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There was a crowded audience at the Theatre Royal on Friday afternoon when Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton gave an interesting lecture.

Rarely have such wild conditions been experience in the Island as those during the week-end, when the new year literally came in with a roar.

The local press, issue 28 December 1912, reported: On Christmas Day and Boxing Day the most depressing and unpleasant weather prevailed.

The presence of a number of live “mines” in the waters of the Solent, is the cause, of considerable consternation in shipping circles.

Mr W. Watts, stationer, of Union-street, Ryde, has been exhibiting during the past week a very interesting map of the Isle of Wight.

Reports from a number of holiday resorts showed that the season was likely to last longer.

Ryde Rowing Club is one of the Isle of Wight's oldest sports clubs having been in continuous existence since 1877.

A further “rescue operation” was made by members of the Wight Locomotive Society.

It seems hardly possible that a village like St. Helens could put a team on the field able to beat any team that a town like Ryde could muster.

Fishbourne was always an ideal area for the Coastguards, with easy access to the Solent.