in their and carried unanimously. exertions ; but how much more might they then both as men and as Christians THE BISHOP OF CHESTER. be grateful for the power of saving many The Bishop of CHESTER had great crews. He had great pleasure, the RigM; pleasure in acceding to a request to pro- Rev. Prelate concluded by saying, in pose for the adoption of the Meeting, a moving the Resolution. Resolution which had for its object to provide for the families of those who MR. WILLIAM MAXXIXC, M.P. perished in endeavouring to save others. Mr. MAXXIXG seconded the Resolu- It was this—" That relief be supplied tion, and after complimenting his Grace to the widows and families of persons the Reverend Chairman, said, the who may perish in their attempts to meeting he was sure might, if their own save the lives of others." Though our funds should not be sufficient, confi- mariners, continued the Right Rev. dently look to the Government for Prelate, were brave and humane, and support. Within a short time that had no fears on their own accounts, they Government had sent 58 sets of mortars must feel for their families ; but if they to various parts of the coast, at an knew that they were to be provided for, expence of 6000L He was quite sure, they would go forth undaunted at the however, the Institution would nourish calls of humanity, or the calls of their under the Presidency of his Grace. He country. They would know, that what- was happy also to see in the room many ever might befal them, their widows of those naval officers, wTho, after having would not be left destitute, and their bravely defended their country by their children would not have to beg their valour in war, were always ready to bread. The utility of this Resolution promote its honour and happiness, by could not be doubted ; he himself indeed their benevolence in peace. They were had seen occasions when it would have the main stay of that other Institution, been most valuable. It was his practice, the Seamen's Hospital Society, of which his Lordship said, to spend some part of he was a Member. Nine-tenths of all every summer on the coast of Cheshire, shipwrecks were of merchant vessels, not far from Liverpool, and opposite a and he was quite sure an appeal would dangerous sand bank; he had seen not be made in vain to the mercantile vessels sunk on it, and the crew take classes of this country. It was an act of refuge in the shrouds, where every wave benevolence, in which other countries threatened to wash them away. Their would partake. That our country, SEPTEMBER, 1929.] THE LIFEBOAT. 325

LIEUT-COLONEL SIR WILLIAM HILLARY, BT,, FOUNDER OF THE INSTITUTION. From a photograph of a cast of an alabaster medallion of Hillary by Wyon, engraver of the Kings Seals, who also designed the Institution's Medals. After Hillary's death in 1847, his grand-daughters presented the medallion to Mr. J. H. F. Spencer, of the Isle of Man. It is now in the possession of Mr. Spencer's grand- daughter, Mrs. Sugden, who has kindly had the photograph taken for the Institution. 326 THE LIFEBOAT. [SEPTEMBER, 1929.

amongst its numerous claims to appro- every Annual Meeting, in the room of j bation, was not forgetful of foreigners, those six who shall have attended the was proved by the fact, that at the very smallest number of times. moment he was speaking there was a Mr. MARSHALL seconded this Resolu- Committee sitting in another room of tion, and it was carried unanimously. the same Tavern, to dispose of annuities Mr. PULLEY moved the next Resolu- in favour of foreigners in distress. He tion, " That Donations and Annual begged leave to second the Resolution, Subscriptions be now entered into and which was unanimously carried. solicited, for carrying the object of this Institution into effect." It was CAPTAIN JOHN FOULERTON. seconded by Mr. Atkins, and carried Captain PULLER * moved ths next unanimously. A List of the donations Resolution. The skill of British seamen, and subscriptions already received was he said, surpassing that of other nations, then read. they were not so liable to be ship- Captain MAX BY was introduced to wrecked as those of other nations, the notice of the Meeting by the Most and, therefore, the Resolution which he Reverend Chairman, and moved, " That should have the honour to propose would the maritime counties and districts, the make the benefits of the Institution be principal sea ports and inland towns, more felt by foreigners than by our own and the British islands, be earnestly sailors. He then moved, " That the invited to form District Associations, as Subjects of all Nations be equally the branches of the Institution, and to objects of this Institution, as well in promote donations and subscriptions War as in Peace : that the same rewards to carry its general object into effect." be given for their rescue as for the rescue Mr. GOOCH, M.P., seconded the of British subjects; that Foreigners motion, and recommended that copies saved from Shipwreck, and being in a of their Resolutions should be sent to state of destitution, be placed under the the Admiralty, to the Trinity House, care of their respective Consuls, or and Lloyd's, and inserted in several forwarded to their own country." provincial papers. Alderman VENABLES seconded the A Resolution, purporting that it be Resolution, in a few words, and it was recommended to such district associa- carried unanimously. tions to have the same form of govern- Mr. JOSHUA WALKER f moved the next ment as the principal Institution, and to Resolution, which was " That medallions communicate with it, was moved by be conferred on the authors of such Captain SOMERS,| seconded by Mr. inventions to save lives in case of ship- RICHARDSON, and carried unanimously. wreck, as were best adapted to that Alderman BRIDGES § moved a Resolu- purpose." tion, empowering the Committee to Mr. BUCKLE seconded this Resolu- draw up rules for the regulation and tion, and it was carried unanimously. management of the society. Mr. ATWOOD t moved that the affairs It was seconded by Mr. CARRUTHERS, of this Institution be placed under the a member of Lloyd's, who took occasion management of a President, Vice- to praise the exertions of that body in President, forty Committee-men, a behalf of shipwrecked seamen. Treasurer, three Auditors, etc., etc. Mr. URQUHART explained that Lloyd's Mr. WILKINSON seconded the Resolu- would do more if their funds were tion, which was unanimously carried. largerjj Mr. BLADES moved the eighth Resolu- A GENTLEMAN then presented some tion, that the following Gentlemen, Papers to the Most Reverend Chairman, whose names were read, be the Members I Captain Richard Saumarez, R.N., in the of the Committee for the next two years ; Institution's report. and that afterwards six be elected at § A Member of Parliament. jj When the Institution was founded there * Captain John Foulerton in the Institu- were thirty-nine Life-boats on the coast. To tion's report. this work Lloyd's had largely contributed, in f A Member of Parliament. May, 1802, by setting aside 2,000 guineas SEPTEMBER, 1929.] THE LIFEBOAT. 327 which we understood to say contained Canterbury, and the other Noble Lords documents to prove that there was at who have patronised the Institution. Lloyd's a very large surplus revenue, His GRACE returned thanks for the one half of which he had proposed honour. should be devoted to decayed Members Sir WM. HILLARY was then thanked of that body, the other half to ship- as the Father of the Institution. On wrecked seamen. His Grace declined this occasion Mr. GOOCH observed, that receiving them, as foreign to the business however great might be Sir W. Hillary's on which the Meeting had been called merits, the formation of such a society together. as the present had been recommended Mr. HERRIES * moved that a Copy of long ago by Captain Manby.§ the Kesolutions be transmitted to the The Archbishop of CANTERBURY ob- Ambassadors, Consuls, and other Repre- served, that this was a very honourable sentatives of Foreign States residing in competition, and he had no doubt the this Country. thanks of the Meeting would be given to Mr. CASENOVE seconded the motion, both.i; and, like all the others, it met no opposi- The Thanks of the Meeting were also tion. very cordially voted to Mr. T. Wilson,^f Sir CHARLES FLOWER, Baronet, moved M.P., for his exertions, as Secretary, who that his Grace the Archbishop of Canter- said, in returning thanks, he had only bury be requested to convey to his done a small part of his duty, as the Majesty the deep and grateful sense Representative of the first commercial which the Meeting entertain of the city of the world. He was the servant distinguished honour conferred on them of the public, and felt himself bound, by his Majesty becoming the Patron of from the first moment his friend, Mr. G. the Institution. Hibbert, had mentioned this subject to Seconded by Mr. WALCOT, and carried him, to devote his time and attention unanimously. to the Institution. His Grace having The Thanks of the Meeting were then left the Chair, the Thanks of the Meeting moved and voted to the Dukes of York, were voted to him for his able conduct Sussex, and Gloucester.f for the honour as Chairman ; and at half-past three they had conferred on the meeting by o'clock the Meeting broke up. becoming the Vice-Patrons of the § Captain Manby was the inventor of a life- Institution. The Thanks of the Meeting saving apparatus for firing a line from the were also voted to the Earl of Liverpool,! shore to the wreck. On 10th March, 1825, he for taking on himself the office of Presi- received the fifth Gold Medallion awarded by dent of the Institution. The Thanks of the Institution. It was awarded as " a public testimony of the great utility of his life-saving the Meeting were then cordially be- apparatus." The other four had been awarded stowed on his Grace the Archbishop of to the King, the Duke of York, the Archbishop of Canterbury and Sir William Hillary, so that for the construction of Life-boats. During Captain Manby was the second to receive it the first few years of the Institution's work for actual services towards the rescue of the I Lloyd's contributed £200 a year. This was shipwrecked. increased later to £400, and then to over || The resolution proposed by Mr. George £700 annually. In 1868, however, Lloyd's Lyall, and seconded by Mr. Thomas Wilson, ceased to contribute. They started to con- M.P., was "That the best thanks of this tribute again in 1910, through the City meeting are due to Sir William Hillary, Bart., Branch, and have continued to do so every for his patriotic efforts in bringing this year since then. Until 1923 the contribution subject before the public, and for his zealous varied between £100 and £280, but in 1924, the endeavours to promote the establishment of Institution's Centenary Year, it was greatly the Institution." The Gold Medallion which I increased, and since then has averaged over he received the following year was awarded £1,500 a year. Two years before this increase him " as the Founder, and for his subsequent I was made, the Chairman of Lloyd's had co-operation and assistance." accepted an invitation to the position of ex- T[ Mr. Thomas Wilson, Member of Parlia- officio Membership of the Committee of Manage- ment for the City of London, was the co- ment of the Institution. fonnder with Sir William Hillary of the * Mr. Harris in the Institution's report. Institution. He became its first Chairman, f Brothers of the King. holding that post for over 28 years until his J The Prime Minister. death in 1852 in his eighty-fifth year. 328 THE LIFEBOAT. [SEPTEMBER, 1929.

Life-boat Conferences.

South-East of England.

A CONFERENCE of Life-boat workers Organising Secretary, described the was held at. Folkestone on 2nd May. success that he had had by getting the The delegates were welcomed by the three cinemas in the town to show Mayor of Folkestone and Major Sir Life-boat films for a week before Life- Philip Sassoon, Bt., G.B.E., C.M.G., boat Day, and to allow collecting. The M.P., Under-Secretary of State for Air, collectors wore oilskins, and a con- and President of the Folkestone siderable sum was raised. Branch. In the absence of Sir Godfrey Colonel Skey, Chairman of the Mar- Baring, Bt., Chairman of the Committee gate Branch, emphasised the importance of Management of the Institution, the of propaganda in the schools, through chair was taken by Mr. George F. Shee, the Essay Competition v\iu\ the organi- M.A., Secretary of the Institution. sation of visits of children to Life-boat Delegates were present from the Houses. following Branches: Aldeburgh, Ash- Mrs. Johnson-Smyth, B.A., Honorary ford, Aylsham, Bishops Stortford, Brigh- Secretary at Canterbury, gave an address ton and Hove, Brill, Cambridge, Canter- on " The Art of Cadging," and empha- bury, Chelmsfoid, Colchester, Dorking, sised the need for personal work and Dover, Eastbourne, Egham, Folkestone, the personal following up of all letters Felixstowe, Goodwin Sands and Downs, of appeal. Hastings, Hythe, Lewes, Littlehampton, Miss Hopkins, the Honorary Secretary Margate, New Romney, Ramsgate, of the Folkestone Women's Auxiliary, Walton-on-Thames and Windier. said that most of the help obtained was The Secretary gave a sun ey of the froin women who had to work for their work of the Institution during the year, living. She was anxious to know how and dealt in particular with the changes to get the help of women of leisure, who to be made in the Life-boat Stations on were not giving the support they should. the coast of the District. The District Mr. T. W. Gomm, Honorary Secre- Organising Secretary then gave a report tary at Margate, described the methods of the work of the District, pointing out by which £440 had been collected in tl at the cost of the Life-boat Service the Margate Boat-house last year. Here was'ljrf. per head of the population, again it was personal work which was and that if the District was to contribute essential. Mrs. Gomm had devoted at that rate, it would have to increase its herself throughout the summer to contribution from £11,000 to £23,000. interesting visitors, of whom 50,000 had A satisfactory feature of the work was come to the Boathouse. the increase in the number of Life-boat After the Conference the Folkestone Days. There were 43 in 1927, and 51 Life-boat was launched, and some of in 1928. In 1929 he hoped that there the delegates went afloat in her. would be 70. Delegates then gave reports on the Forthcoming Conferences. work of their Branches. At the afternoon session addresses A CONFERENCE of London workers will were given by a number of Honorary be held at the Westminster City Hall on workers. 9th October, a Conference of North- Mrs. Astley Roberts, President of the Eastern workers at Harrogate on 24th Eastbourne Ladies' Life-boat Guild, an.I 25th. October, and Conferences of spoke on the organisation of Life-boat South-Western workers at Taunton on Days. 29th October, and at Truro on 31st Mr. Capel, of Watford, through the October. SEPTEMBER, 1929.] THE LIFEBOAT. 329

A Swedish Life-boatwoman. All Life-boat workers, and particu- swain had a daughter who had, from the ' larly those women who help in the very earliest age, when it was possible td actual launching of Life-boats, will be take her along in a boat at all, accom- interested to know that there is now panied her father in all weathers both in Sweden a woman who is a regular in hunting and fishing, and under his

THE SWEDISH LIFE-BOATWOMAN. Miss Naemi Sioberg; of Enskar. member of a Life-boat Crew—Miss experienced guidance received a boat Naemi Sjoberg, of Enskar. How she training which many fishermen and sea- has become a member of the Crew is men might envy. To Miss Naemi described in the 1928 Annual Report of Sjoberg, our new Life-boat comrade, we the Swedish Life-boat Society :— extend our welcome. Her entry into " Immediately after the Station came active Life-boat service has further in- into operation, one of the Life-boatmen creased the debt of gratitude which the left the place, and no other suitable man Life-boat Society owes to women, who was obtainable. The gap was, however, not only carry on a big work in the filled easily enough, because the Cox- ' Lifebuoy ' [the Swedish Ladies' Life- 330 THE LIFEBOAT. [SEPTEMBER, 1929. boat Guild] and similar associations, launchers on our own coasts and the but also take an active part in the work members of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild of rescue." will send their good wishes to Miss Naemi We are sure that all the women Sjoberg, Life-boatwoman.

New President of the Swedish Life-boat Society. Mr. Edvard Lithander, President of beginning of the year by Captain William the Swedish Society for Saving the Gibson. Captain Gibson belongs to a Shipwrecked, who was one of the family which emigrated from Scotland to Swedish delegates at the International Sweden about 150 years ago. He served Life-boat Conference in London in 1924, in the Navy and retired with the rank has been compelled through pressure of of Captain to join his father's business, business and parliamentary duties to of which he is now Chairman of Directors. resign the Presidency. His resignation He became a member of the Committee is a great loss not only to the Swedish of the Swedish Life-boat Society in 1913, Life-boat Service, but to the Inter- and was elected Vice-President a few national Life-boat Cause,for in London years ago. in 1924, and again at the Paris Confer- We cordially welcome as the Presi- ence last year, he took a prominent and dent of the Swedish Life-boat Service valuable part in the discussions. a Naval officer with such British Mr. Lithander was succeeded at the names.

The Bedford Rotary Club's Pageant. £386 Contributed to the Institution. ONE of the most original and suc- Saxon and Dane which the pageant cessful efforts on behalf of the funds of depicted. It showed Edward the Elder, the Institution was carried out at Bed- son of Alfred the Great, and his sister ford on 27th June. It was an historical Ethelfleda, wife of the Ealdorman of pageant organised by the Bedford Rotary Mercia, meeting at Bedford to discuss Club, and was followed by a military their military operations against the tattoo. The proceeds of the pageant Danes, and welcomed with games and a j were devoted to the Bedford Branch, joust. This pageant of pleasure was ! and those of the tattoo, in the evening, followed by a Danish attack on Bed- to the Bedford County Hospital. ford, the Danes coming up the Ouse In arranging and carrying out the from Huntingdon in their boats. pageant the Rotary Club had the help It was a pageant partly on water and of the Mayor and Corporation, officers partly on land. It depicted incidents and men from the 2nd and 5th Bat- in that long warfare, between two of talions and the Depot of the Bedford- the peoples from whom the English are shire and Hertfordshire Regiment, the descended, in which the sea-spirit of the O.T.C.'s of Bedford School and Bedford English was first shown. As such it was Modern School, the Bedford Rugby very appropriate that the pageant should Union Club, Athletic Football Club, have been in aid of the Life-boats; Swimming Club and Amateur Operatic and the past and present of this ancient Society and the Bedford Fire Brigade. sea-spirit met on the Ouse, for on that Thus the whole town gave its help. same afternoon the Danish galleys Bedford has a very old history. It came up to attack Bedford, and a was a frontier town between Saxon and modern Life-boat, after taking part in Dane when the latter held all the eastern a procession through the town, was and northern part of England, and it launched in the river. was incidents in the warfare between It is not all towns that have so old a SEPTEMBER, 1929.] THE LIFEBOAT. 331

1,000 YEARS OF THE SPIRIT OF THE SEA. THE BEDFORD HISTORICAL PAGEANT.

courtesy of] [G. A. Gearey, Bedford. TENTH CENTURY. Sinking of a Danish Galley.

By courtesy of] [G. A. Gearty, Bedford. TWENTIETH CENTURY. A Life-boat collecting in the streets. 332 THE LIFEBOAT. [SEPTEMBER, 1929. history as Bedford, nor all whose history The exact sum received by the Bed- could be so appropriately staged to help ford Branch was £386 18s". 5rf., and the Life-boats, but we hope that others we take this opportunity of publicly may follow the fine and generous example recording the hearty thanks which of the Bedford Rotary Club, and hold have been conveyed to the Rotary similar pageants in honour of their past Club. and in aid of the Life-boat .Service.

Belfast's Life-boat Fete. FOLLOWING the two balls which were A number of regimental and other organised by the Belfast Ladies' Life- bands, which generously gave their boat Guild in the winter and spring, a services, played throughout the fort- Fete, lasting a fortnight, was held in night, and the attractions included a June in the Bellevue Gardens, Belfast, boxing competition between the West which had been kindly lent to the Yorkshire Regiment and the Royal Institution by the Corporation. It had Inniskilling Fusiliers, a trapeze act, a been intended at first that the Fete '' gymnastic ape" and equilibrists. The should last a week, but as there was two chief attractions came at night : heavy rain for five days it was kept open a high-diving act, from a height of 75 for another week. During the second feet into a tank 6 feet deep, carried out week it was a little, though only a little, in a blaze of fire-works, and a shipwreck more fortunate, for three days were wet. and rescue by a Life-boat. This last The net receipts amounted to £463 3s. 6

Held Over. THE following regular features of The Life-boatmen," "Awards to Honorary Lifeboat are held over until the Novem- Workers," " Gifts from Life-boat ber issue :—" Awards to Coxswains and Crews," and" Gifts from Owners." SEPTEMBER, 1929.] THE LIFEBOAT. 333

73/y courtesy of\ [II'. and C. ISuinl, Helfiist. BELFAST LIFE-BOAT FETE. The Life-boat and Steamer used in the Rescue Scene.

SEA SCOUTS HELP ON NOTTINGHAM LIFE-BOAT DAY. 334 THE LIFEBOAT. [SEPTEMBER, 1929.

The Selsey Life-boat on the Thames. THE new Life-boat for Selsey—of the was inspected by Mr. Charles Ammon Watson Cabin type—which during last (Parliamentary Secretary to the Board winter was on temporary service at of Admiralty, and a member of the Cromer, made a trip up the Thames in Committee of Management), and by July, after undergoing overhaul at the other members of Parliament. Storeyard, before she went to her With the Mayor and Mayoress of station. She was manned by Coxswain Twickenham on board, she then went Barnes and the Selsey Crew, and the up to Richmond. Here she remained Selsey Honorary Secretary, Mr. Arnell, during the following morning, and was was also on board. formally welcomed by the Mayor (Mr. The suggestion for the trip came from Sydney Glad well). In the afternoon she Mr. A. Forman, of Twickenham, who went on to Twickenham. Here too she very kindly made all the arrangements was welcomed by the Mayor (Councillor on the river, while the Rotary Club at Carus-Wilson), and the Life-boat lay Twickenham made the arrangements at the steps of the Newborough Club for the visit to Twickenham, printing until nine o'clock in the evening. She po ters and tickets and doing everything then went on to Kingston, and lay along- to give the boat a big public welcome. side the Queen's Parade the whole of This is the first time that a Life-boat the following day, returning in the has been up the Thames beyond evening to Richmond, and so down the London since the present Teesnaouth Thames, and by sea to her Station, At Life-boat, also a Watson Cabin boat, all three places many people went went as far as Oxford in 1924. aboard her, and both the Mayor of Rich- On the afternoon of 26th July the mond and the Mayor of Twickenham, in Selsey boat went up the river to their speeches of welcome, made special the Houses of Parliament, where she appeals to their fellow-citizens to sup- was moored at the Speaker's Steps, and port the Institution.

The Help of Mayors and Mayoresses. A Record?

The Example of South port. THE Institution is fortunate in having of office is over, and at Life-boat Day in a large number of its Branches, held on 22nd June last, the Branch not particularly in the North of England, only had the active help of the present the support, and very often the active Mayor and Mayoress, but had no personal help as well, of the Mayors and fewer than five ex-Mayors and five Provosts and their wives. It happens ex-Mayoresses engaged either in collect- also in some cases that after vacating ing in the streets or counting money in office the Mayor and Mayoress con- the Town Hall. tinue to give their help. This has been This is a splendid example of the notably so in the case of Southport, way in which work for the Life-boat Lancashire. Here the Mayor, during Cause can become one of the natural his term of office, serves as a member civic duties of a town. We think it must of the Branch Committee, while the be a record, but if any other Branch can Mayoress is President of the Ladies' beat it, or equal it, or, in fact, show Life-boat Guild. It is theii invariable anything like the same measure of civic practice to continue to take a practical help, we shall be very glad to publish interest in the Branch when their year its record in The Lifeboat. SEPTEMBER, 1929.] THE LIFEBOAT. 335

IN A HEAVY SEA OFF THE LONGSHIPS. The " Mona " of Antwerp, on October 27th, 1928. Her cargo of coal had shifted and she had heavy list. The Peniee Motor Life-boat stood by until she got into Mount's Bay.

THE MAYOR OF RICHMOND AND THE SELSEY COXSWAIN. 336 THE LIFEBOAT. [SEPTEMBER, 1929.

Dundee Life-boat Day.

The Help of the Dundee, Perth, and London Shipping Co. THE Dundee Life-boat Day this sum- Montrose and Broughty Ferry Motor mer was an outstanding event. The Life-boats gave a demonstration off the Honorary Secretary, Mr. Lindsay, and esplanade. This was followed by a his Life-boat Day Sub-Committee had procession through the town in which j the very generous help of Mr. Kalph the Arbroath Life-boat (brought over at (.'. Cowper, the General Manager of the the expense of the Dundee, Perth and Dundee, Perth and London Shipping London Shipping Company) took part, Co., who spared nothing to make the and afterwards the Tay Boat Clubs held Day a, success, and, for some weeks a regatta in. King William Docks. before had a large part of his staff In short, the whole city took part in engaged in making arrangements for the Day, and that no one might miss the the appeal. The day before the Day opportunity of contributing, a special the Shipping Company gave a luncheon appeal had been made in the Press by party on board one of its vessels at the President of the Branch, asking all which seventy guests were present, in- who might be absent on the Day, to cluding the Lord Provost (Sir William contribute in advance. High) and Commander the Hon. A. D. The Day was easily a record. It Cochrane, D.S.O., Vice-Chairman of raised over £700, while last year the the Scottish Council, who gave a short total collection of the Branch and the address. At this luncheon £100 was Guild for the whole year was £385. subscribed. It only remains to say that the Dun- On the Day itself, through the influ- dee, Perth & London Shipping Com- ence of Mr. Cowper. the offices of the pany, to whose generous help this shipping companies were specially deco- success was so largely due, were the rated, as were also the steamers of the owners of the Forfor shire, wrecked off Dundee, Perth and London Shipping the Northumberland coast in 1838, Company in the harbour, while a whose nine survivors, out of sixty-three, number of shops had Life-boat pictures were rescued by Grace Bailing and her and models in their windows. The father.

The Fishwives of Cullercoats. THE fishwives of Cullercoats carried out Altogether over £146 was collected, their eighth consecutive collection on £9 more than in 1928. The collection behalf of the Institution on 3rd August, started in 1922, when the result was when the Cullercoats Life-boat held £58. In only one year since then have its quarterly road exercise and launch. the fishwives failed to collect more than As in previous years, they had the help in the previous year, and in the eight of the Newcastle Highland Pipe Band, years they have collected over £898. which again generously gave its services Mrs. Polly Donkin, who each year free. This year they had also the help of has easily headed the list, this year beat the Coliseum Picture Hall at Whitley. her last year's record by £7. She col- Collections were made outside the Coli- lected £52! Many Branches of the seum each evening in the week, and on Institution collect less in the whole year the day itself an appeal was made from than this one fishwife, and we look for- the stage, a Life-boat film was shown, ward confidently to seeing her get into and a collection taken inside the house. three figures. SEPTEMBER, 1929.] THE LIFEBOAT. 337 Singing for the Life-boats. THE following account of how visitors impress by its significance, " Eternal from Bolton contributed to the funds of Father, Strong to Save." Fleetwood the Fleetwood Branch, appeared in the folk, apart from other visitors, were so Bolton Journal and Guardian on 12th impressed that they gathered round July. and joined in. Then someone had the " A number of Boltonians on holiday happy idea of taking a collection for the at Fleetwood last week contributed local Life-boat funds, and there was such direct to the Life-boat funds there as the a willing response that by the end of the result of a novel form of entertainment. week the sum of £2 12s. 8d. had been Assembling on the lower promenade on handed over. It was duly acknow- several evenings, they sang hymns, ledged, and there is every prospect that patriotic choruses, etc., including the the venture will be repeated during the grand old hymn that never fails to September holidays."

Special Gifts. From a Submarine Depot-ship. From San Fernando, Trinidad. H.M.S. Cyclops, the submarine depot- Three residents in San Fernando, ship, when she was paid off at Chatham Trinidad, have sent gifts to the Institu- in the spring, sent a gift of £30 to the tion as a thank-offering for the King's Institution from her canteen funds. recovery. One of them writes : " ' God From Two Children. save the King ' is no empty song, and Two London children, aged eleven now there is much joy in many lands. and eight, have sent us three shillings, There are many ways of showing the which they got by selling small articles spirit of thankfulness. As for me, I which they had made themselves during mark out the Royal National Life-boat their holidays. Their mother wrote that Institution for a gift in honour of the the idea and the work were entirely heroes who, unmindful of their own their own. safety, rush to the rescue of others."

100 Years Ago. Two Gold Medal Services on the Same Day. THE brig Aurora, coal laden, was Duke was driven on shore near Sandy wrecked near the mouth of the Tees, on Cove, Ireland, in a violent gale at East; the night of the 14th August, 1829, in a and the crew and passengers, consisting heavy gale and tremendous sea ; and of three women, three children and five the crew, consisting of ten persons, were men, saved by Lieut. William Hutchi- saved by the intrepid conduct of Lieu- son, R.N., of Kingstown, and a boat's tenant Pym, R.N., and the boat's crew crew, who went off with him through who went off with him ; the sea fre- a tremendous surf, and with great risk quently made so complete a breach over of having the boat dashed to pieces the boat that they were in such danger on the rocks and against the vessel : of being washed overboard as to be immediately after they got the people obliged to lash each other to their seats. out of the brig, the mainmast went by In this case, the " Gold Medallion" the board, and the vessel soon after was presented to Lieut. Pym, and £13 went to atoms. In this case the " Gold to the men, who had received also £13 Medallion" was presented to Lieut. from the Life-boat Committee at Hutchison, the men having already Whitby. received £13 13s. from the Corporation At 4 A.M. on the 14th August the brig for preserving the Port of Dublin. 338 THE LIFEBOAT. [SEPTEMBER, 1929. Obituary. Mr. R. B. Scon, Motor Mechanic at New Brighton. BY the death, on 23rd July at the age of his last service—when the New Brighton sixty-two, of Mr. Kalph Brown Scott, Life-boat rescued the crew of the French Chief Motor Mechanic of the Life-boat steamer Emile Delmas. This was the at New Brighton on the Mersey, a Life- finest service of the year, carried out boatman with a very gallant record has in a very heavy gale with a very heavy passed away. Mr. Scott was in the sea, blinding rain-squalls, and gusts of Life-boat Service for thirty-one years. wind at 100 miles an hour. Scott him- In 1898 he was appointed Second self was ill, waiting for a bed in the Engineer of the Steam Life-boat City of hospital, and faced with the probability Glasgow, which was stationed at Har- of a serious operation. In spite of this wich, and in 1910- he became Chief he answered the call and was in charge Engineer of the Steam Life-boat James of the engines throughout the service, Stevens No. 3, which was at Angle, which lasted nearly six hours. Five Pembrokeshire. He served with her days later he was taken to hospital, at Angle, Totland Bay, Isle of Wight but it was decided not to operate, and and Dover until 1922, when the Dover he got much better, being present at the Station was closed and the Life-boat Annual Meeting of the Institution in transferred to Holyhead. Then, after April to receive the Bronze^ Medal being trained in the handling of internal which he had been awarded, as had combustion engines, he was appointed, each member of the Crew (the Coxswain in 1923, Chief Motor Mechanic of the receiving the Silver Medal), for the first Motor Life-boat of the Barnett service to the Emile Delmas. He fell Twin Screw type, which had just been ill again shortly afterwards, underwent completed. This Boat, the most power- an operation in June, and died just six ful Motor Life-boat in the world, and the weeks later. first of our Motor Life-boats to be pro- vided with cabins, was stationed at A Correction. New Brighton, but before going there WE deeply regret that in the last issue she made a trip round Great Britain. of The Lifeboat we incorrectly announced During that trip Mr. Scott broke a the death of one of our oldest Life- small bone in his arm, but he refused boat workers, Mrs. Brandreth Gibbs, of to leave the boat, and remained in Leigh-on-Sea, at the age of nearly charge of her engines until the end of ninety. The error was caused by the the trip a month later. He gave still fact that we were informed of the more signal proof of his courage and death of another lady of the same name devotion in November, 1928—it was and same age. Life-boatmen in the Empire Pageant. ON Empire Day, 24th May last, twenty Minister was broadcast. The twenty Life-boatmen took part in the Empire Life-boatmen, who were in full dress, Day Festival and Procession of the came from Ramsgate, Newhaven and Empire organised by the Daily Express Worthing, and were led by two medal- in Hyde Park. The procession was led lists of the Institution, Coxswain Thomas by the massed bands of H.M. Brigade Read of Ramsgate, and Coxswain of Guards, and an address by the Prime Richard Payne of Newhaven. The Annual Report: A Correction. WE regret that in the list of holders omitted. The omission was pointed out of the Gold Badge in the abridged in time to be corrected in the full Report, Annual Report for 1928, the name of but as the abridged report is much more Mr. B. J. Kirkham, Honorary Secretary widely circulated, we should like to cor- i at New Brighton, was unfortunately rect the mistake in The Lifeboat as well. SEPTEMBER, 1929.] THE LIFEBOAT. 339

Summary of Meetings of the Committee of Management.

Thursday, 17th January, 1929. Lives Life-boat. Vessel. Rescued. SIR GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the Chair. Montrose No. 1 Steam trawler Chimaera, (Motor) of Grimsby ... 8 Decided to forward to the South Holland Padstow (Tug) Motor fishing boat Our Life-boat Society a message expressing regret Girlie, of Port Isaac . 5 and sympathy in connexion with the loss of Palling No. 2 . S.S. Hursehy, of Hull. the Hook of Holland Steam Life-boat Prins der Stood by vessel. Nederlanden and her crew of eight men on Ramsgate . The East Goodwin Light- 16th January. (Motor) vessel. Stood by ves- Reported the receipt of the following special sel. contributions :— Scarborough . Five fishing cobles, of £ t. d. (Motor) Scarborough. Escorted Anonymous .... 1,000 0 0 cobles into harbour. King George's Fund for Sailors . 1,000 0 0 Swanage S.S. Groivenor, of New- Alexander 0. Joy, Esq..Towards (Motor) castle. Rendered cost of a new Life-boat . . 1,000 0 0 assistance. Cunard S.S. Co., Ltd.— Teesmouth Schooner Orne, of Svend- Subscription . . . . 100 0 0 (Motor) borg. Stood by ves- Donation . . . . 100 0 0 sel. Herbert Jones, Esq. . . . 100 0 0 Torbay (Motor) Schooner Jane Banks, James Van Allen Shields, Esq., of Fowey .... 5 (Donation) . . . . 100 0 0 Walmer S.S. Dione, of Hamburg. Messrs. John & E. Bosher (Sub- Stood by vessel. scription) . . . 63 0 0 Whitby No. 2 . Six motor fishing boats, W. B., Lloyd's (Donation) . 53 0 0 of Whitby. Escorted Anonymous (Additional Dona- boats into harbour. tion) 50 0 0 Whitby (Motor) Six fishing boats, of Alfred Barrett, Esq., J.P. (Dona- Whitby. Escorted tion) 26 5 0 boats into harbour. The Hon and Rev. Edward V. R. Whitby (Motor) Motor fishing boat Dili- Powys (Additional Donation) . 26 5 0 gence, of Whitby. Es- Mrs. Allen (Additional Donation) 25 0 0 corted boat into har- A. N. Garland, Esq. (Donation) . 25 0 0 bour. H. W. Kolle, Esq. (Additional Donation) . . . 25 0 0 The Walton-on-the-Naze (Motor) Life-boat To be thanked. saved the S.S. Duris, of Newcastle, and rescued from shipwreck her crew of fourteen. Paid £21,958 3*. 5d. for sundry charges in connexion with the construction of Life-boats, Also voted £301 14s. 6d. to pay the expenses Life-boat Houses and Slipways, and the main- of the following Life-boat launches, assemblies tenance of the various Life-boat establish- of crews, etc., with a view to assisting persons ments. on vessels in distress:—Aberdeen No. 1 (Motor), Buckie (Motor), Dunbar, East- Voted £528 5s. to pay the expenses of the bourne (Motor), Holyhead No. 2, Hoylake, following Life-boat Services :— New Brighton No. 2 (Motor), North Deal, Lives Life-boat. Vessel. Rescued. Pwllheli, Ramsgate (Motor), Teesmouth Ballycotton . S.S. Celtic, of Liverpool. (Motor), Teignmouth, Thurso, Wells and Stood by vessel. Wicklow (Motor). Boulmer . . Five fishing cobles, of Passed a further £59 13*. 8d. on account of Boulmer. Stood by pensions already granted to dependent rela- cobles. tives of men who lost their lives in the Life- Filey . . . Motor coble Dorothy, of boat Service at Caister, Eastbourne, Rhos- Filey. Stood by coble. colyn and Whitby. Filey . . . Sixteen motor cobles, of Filey. Stood by Granted £19 to a man for injury in the Life- cobles. boat Service at Plymouth. Flamborough Three fishing cobles, of Voted a compassionate grant of £5 to George No. 1. Flamborough. Stood Morris, who, after fifteen years' service with by cobles. the Hoylake and Hilbre Life-boats, is now Lowestoft . . Steam trawler Elnet, of incapacitated permanently by illness and in (Motor) Ymuiden. Stood by very poor circumstances. vessel. Moelfre. . . Ketch Henrietta, of Kil- Awarded a Binocular Glass, suitably in- keel. Landed 3. scribed, to Mr. W. M. Friskney, Honorary Moelfre. . . Schooner Mountblairy, Secretary at Teesmouth, for going out in the of Plymouth. Landed Motor Life-boat on service on the 26th and 4. 31st December, 1928. 340 THE LIFEBOAT. [SEPTEMBER, 1929. Directed that a Letter of Thanks be sent to £ *. d. Captain J. T. Shaw, Honorary Secretary at Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. and Bedcar, for going out in the Teesmouth Motor Union Castle Mail Steamship Co., Life-boat on service on the 26th December, for the new Weymouth Motor 1928. Life-boat to be named Lady Kylsant (Donation) . . 6,500 0 0 Granted additional rewards to the crew and " A W." (Additional Donation) . 100 0 0 helpers of the Teesmouth Motor Life-boat for Celbridge (Co. Kildare) Collegiate an arduous service launch on 31st December, School (Collection) . . 50 0 0 1928. To be thanked. Directed that a Letter of Thanks, specially Paid £20,977 4s. 3d. for sundry charges in mentioning the work of the mechanics, be connexion with the construction of Life-boats, sent, through the Honorary Secretary, to the Life-boat Houses and Slipways, and the main- Coxswain and Crew of the Lowestoft Motor tenance oi the various Life-boat establish- Life-boat in recognition of the fine service on ments. 30th December, 1928, when the Life-boat stood by the Dutch trawler Elnet. Voted £426 15s. to pay the expenses of the following Life boat launches :— Reported that the Board of Trade had Lives expressed its appreciation of the assistance Life-boat. Vessrt. Hesc ied. given on this service to the Life-saving Blyth . . S.S. Delaware, of Lon- Apparatus Company by the Life-boat Cox- (Motor) don. Stood by vessel. swain in playing the searchlight on the wreck. Berwick-on- Motor drifter Cissie, of Tweed. Eyemouth. Stood by Directed that a Letter of Thanks be addressed to ex-Coxswain W. Stephenson, of Dungeness S.S. Ravehton, of Boulmer, who took charge of the Life-boat on No. 1. Grangemouth. Stood 9th January, when she was launched, in the by vessel. absence of most of the regular members of Dungeness S.S. Dafila, of Liverpool. her crew, to the aid of the local fishing boats. No. 2. Stood by vessel. Also directed that a Letter of Thanks be Kessingland Steam trawler Cycla- addressed to Mr. H. B. Stephenson, Honorary men, of Lowestoft. Secretary, who went out in the Life-boat on Escorted vessel into the same occasion. safety. Lowestoft Sailing trawler San Toy, Voted £5 to two men and a boy for rescuing (Motor) of Lowestoft. Stood four men, belonging to Gweesalia, Co. Mayo, by vessel. on 13th October, 1928. The men were taking Lowestoft Steam trawler New- rushes in a boat across the Owenmore River (Motor) haven, of Lowestoft. from Coolaba to Pullahada, but the boat was Rendered assistance. over-loaded, and they came to grief about Newhaven Steam trawler Crafce, of three-quarters of a mile from land. With the (Motor) Boulogne . 15 help of oars and the rushes, the men supported Newhaven Ketch Kate, of Glou- themselves until rescued. Moderate risk was (Motor) cester. Stood by vessel. incurred by the salvors in getting the men North Sunder Steam trawler St. Louis, into their 16-foot boat. land. of Hull. Rendered Granted £2 to cover the expenses of two assistance. motor fishing boats which put out from Whitby Scarborough Fishing boat Sceptre, of to search for the motor fishing boat Diligence, (Motor) Scarborough. Es- on 28th December. 1928. corted boat into har- bour. Southwold Steam trawler Cyclamen, (Motor) of Lowestoft. Stood Thursday, 21st February, 1929. by vessel. Staithes Five motor fishing boats, SIR GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the Chair. of Staithes. Stood by boats. Passed a Vote of Thanks to H.R.H. The Teignmouth Motor drifter Princess Prince of Wales, K.G., for his appeal to the Jlary, of Teignmouth. Shipping Companies, which had resulted in Stood by vessel. the White Star Line, the Royal Mail Steam Thurso . Steam trawler Kdward Packet Company and the Union Castle Mai] VII., o! Grimsby 10 Steamship Company defraying the cost of Torbay Motor fishing boat Tor- new Motor Life-boats for Fishguard and (Motor) quay United, of Tor- Weymouth. quay. Saved boat and Reported the receipt of the following special rescued .... contributions :— Whitby Motor tishmg boats £ s. d. (Motor) Guide Me and Re- White Star Line, for the new Fish- membrance, of Whitby. guard Motor Life-boat to^be Escorted boats into named White Star (Donation) . 8,500 0 0 harbour. SEPTEMBER, 1929.] THE LIFEBOAT. 341

Lives now ill and in very indigent circumstances, Life-boat, Vessel. Rescued. Whitby . . Fishing boats Mizpah, with a wife to support. (Motor) Irene, Remembrance, Awarded the Silver Medal of the Institution, Guide Me and Pilot accompanied by a copy of the Vote inscribed Me, of Whitby. Es- on Vellum and framed, to James Sim, Second corted boats into har- Coxswain of the Fraserburgh Life-boat, in bour. J recognition of his initiative, leadership and Whitby No.[2J. [Fishing [boats {Irene, courage in jumping into the sea at great Remembrance, Guide personal risk and taking prompt action, which Me, and Pilot Me, of led to saving the lives of the crew of the steam Whitby. Stood by trawler Clio, of Dundee, which was wrecked boats. on Cairnbulg Briggs in a very heavy sea in the middle of the night of 14th January, 1912. The Great Yarmouth and Gorleston (Motor) Andrew Ritchie, Alexander Ritchie and James Life-boat rendered assistance to the S.S. City Mitchell also jumped from the Life-boat and of Malines, of Yarmouth ; the Holy Island helped in the rescue, and their services were No. 1 (Motor) Life-boat assisted to save the recognised by the award of the Thanks of the steam trawler St. Louis, of Hull; and the Institution inscribed on Vellum and framed. Palling No. 1 Life-boat assisted to save the In the case of James Mitchell, the Vellum was barge Will Everard, of London, and rescue presented to his widow, as he had died before from shipwreck her crew of three. the award was made. In each case a monetary Also voted £761 7s. to pay the expenses of award was also made. the following Life-boat launches, assemblies Owing to the illness of the Honorary Secre- of Crews, etc., with a view to assisting persons tary at the time of the service, the case was on vessels in distress :—Aberdeen (North Pier not then fully reported to the Institution. (A Life-saving Apparatus), Abersoch, Aldeburgh full account of this service appeared in The No. 2, Appledore (Motor), Berwick-on-Tweed, Lifeboat for last March.) Brighton, Caister No. 1, Clovelly, Donna Nook, Dunbar, Duugeness No. 2, Easiugtou, Awarded the Bronze Medal of the Institu- Eyemouth, Flamborough No. 1, Flamborough tion, accompanied by a copy of the Vote No. 2, Great Yarmouth and Gorleston (Motor), inscribed on Vellum and framed to Joseph Hastings, The Humber (Motor), Hythe, Ilfra- Atkinson, Master of the Padstow steam lug combe, Lynmouth, Newbiggin, North Deal, Helen Peele, in recognition of his meritorious Pwllheli, Scarborough (Motor), and Stromness conduct and skilful seamanship when the tug (Motor). under his command rescued the crew, five in number, of the fishing boat Our Girlie, of Port Passed a further £104 Is. Sd. on account of Isaac, which was totally wrecked on a rocky pensions already granted to dependent rela- shore near Port Quin in a moderate N.N.W. tives of men who lost their lives in the Life- gale with a very heavy sea, on 27th November, boat Service at Caister, Holyhead, Johns - 1928. The Thanks of the Institution inscribed haven, Moelfre, New Brighton, and Port St. on Vellum and framed was presented to the Mary. other members of the crew :—Frederick J. Granted £90 12«. 44. to men for injury in Mabley, Mate ; William Watson, Acting Chief the Life-boat Service at Cardigan, East- Engineer; William J. Pope, Acting Second bourne, Hoylake, North Deal, Walmer, Engineer; William A. Bray, Lawrence Wioklow and Winterton. Nugent, Edgar Stone, Nathaniel England, Alfred Peacock, Charles G. Brinham, Harry Voted an ex-gratia grant of £4 to the widow T. Honey and William French. of William Robinson, Coxswain of the New- biggin-by-the-Sea Life-boat, who died on the A Barometer, suitably inscribed, accom- day he was to retire after fourteen years' panied by a Letter of Thanks, was awarded service as Coxswain. to Captain E. P. Hutchings, Honorary Secre- Voted a compassionate grant of £5 to the tary of the Station, for his zeal on this occa- widow of Samuel Evans, the ex-Coxswain of sion. the Skerries Life-boat, who was left in poor (A full account of this service appeared in circumstances. Had Evans lived a few more The Lifeboat for last March.) days he would have been entitled to a year's Awarded a Silver Watch, suitably inscribed, pension as an ex-Coxswain. to John Matthews, Coxswain of the Moelfre Voted a compassionate grant of £5 to David Life-boat, for his devotion to duty when the Fleming, who is in distressed circumstances. Life-boat broke from her moorings and was He had been connected with the Dumuore wrecked in a very heavy N.E. gale on the East Life-boat for thirty years, and in the night of llth February, 1929. Also granted latter years of his service had occupied the monetary awards to \am and other men who positions of Second Coxswain and then assisted in the salving of the Life-boat. Coxswain. Granted an additional reward to the Crew Voted a compassionate grant of £5 to Lewis of the Newhaveu Motor Life-boat in recogni- Roberta, who resigned from the Holyhead tion of a meritorious service on 29th January, Life-boat Crew about fire yean ago on account 1929, when the crew, fifteen in number, of the of age, after fifty years' service, and who is French trawler Crabe, were rescued. 342 THE LIFEBOAT. [SEPTEMBER, 1929.

Granted an additional reward to the Crew risk was incurred in towing the Nellie home of the Clovelly Life-boat for an arduous against a strong ebb tide, northerly wind, and service launch on 15th February, 1929. moderately rough sea. Directed that a Letter of Thanks be addressed to Captain J. W. Heatley, a member Thursday, 21st March, 1929. of the Local Committee at Blyth, for going out SIB GODFREY BAKING, Bt., in the Chair. in the Life-boat on service on 2nd February, Co-opted Lt.-Col. J. Benskin, D.S.O., 1929. O.B.E., and Mr. K. Lee Guinness Members of Reported that letters had been received the Committee of Management. conveying the Sincere Thanks of the Govern- Reported the receipt of the following special ment of the Netherlands to the Crew of the Lowestoft Motor Life-boat for their services gifts:— £ «. d. on the occasion of the wreck of the Ymuiden H.R.H. The Duke of Coimaught trawler Elnet, on 30th December, 1928. (Subscription) . . . 15 0 0 Lloyd's, Members and Subscribers Awarded the Bronze Medal of the Institution of (Collection) . . . 1,477 11 0 accompanied by a copy of the Vote inscribed Members of the Garrison and on Vellum and framed to William H. B. Residents at Vacoas, Mauritius, ' Cotton, in recognition of his courageous proceeds of Carol Singing (Dona- conduct in plunging into the sea at consider- tion) 28 7 6 able personal risk in order to render help to Latvian Exchange (Donation) . 25 0 0 the crew of the S.S. Kendy, who were in great Canterbury Cathedral (Collection) 16 19 8 danger in the ship's boat after their vessel had To be thanked. foundered off Porthcawl, Glamorganshire, on 27th August, 1928. Paid £17,180 Is. lOd. for sundry charges in (A full account of this service appeared in connexion with the construction of Life-boats, The Lifeboat for last March.) Life-boat Houses and Slipways, and the main- tenance of the various Life-boat establish- Voted the Thanks of the Institution inscribed ments. on Vellum and framed to the steam trawler Voted £130 5*. 3d. to pay the expenses of Epinard, of Grimsby—Captain Samuel Aldred the following Life-boat services :— —in recognition of the meritorious services of Lives her master and crew on 22nd December, 1928, Life-boat. Vessel. Rescued. during a strong N.W. gale with a very heavy Newhaven . S.S. Tamworth, of New- sea, when they saved the sole survivor of the (Motor) castle. Stood by ves- motor fishing boat J.B.B., of Wick, after his sel. two companions had been washed overboard Plymouth . . S.S. De.ve.ntia, of Work- and the boat disabled off Dunnet Head, (Motor) ington .... 10 Caithness-shire. The small boat was driving St. Mary's . . Steam trawler Rowland, ashore, and Captain Aldred took his vessel to (Motor) . . of Ostend. Stood by within a few yards of the rocks in order to vessel. rescue the man, as no time could be lost. An Scarborough Fishing coble Jock, of attempt was also made to save the boat, and (Motor) Scarborough. Stood she was taken in tow, but she broke adrift and by coble. was lost in the darkness. Stromness . . Steam trawler Car- (Motor) mania II., of Grimsby 12 Voted £1 10*. to two men for rescuing the two occupants of the fishing smack Progress, The Holy Island No. 1 (Motor) Life-boat of Pwllheli, on 18th December, 1928. Also rendered assistance to the S.S. Invergrange., of granted 2s. 6rf. for petrol used. The salvors Grangemouth; and the Robin Hood's Bay were fishing about seven miles south of Pwllheli Life-boat rendered assistance to the S.S. when they saw smoke and a signal from the Elvier, of Wallsend. Progress. A moderate southerly wind was Also voted £118 5s. fid. to pay the expenses blowing, with a choppy sea. The smack was of the following Life-boat launches, assemblies found to be on fire, and the two men on board of Crews, etc., with a view to assisting persons were taken off and landed. on vessels in distress :— Blackrock, Dunbar, Voted £2 to four men for putting out from Girvan, Holy Island No. 1 (Motor), Hope Cove, Carnarvon in a motor-boat with the intention Newbiggin, Newhaven (Motor), Scarborough of helping another motor-boat which appeared (Motor), Southend-on-Sea (Motor), and to be in difficulties off Carnarvon Bar during a Walmer. S.S.W. gale with a heavy sea, on 12th Novem- The Cromer Motor and Palling No. 1 Life- ber, 1928. Also thanked the owner of the boat boats were also launched. used, and granted him £1. Passed a further £252 18s. 5d. on account of Voted £3 to six men, in two cobles, for pensions already granted to dependent rela- rescuing the crew of three of the motor coble tives of men who lost their lives in the Life- Nellie, owned and worked by the Coxswain of boat Service at Caister, Holyhead, Johns- the Boulmer Life-boat, which broke her pro- haven, Moelfre, Mumbles, Port Eynon, peller shaft while returning from the fishing Rhoscolyn and Rye. grounds on 24th January, 1929. Also allowed Granted £46 2*. to men for injury in the 2s. 6d. to each boat for fuel used. Moderate Life-boat Service at Caister and Plymouth. SEPTEMBER, 1929.] THE LIFEBOAT. 343

Voted a compassionate grant of £5 to the Paid £32,968 7s. Id. for sundry charges in widow of C. W. Chilvers, late Bowman of the connexion with the construction of Life-boats, Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Life-boat. Life-boat Houses and Slipways, and the main- Chilvers, who held the position of Bowman for tenance of the various Life-boat establish- five years and had been connected with the ments. Life-boat for fifty years, had left his widow in very poor circumstances. Voted £134 2s. to pay the expenses of the following Life-boat launches :— Voted the Bronze Second Service Clasp, Lives accompanied by a copy of the Vote inscribed Life-boat. Vessel. Rescued. on Vellum and framed, together with an addi- Galway Bay . A boat of Great Man's tional monetary award, to William Johnston, (Motor) Bay. Saved boat and Coxswain of the Stromness Motor Life-boat, rescued .... 2 in recognition of his meritorious conduct and Ramsey . . Schooner Venus of tine seamanship when the Life-boat under his Castletown ... 4 command rescued the crew, twelve in number, Ramsgate . . S.S. Chirripo, of Belfast. of the steam trawler Carmania II., of Grimsby, (Motor) Stood by vessel. which was totally wrecked on the Kirk Rocks, Scarborough . Motor fishing coble Treu- Hoy Sound, in very cold weather, with a (Motor) sure, of Scarborough. strong S.W. breeze and a very heavy surf on Escorted coble to 14th February, 1929. Additional rewards safety. were also granted to each member of the Teesmouth . S.S. Trentwood, of crew. (Motor) Middlesbrough. Ren- (This service was fully described in the issue dered assistance. of The Lifeboat for March last.) Walmer . . S.S. Chirripo, of Belfast. Voted the Thanks of the Institution inscribed Stood by vessel. on Vellum and framed to Angus McPhail, Coxswain of the Thurso Life-boat, in recogni- The North Deal Life-boat assisted to save tion of his meritorious conduct and skilful sea- the S.S. Culmore, of Londonderry, and the St. manship when the Life-boat under his com- Mary's Motor Life-boat saved the steam mand rescued, with considerable difficulty, the drifter Lord Haldane, of Loweatoft, and rescued crew, ten in number, of the steam trawler from shipwreck her crew of nine. Edward VII., of Grimsby, which stranded at Also voted £481 11s. 9d. to pay the expenses Brims Ness, in very cold and thick weather, of the following Life-boat launches, assemblies with a strong S. breeze and heavy ground swell, of Crews, etc., with a view to assisting personi on 2nd February, 1929. on vessels in distress :—Baltimore (Motor), Letters of Thanks were also addressed to Blyth (Motor), Claoton-on-Sea (Motor), Cress- Mr. J. Miller, Honorary Secretary, and well, Cromer (Motor), Cullercoats, Dunbar, to Captain Shearer, Harbour Master and Dungeness No. 1, Great Yarmouth and Gorle- Honorary Shore Signalman. Additional ston (Motor), Holyhead (Motor), Margate monetary rewards were granted to the Cox- (Motor), Newburgh, Newhaven (Motor), North swain and Crew. Deal, Palling No. 2, Ramsey, Ramsgate (This service was fully described in The Life- (Motor), Selsey (Motor), Torbay (Motor) and boat for March last.) Worthing. Voted the Thanks of the Institution Passed a further £186 Os. Gd. on account of inscribed on Vellum and framed to Frederick pensions already granted to dependent rela- J. Eagles, Coxswain of the Plymouth Motor tives of men who lost their lives in the Life- Life-boat, in recognition of his meritorious boat Service at Brighstone Grange, Caister, conduct and skilful seamanship when the Life- Eastbourne, New Brighton, Padstow, Port boat under his command rescued ten of the St. Mary. St. David's and Whitby. crew of the S.S. Deventia, of Workington, which stranded near Bolt Head, in a strong Granted £47 12s. 6d. to men for injury in the E.S.E. gale, with a heavy sea, and snow squalls, Life-boat Service at Ilfracombe, Moelfre and on 12th February, 1929. Additional mone- Walmer. tary rewards were granted to the Coxswain and Voted an ex gratia payment of £25 to the Crew. widow of James Gorman, who had been (This service was fully described in the issue Coxswain of the Clogher Head Life-boat for of The Lifeboat for March, 1929.) nearly thirty years. Granted £5 towards the funeral expenses of Thursday, 18th April, 1929. R. Matthews, who had been a member of the SIR GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the Chair. Crew of the Moelfre Life-boat for fifty-five Reported the receipt of the following special years. contributions :— Voted a gratuity of £5 to John Blyth, Care- £ a. d. taker of the Cromer Life-boat house during Latvian Shipowners' Union (Dona- the summer months, who was compelled to tion) 100 0 0 resign owing to ill-health. Alan C. Harris, Esq., (Additional Donation) . . . . 30 0 0 Directed that a letter of appreciation be To be thanked. addressed to Mr. A. H. Teare, Honorary Secre- 344 THE LIFEBOAT. [SEPTEMBER, 1929. tary at Ramsey, who went out in the Life-boat north-westerly gale with a rough sea, which on service on 1st April, 1929. flooded her engine room. She attempted to make Brightlingaea, but was unable to make Voted £1 17s. 6d. to three men for rescuing headway. In response to her signals for help, the four occupants of the yacht Lizzie,, of the salvors went to her and, finding it impos- Rochester, on 1st April, 1929. Also granted sible to tow the yacht, took off the people on 6s. l\d. for stores consumed. While bound board and landed them at Brightlingsea. from Pin Mill to Rochester, the Lizzie met a The Lizzie was salved the following day.

News from the Branches. 1st April to 30th June. Greater London. ILFORD (ESSEX).—Social and Whist GREATER LONDON. — Meeting of Drive. Ladies' Life-boat Guild At- London members of the Ladies' Life- Home ; address by the District Orga- boat Guild at the house of the Duchess nising Secretary. of Sutherland, President of the Guild. KINGSTON (SURREY).—Address to Address by Rear-Admiral T. P. H. the Rotary Club by the District Orga- Beamish, C.B., M.P., a member of the nising Secretary. Committee of Management. LEYTON (ESSEX).—Address to the Life-boat Day on 24th April. Rotary Club by the District Organising ACTON AND CHISWICK (MIDDLESEX).— Secretary. Annual Meeting. Amount collected last NEW MALDEN (SURREY).—Whist year £114, as compared with £82 in the Drive. previous year. ASHSORD (MIDDLESEX).—Meeting of PURLEY AND COULSDON (SURREY).— Branch formed. Hon. Secretary, Mr. Life-boat Helpers. Ladies' Life-boat G. Gray. Guild formed. Hon. Secretary, Mrs. A. C. Hetherington. ST. ALBANS.—Bridge Drive. BARNES (SURREY).—Dance. TOTTENHAM.—Address to the Rotary BLACKHEATH (LONDON).—Special Club by the District Organising meeting, with Sir George Hume, M.P., Secretary. in the chair. Speaker: Sir Godfrey WEALDSTONE (MIDDLESEX). — Lan- Baring, Bt., Chairman of the Committee tern Lecture by the Rev. A. Peckham, of Management of the Institution. Chairman of the Harrow and District Branch formed. Hon. Secretary, Mrs. Branch. Field. WESTMINSTER.—Collection at the BRIXTON.—Address to the Rotary Lyceum Theatre. Club by the District Organising Secretary. WOODFORD.—Concert by the Primrose EPPING (ESSEX).—Life-boat Day. League Buds. ERITH (KENT).—Address to the Four Talks or Lantern Lectures were Brotherhood by Lieut.-Col. C. R. Satter- given during the quarter. thwaite, O.B.E., R.E., Deputy Secretary of the Institution. North'Wettera District. FOREST HILL (LONDON).—Visit of ADLINGTON (LANGS.).—Life-boat Day. Life-boat Day workers to the Institu- Jumble Sale, arranged by the Ladies' tion's Storeyard. Life-boat Guild. FULHAM (LONDON).—Collection on BACUP (LANCS.).—Life-boat Day. the Fulham Football Club ground. BARROW-IN-FURNESS (L A N o s.). — HAYES—Ladies' Life-boat Guild visit Whist Drive and Fete. to Messrs. Huntley & Palmers; new members enrolled. BILLINGE (LANCS.).—Life-boat Day. SEPTEMBER, 1929.] THE LIFEBOAT. 345 BLACKBURN (LANCS.).—Annual Meet- HASLINGDEX (LANCS.).—Annual Meet- ing on 23rd April. Amount collected ing on 15th April. Amount collected £295, as compared with £233 in the £42, as compared with £45 in the pre- previous year. vious year. BLACKPOOL (LANCS.).—Annual Meet- Life-boat Day. ing on 27th June, the Mayor of Black- HAYDOCK AND ASHTON-IN-MAKER- pool, President of the Branch, in the FIELD (LAXCS.).—Life-boat Day. chair. Special Effort of the past year : Life-boat Day. Amount collected last HEYWOOD (LANCS.).—Life-boat Day. year £560, as compared with £431 in the HINDLEY (LANCS.).—Life-boat Day. previous year. HOLME (LANCS.).—Annual Meeting BRIERCLIFFE (LANCS.). — Life-boat on 16th April. Amount collected last Day. year £11, as compared with £7 in the BRIERFIELD (LANCS.). — Life-boat previous year. Day. HOYLAKE (CHESHIRE). — Life-boat BURNLEY (LANCS.).—American Tea, Sunday, with procession and special arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. service. Presentation of the Binoculars BUKY (LANCS.).—Annual Meeting on awarded by the Institution to Mr. 26th March. The Mayor, President of D. W. Hesslegrave, the Honorary the Branch, in the chair. Amount col- Secretary. lected last year £150, as compared with HYDE (CHESHIRE).—Annual Meeting £171 in the previous year. on 4th April, the Mayor, President of Life-boat Day. the Branch, in the chair. Amount col- CARLISLE (CUMBERLAND).—Life-boat lected last year £75, as compared with Day. £29 in the previous year. The resigna- CHESTER (CHESHIRE).—Annual Meet- tion of Mr. J. W. Danby, Chief Con- ing on 13th May. The Mayor in the stable, from the Hon. Treasurership, chair. Speaker : Mr. Jerrett, F.I.C.S. was accepted with regret. He was Special Efforts of the past year : thanked for his past services and elected Mayoral Appeal for Subscriptions and a Vice-Presideut. Life-boat Day. Amount collected last Life-boat Day. year £310. the same amount as in the IRLAM (LANCS.).—Life-boat Day. previous year. Life-boat Day. LANCASTER (LANCS.).—Whist Drive arranged by Toe H. Collection at the CHORLEY (LANCS.).—Life-boat Day. Palladium. CHURCH (LANCS.).—Life-boat Day. LEIGH (LANCS.).—Garden Party CLAYTON-LE-MOORS (LANCS.).—Life- organised by the Ladies' Life-boat boat Day. Guild. Life-boat Day. COLNE (LANCS.).—Life-boat Day. LITTLE HULTON (LANCS.).—Life-boat ! COPPULL (LANCS.).—Life-boat Day. Day. | CREWE (CHESHIRE).—Life-boat Days. LITTLEBOROUGH (LANCS.).—Garden CULCHETH-WITH-KENYON (LANCS.).— Party arranged by the Ladies' Life- Life-boat Day. boat Guild. DALTON-IN-FURNESS (LANCS.).— LYMM AND HEATLEY (CHESHIRE).— i House-to-House Collection. Dance arranged by the Ladies' Life- j DARWEN (LANCS.).—Life-boat Day. boat Guild. Life-boat Day. GARSTANG (LANCS.).—Life-boat Day. LYTHAM (LANCS.).—Annual Meeting GOLBORNE (LANCS.).—Life-boat Day. on 10th May. Special Effort of the past GRANGE-OVER-SANDS (LANCS.).—Cafe year : Life-boat Day. Amount col- Chantant arranged by the Ladies' Life- lected last year £199, as compared with boat Guild. £207 in the previous year. 346 THE LIFEBOAT. [SEPTEMBER, 1929.

MACCLESFIELD (CHESHIRE).—Annual PEEL (!SLE OF MAN).—Annual Meet- Meeting on 19th March. Amount col- ing on 29th May. Special Efforts of j lected last year £146, as compared with the past year : Life-boat Sunday, Life- £133 in the previous year. boat Day, Dance and Sports. Amount 'Life-boat Days. collected last year £139, as compared MANCHESTER AND SALFORD (LANCS.). with £147 in the previous year. —Special Meeting of tie Ladies' Life- PRESTON (LANCS.).—Annual Meeting boat Guild at the Manchester Town Hall, on 6th May, Alderman Durham in the at which Lady Stanley of Alderley chair. Special efforts of the past year : accepted office as Honorary Secretary House-to-House Collection and Life-boat in succession to the late Lady Sheffield. Day. Amount collected last year £398, Collections on the occasion of the as compared with £422 in the previous visit of the Flotilla of Destroyers to year. the Manchester Docks. Life-boat Day. Life-boat Day. RAMSBOTTOM (LANCS.). — Special SALFORD.—Flannel Dance arranged Meeting held on 10th May. Ladies' by the Guild. The Mayor and Mayoress Life-boat Guild formed. President, Miss of Salford were present, and many of the M. Cain ; Hon. Secretary, Miss N. R. Officers from the Flotilla of Destroyers, Peake. following a " Lancashire High Tea," Dance organised by the Ladies' Life- given to them in the afternoon by the boat Guild. Mayor. RISHTON (LANCS.).—Life-boat Day. MARYPORT (CUMBERLAND).—Garden Party arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat ROMILEY (CHESHIRE). — Life-boat Guild, and held at Netherhall Grounds Days. by permission of Colonel Pocklington SHAW AND CROMPTON (LANCS.).— Senhouse, President of the Branch. Life-boat Day. MIDDLETON (LANCS.). — Life-boat SOUTHPORT (LANCS.). — Annual Day. Meeting on 6th May, the Mayor of MIDDLEWICH (CHESHIRE).—Life-boat Southport in the chair. Special Effort Day. of the past year: Appeal by the Lady NEW BRIGHTON (CHESHIRE).—Annual Mayoress, Life-boat Day. Amount Meeting on 12th June, Mr. S. S. Jerrett, collected last year £457, as compared Chairman of the Branch, presiding. with £510 in the previous year. Amount collected last year £18, as com- Life-boat Day. pared with £13 in the previous year, STOCKPORT (CHESHIRE).—Life-boat while the Wallasey and New Brighton Day. section of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild TOTTINGTON (LANCS.).—House-to- collected £243, as compared with £314 in House Collection. the previous year. Mr. Stuart Deacon (Stipendiary Magistrate of Liverpool) TRAWDEN (LANCS.).—Life-boat Day. was elected President, in the place of WARRINGTON (LANCS.). — Annual Mr. Charles Livingston. The Meeting Meeting on 26th March, the Mayor, was followed by the annual hot-pot President of the Branch, in the chair. supper which the Committee give to Amount collected last year £264, as the Life-boat Crew. compared with £212 in the previous NEWTON-IN-MAKERFIELD (LANCS.).— year. | Life-boat Day. WEST HOUGHTON (LANCS.).—Life- ORRELL (LANCS.).—American Tea boat Day. and Garden Party organised by the WIDNES (LANCS.).—Life-boat Day. Ladies' Life-boat Guild. WIGAN (LANCS.).—Whist Drive f~ OSWALDTWISTLE (LANCS.).—Life-boat arranged by the Ladies' Life-boat Day. Guild. SEPTEMBER, 1929.] THE LIFEBOAT. 347 WORSTHORNE (LANCS.). — Annual HECKMONDWIKE (YORKS.).—Bridge Meeting on 7th May, the Rev. H. Stones, Drive. M.A., President of the Branch, in the HOLMFIRTH (YoRKS.). —• Life-boat chair. Special Efforts of the past year : Day. Life-boat Day, House-to-House Col- lection. Amount collected last year HOKNSEA (YoRKS.).—Garden Fete. £16, as compared with £13 in the pre- Sir Charles Wilson, M.P., Chairman of vious year. the Leeds Branch, presented Mrs. Hed- ley, the President, with the Gold North-Eastern District. Brooch, and Mr. Fenton, late Honorary BARNSLEY (YoRKS.). — Life-boat Secretary, with the framed Life-boat Day. picture, awarded them by the Insti- 1 BEVERLEY (YORKS.).—House-to- tution. House collection. HUDDERSFIELD (YoRKS.).—Garden BLAYDON (DURHAM).—Life-boat Day. Party at the residence of the Mayor. BOLTON-UPON-DEARNE ( YORKS.).— HULL (YoRKS.).—Annual Meeting on House-to-House collection. 12th June in the Guild Hall, the Lord BLYTH (NORTHUMBERLAND).— Mayor, President of the Branch, in the Special Meeting, with the Mayor, the chair. Special Efforts of the past year : President, in the chair. Mr. J. W. Life-boat Day, Matinee. Amount col- Hogarth elected Chairman. lected last year £699, as compared with £733 in the previous year. BRADFORD (YoKKS.).—Life-boat Day. Life-boat Day. BRIGHOUSE ( YORKS.). — Life-boat KEIGHLEY (YoRKS.). — Life-boat Day. Week. Drawing-room meeting, the CONJSBOROUGH (YORKS.).—Life-boat Mayoress presiding. Address by the Day. District Organising Secretary. CUDWORTH (YORKS.).—House-to- MARSDEN (YoRKS.).—Annual Meeting House collection. on llth April. Amount collected last DARLINGTON (YORKS.). — Whist year £23, as compared with £20 in the Drive organised by the Ladies' Life- previous year. boat Guild, the Mayor and Mayoress MIDDLESBROUGH (YoRKS.).—Annual being present. At Home. Life-boat Meeting on 10th June, the Mayor, Day. President of the Branch, in the chair. DEWSBURY ( YORKS.). — House-to- Sir Charles Wilson, M.P., Chairman of House Collection. the Leeds Branch, presented the Gold DINNINGTON (NORTHUMBERLAND).— Pendant, awarded by the Institution, Meeting of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild, to the Honorary Secretary, Mr. J. H. with Lady Reed, the President, in the Amos. Special Efforts of the past year : chair. Address by the District Orga- Life-boat Day, Special Appeal for nising Secretary. Crown subscribers. Amount collected last year £352, as compared with £214 DONCASTER (YoRKS.).—Life-boat in the previous year. Day. NORTON (YORKS.).—Life-boat Day. DURHAM.—Life-boat Day. O^SETT AND HORBURY (YoRKS.).— GATESHEAD (DURHAM). — Life-boat House-to-House Collections by Rovers Day. Special Parade by Naval Reserve in Horbury District. Men in boat on lorry. Garden Party, opened by Lady Marr, of the Sunder- OUTWOOD AND STANLEY (YoRKS.).— land Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Life-boat Day. GOLCAR (YORKS.).—Life-boat Day. POCKLINGTON (YoRKS.). — Life-boat HARTLEPOOL (DURHAM).—Life-boat Day. Day. Ladies arranged a Fish Stall in RAWMARSH (YoRKS.). —• Life-boat the street. Day. Dance. 348 THE LIFEBOAT. [SEPTEMBER, 1929. ROTHERHAM (YORKS.). — Life-boat O.B.E. Amount collected last year Day. £1,513, as compared with £1,283 in the RYTON (DURHAM).—Annual Meeting. previous year. Presentation of the Gold Amount collected last year £30, as com- Pendants, awarded by the Institution to pared with £28 in the previous year. Mr. George Ward, Vice-Chairman, and Life-boat Day. Mr. H. H. Cooke, a member of the General and Executive Committees. A SELBY (YORKS.).—Life-boat Day. number of new District Presidents were SHEFFIELD (YoRKS.).—Annual Meet- appointed. ing, the Lord Mayor, President of the Police Concert, House-to-House col- Branch, in the chair. Speakers : the lection, and Theatre collections. Bishop of Sheffield and Sir W. H. BRISTOL (GLOS.).—Life-boat Day. Hadow, Vice-Chancellor of the Uni- versity. Special Efforts of the past year : BURTON LATIMER (NORTHANTS.).— Life-boat Day, American Tea, and Life-boat Day. Special Appeal by the Chairman of the BURTON-ON-TRENT (STAFFS.).—Life- Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Amount col- boat Day. Life-boat visited town and lected last year £582, as compared with neighbouring villages. £588 in the previous year. CHELTENHAM (Gi-os.). — Life-boat SOWERBY BRIDGE (YoRKS.).—Life- Day. boat Day. COSELEY AND SEDGLEY (STAFFS.).— SPENBOROUGH ( YORKS.).—Life-boat Life-boat Day. . Day. CRADLEY HEATH (STAFFS.).—Life- STAINLAND ( YORKS.). — House-to- boat Day. House collection. DAVENTRY (NORTHANTS.).—Visit of STAITHES (YoRKS.).—Religious ser- Life-boat. vice held in celebration of the anni- DESBOROUGH (NORTHANTS.). — Life- versary of the re-opening of the Station, boat Day. followed by a launch of the Boat, a FAIRFORD AND LECHLADE (GLOS.).— Public Tea, and a Whist Drive and Life-boat Day. Dance. GRIMSBY AND CLEETHORPES (Lixcs.). SUNDERLAND (DURHAM.)—Life-boat —Special Meeting of the Grimsby Day. Ladies' Life-boat Guild, when a pre- TYNEMOUTH (YoRKS.). — Life-boat sentation was made to Mrs. Boothby on Day. her resignation from the Honorary WAKEFIELD (YoRKS.).—Two Whist Secretaryship. Drives. The Branch has also suffered a serious WEST HARTLEPOOL (DURHAM).—Life- loss by the resignation of Captain H. B. boat Day. Boothby, D.S.O., R.N., from the Hon. Secretaryship, which he has held since WHITLEY BAY (NORTHUMBERLAND). 1911. Captain and Mrs. Boothby have —Collection in the Picture Houses, moved to Littlehampton, where they carried out by the Ladies' Life-boat hope to continue to help the Institution. Guild. IRTHLINGBOROUGH (NORTHANTS.).— WITHERNSEA (YoRKS.). — Life-'boat Life-boat Day. Day. LANGWITH (NOTTS.).—Life-boat Day. Midlands. ALDERWASLEY (DERBYSHIRE).—Life- LEEK (STAFFS.).—Life-boat Day. boat Day. LICHFIELD (STAFFS.).—Life-boat Day. BELPER (DERBY).—Life-boat Day. LINCOLN (LiNCS.).—Life-boat Day. BIRMINGHAM.—Annual Meeting, the LONG EATON (DERBY). — Life-boat Lord Mayor, President of the Branch, Day, organised by the Fire Brigade. in the chair. Speaker : Mr. John Scott, Visit of Life-boat. SEPTEMBER, 1929.] THE LIFEBOAT. 349

LOUGHBOBOUGH (Lsics.).—Life-boat WOLVEEHAMPTON (STAFFS.). — Life- Day. boat Day, with a Life-boat taken MALVERN (WORCESTERSHIRE).—Lec- through the streets, and a special open- ture to the boys of Malvern School by air service. Lieut.-Col. C. R. Satterthwaite, O.B.E., WRAGBY (LINGS.).—Life-boat Day. Deputy-Secretary of the Institution (in Carnival Dance. March). Seven Lectures were given by the District Organising Secretary during the MATLOCK (DERBY).—Life-boat Day. quarter. NOTTINGHAM (NOTTS.). — Life-boat Day. Life-boat taken through the South-Eastern District. city. BEDFORD (BEDS.).—Pageant organ- NUNEATON (WARWICK). — Life-boat ised by the Rotary Club. (See special Day. report.) OAKHAM AND UPPINGHAM (RUTLAND). BRENTWOOD (ESSEX). — Life-boat —Life-boat Day. Day. BRIGHTON AND HOVE (SUSSEX).— PERSHORE (WoRcs.).—Life-boat Day. Garden Party. Speaker : Sir Godfrey RUGBY (WARWICK).—Life-boat Day. Baring, Bt., Chairman of the Com- RUGELEY (STAFFS.).—Life-boat Day. mittee of Management. SHIPSTON - ON - STOUR (WoRcs.). — BURNHAM (BUCKS.).—Life-boat Day. Life-boat Day. CAMBRIDGE.—Lecture to St. Faith's STAFFORD (STAFFS.).—Addresses to School, by Mr. J. F. Lamb, a member Too H and the Rotary Club by the of the Committee of Management (in District Organising Secretary. March). STOURBRIDGE AND AMBLECOTE CHELMSFORD (Esssx). — Life-boat (WoRCS.).—Life-boat Day. Day. SlOW-ON-THE-WoLD (GLOS.).—Life- CRAWLEY, THREE BRIDGES AND boat Day. WORTH (Susssx). — Branch formed. SWADLINCOTE (DERBY). — Branch Honorary Secretary, Miss Moorhouse. formed. Honorary Secretary, Miss May Diss (NORFOLK).—Life-boat Day. Badkin. DOWNHAM MARKET (NORFOLK).—Life- UPPINGHAM (RUTLAND).—Address to boat Day. Uppingham School and Members of the GRAVESEND (KENT).—Life-boat Day. Ladies' Life-boat Guild, by Mr. George HASTINGS (SUSSEX).—Annual Meet- F. Shee, M.A., Secretary of the Institu- tion. ing on 26th June, the Mayor, President of the Branch, in the chair. Speaker : • UPTON-ON-SEVERN (WoRcs.).—Life- Captain the Earl Howe, C.B.E., V.D., boat Day. A.D.C., R.N.V.R., a member of the WALSALL (STAFFS.).—Annual Meeting Committee of Management. Amount on 12th June, the Mayor, President of collected last yi^ar £288, as compared the Branch, in the chair. New Chair- with £230 in the previous year. man, Honorary Secretary and Com- HORSHAM (SUSSEX).—Life-boat Day. mittee appointed. Amount collected KING'S LYNN (NORFOLK).—Life-boat last year £89, as compared with £42 in Day. the previous year. Life-boat Day. LITTLEHAMPTON (SUSSEX).—Dance. WARWICK. — Annual Meeting. LETCHWORTH (HERTS.). — Life-b3at Amount collected last year £43. Day. WELLINGBOROUGH (NORTHANTS.).— LEWES (SUSSEX).—Life-boat Day. Life-boat Dav. Visit of Life-boat. MALDON (ESSEX).—Life-boat Day. 350 THE LIFEBOAT. [SEPTEMBER, 1929. SANDWICH (KENT).—Life-boat Day. Address by the District Organising SEAFORD (SUSSEX).—Life-boat Day. Secretary to the Rotary Club. Life-boat Day. WELWYN GARDEN CITY (HERTS.).— Life-boat Day. Scotland. WOLVERTON (BuCKS.). — Life-boat SCOTTISH LIFE-BOAT COUNCIL.—The Day. half-yearly meeting of the Scottish Life- Two Lectures given by the District boat Council was held in Glasgow on Organising Secretary during the quarter. 8th. May, the Duke of Montrose, Chair- man of the Council, presiding. Eight South-Westem Districts. new members were welcomed to the BASINGSTOKE (HANTS.). — Special Council, and Mr. J. Ramsay Smith, Meeting to re-establish the Branch. Hon. Secretary of the Peebles Branch, Tea provided by the Mayoress. was presented with the Gold Pendant awarded him by the Institution. BATH (SOMERSET).—Life-boat Day. BOURNEMOUTH (HANTS.).—Annual BIGGAR (LANARK).—Life-boat Day. Meeting on 10th May, with the Mayor, CARLUKE (LANARK).—Life-boat Day. a Vice-President of the Branch, in the chair. Speaker : Mr. George F. Shee, COATBRIDGE (LANARK).—Ladies' M.A., Secretary of the Institution. Life-boat Guild formed. Hon. Secre- Amount collected last year £940, as tary, Miss C. J. Kerr. compared with £785 in the previous year. DORNOCH (SUTHERLAND).—New BRIDPORT (DORSET).—House-to- Branch formed. Hon. Secretary, Mr. House collection. J. G. Phimister. EMSWORTH AND DISTRICT (HANTS.). DUNDEE (FORFAR).—Life-boat Day. —New Branch formed. Hon. Secretary, (See special report.) Mr. A. L. C. Stewart. Address to the Rotary Club by the EXETER (DEVON).—Life-boat Day. District Organising Secretary. DEVIZES (WILTS.).—Life-boat Day. DUNOON (AYR).—Ladies' Life-boat FALMOUTH (CORNWALL). —Ladies' Guild formed. President, Mrs. Colin Life-boat Guild formed. Hon. Secre- Turner ; Vice-President, Mrs. McArthur tary, Mrs. J. Eogers. Moir ; Hon. Secretary, Miss Helen McLeod. HENLEY (OXFORDSHIRE).—Life-boat Day. EASTER Ross (ROSS-SHIRE).—Branch formed. Honorary Secretary, Mr. J. HONITON (DEVON).—House-to- Macdonald. House collection. EDINBURGH.—Life-boat Day. PAIGNTON (DEVON).—Dancing Dis- play. ELGIN (ELGIN).—Life-boat Day. PLYMOUTH (DEVON).—Life-boat Day. FALKIRK (STIRLING).—Life-boat Day. READING (BERKS.).—Life-boat Day. FOCHABERS (ELGIN).—Life-boat Day. SOUTHAMPTON (HANTS.).—Life-boat FORFAR (FORFARSHIRE).—Branch Day. formed. Hon. Secretary, Mr. Charles Smith. STREET (SOMERSET).—Dancing Dis- FORRES (ELGIN).—Branch formed. play. Hon. Secretary, Mr. Andrew McLean. TIVERTON (DEVON).—New Branch ' ~FHASERBURGH (ABERDEENSHIRE).— formed. Hon. Secretary, Mrs. Mills. Presentation of the Awards made for TRURO (CORNWALL).—Annual Meet- the service to the Steam-trawler Clio ing. Amount collected last year £85, in January, 1912. (See report of the as compared with £84 in the previous Annual Meeting of the Institution in year. the last issue of The Lifeboat.) SEPTEMBER, 1929.] THE LIFEBOAT. 351

GLASGOW.—Annual Meeting on 22nd PERTH (PERTHSHIRE). — Life-boat May, Mr. Leonard Gow, J.P., Chairman Days. of the Branch, presiding. Special ROTHES (ELGIN).—Life-boat Day. Efforts of the past year : Life-boat Day ; SELKIRK (SELKIRK).—Life-boat Day. Reception on board the Anchor Liner Transylvania for the formation of SKELMORLIE (AYRSHIRE).—Life-boat Ladies' Life-boat Guild. Amount col- Day. lected last year £4,148, as compared Ireland. with £3,512 in the previous year. Mr. ATHY (Co. KILDARE). — Branch J. W. Harper Gow, the son of Mr. formed. Hon. Secretary, Miss Reeves. | Leonard Gow, was elected Hon. Secre- tary, in place of Mr. Fred Bedford, who BELFAST.—Annual Meeting on 13th had resigned. May, the Lord Mayor, President of the i Address given by the District Orga- Branch, in the chair. Speakers : The j nising Secretary to the Glasgow Rotary Viscount Bangor. Col. the Right Hon. Club. Life-boat Dav. Sharman Crawford, C.B.E., D.L., P.C., and Mr. George F. Shee, M.A., Secretary GOUROCK (RENFREW). — Life-boat Day. of the Institution. Amount collected last year £874, as compared with £634 GRANGEMOUTH (STIRLING).—Life- in the previous year. boat Day. Fancy Dress Ball. Life-boat Days. GREENOCK (RENFREW).—Life-boat Life-boat Fete. (See special report.) Day. Skating Carnival opened by the Lord HELENSBURGH (DUMBARTON).— Mayor. Broadcasting talk by the Dis- j Life-boat Day. trict Organising Secretary. INVERKEITHING (FIFE).—Life-boat BOYLE (Co. ROSCOMMON).—Jumble Day. Sale. KINGUSSIE (INVERNESS).—Life-boat COLERAINE (LONDONDERRY). — Life- ! Day. boat Day. | KIRKCALDY (FIFE).—Ladies' Life- COURTMACSHERRY (Co. CORK).—Life- boat Guild formed. President, Mrs. boat Day. Alexander Hutchison ; Vice-President, DROGHEDA (Co. LOUTH).—Life-boat Mrs. R. W. Honeyman ; Hon. Secretary, Day. Miss J. S. Mitchell. DUBLIN.—Annual Meeting on 15th KIRKCUDBRIGHT (KIRKCUDBRIGHT). May, Senator the Right Hon. Andrew Entertainment by the students of Jameson, D.L., Chairman of the Branch, Edinburgh Castle Douglas High School presiding. Speaker: Mr. George F. Club during their Easter vacation. Shee, M.A., Secretary of the Institution. KlRKINTILLOCH (DUMBARTON).—Life- Amount collected last year £1,208, as boat Day. compared with £974 in the previous year. LAMINGTON (LANARK). — Life-boat GALWAY (Co. GAL WAY).—Annual Meeting on 16th May, the Chairman of the Council presiding. Amount col- LANARK (LANARK).—Life-boat Day. lected last year £91, as compared with MILLPORT (BUTE).—Life-boat Day. £46 in the previous year. Life-boat Day. MOFFAT (DUMFRIES).—Life-boat Day. KINGSTOWN (Co. DUBLIN).—Annual NAIRN (NAIRN).—Ladies' Life-boat Meeting on 14th May, Captain A. Fos- Guild formed. Hon. Secretary, Mrs. Fleming. berry Holmes, Chairman of the Branch, presiding. Speaker : Mr. George F. Concert and Exhibition of Films. Shee, M.A., Secretary of the Institution. NEWTONMORE (INVERNESS). — Life- Amount collected last year £215, as boat Day. compared with £181 in the previous year. 352 THE LIFEBOAT. [SEPTEMBER, 1929. LAENE (Co. ANTRIM).—Annual Meet- the Station until it was closed in 1925, ing, Mr. S. W. Hill, M.B., Chairman of when the Life - boat establishment the U.D.C. and President of the Branch, was transferred to Rosslare Harbour. in the chair. Amount collected last Amount collected £62. year £96, as compared with £83 in the Dance. previous year. Wales. Life-boat Day. (Including Herefordshire and Shropshire.) LISBURN (Co. ANTRIM).—Annual 'ABERTILLEEY (MoN.).—Annual Meet- Meeting on 10th May. Amount col- ing, with Mrs. A. M. Dolman, lected last year £168, as compared with President of the Branch, in the chair. £141 in the previous year. Amount collected last year £24, the Life-boat Day. same amount as in the previous year. LONDONDEREY.—Life-boat Day. Life-boat Day. LURGAN (Co. ARMAGH).—Annual BUCKLEY (FLINT).—Life-boat Day. Meeting on 21st May, Mr. H. C. Malcolm, CARDIFF (GLAM.).—Life-boat Day. U.D.C., President of the Branch, in the CARNARVON (CARNARVON).—Life- chair. Amount collected last year £67, boat Day. as compared with £69 in the previous year. DENBIGH (DENBIGH).—Life-boat Day. MIDDLETON (Co. CORK).—Life-boat Day. LLANELLY (CARM.).—Life-boat Day. POETEUSH (Co. ANTRIM).—Life-boat LLANGOLLEN AND CHIRK (DEN- Day. BIGH).—Special meeting at which a TANDRAGEE (Co. ARMAGH).—Branch Guild was formed, with Lord Trevor formed. President, Mrs. White ; Hon. presiding. President, Lady Trevor ; Secretary, Mrs. Green. Life-boat Day. Hon. Secretary, Mrs. Vaughan Roberts. TEMPLEPATRICK (Co. ANTRIM).— NEATH (GLAM.).—Life-boat Day. Whist Drive and Dance. NEWPORT (SALOP).—Life-boat Day. TIPPERARY (Co. TIPPERARY).—Life- OSWESTRY (SALOP).—Life-boat Day. boat Day. PONTYPRIDD (GLAM.). — House-to- TRALEE (Co. KERRY).—Life-boat House Collection. .Life-boat Days. Day. FORTH (GLAM.).—Life-boat Day. WATERFORD (Co. WATERFORD).— Annual Meeting, the Mayor, Chairman of PRESTEIGNE (RADNOR).—Life-boat the Branch, presiding. Amount raised Day. last year £10, as compared with £76 in, SWANSEA (GLAM.).—Annual Meeting, the previous year. The reason for the the Mayor, President of the Branch, in fall was that Life-boat Day (£51) was the chair. Amount collected last year not held until October, when the £242, .as compared with £215 in the Branch financial year had closed. previous year. WEXFORD (Co. WEXFORD).—Annual Whist Drive, Garden Fete. Meeting on 1st July, with Lady Maurice WELLINGTON (SALOP). — Life-boat Fitzgerald, President of the Branch, in Day. the chair. Speaker : Major-General WHITCHURCH (SALOP).—Life-boat B. J. C. Doran, C.B., Hon. Secretary of Day.

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