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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1933.

Teach your CHILDREN to gargle

Ca

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Ward off COLDS and

SORE THROAT

PROWDID CLASSROOMS...going to and from school in bad weather...removing outer *garments during play... lying on damp ground

- any one of these máy cause a child to take cold or contract sore throat.

'But if you give Nature a little help in ber effort to keep the body healthy by gargling Listerine Antiseptic, full strength, morning. and night, your children will escape many ail- ments which might become serious. Listerine is so powerful it destroys cold and other danger ous disease-producing germs in 15 seconds. Yet,

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it is absolutely safe to use..pleasant co taste...and will not batin even the most deli- cate membranes and tissues. Listerine is the ideal antiseptic and germicide for home use.

Under all'ordinary conditions of health, the morning and night gargle with Listerine is deemed sufficient. But when a cold or sore throat starts, it is wise to gargle with Listerine every two hours in order to check the swiftly multiplying germs. Always keep Listerine Antiseptic in the house. Encourage every member of the family to use it daily,

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PANIC AND NEAR- MUTINY OF STANDED ANTUNG

(Continued from Pago 4 250 of his passengers. They worked under very trying weather and sea conditions,

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position before sunset with Mount with Bluff Point 50 miles away. Etna forty-eight miles away- and - His course then was to meet Lanko Light, but that was not seen, and he than had the idea for the first time that the horizon was not as clear as it seemed. He then ran into the range of Kami Light, but when that was not seen ha deter- mined to anchor at 4.55 a.m. en March 5.

WEATHER SHUTS DOWN. The weather shut down complete-

"

The time occupied in making these trips between the wrecked ship and the Anhui on several after he had anchored, and a thick occasions took as long as two-and-mist descended. At this time of a-half hours. To transfer pasto one knot from Gap Rock to the the year the current was from half sengers from the lifeboats to the Taya Islands with a slight easterly 3.5. Anhui was made extremely difficult and hazardous owing to Wind, slight sep and swell. If there the heavy swell at the time, but previous days, he would have ex- had been any current for the few all passengers and crew were transferred to the s.a. Anhui

perienced it. If he had experienced without loss of life or injury.

a current of more that one knot ho would call it abnormal. Conditions had changed quick- ly after the ship strack. Prior to At 10.20 am, on March 6 be ap- the sun rising, the wind fresh-proached the Antung and anchored ened considerably and the swell at 10.45 am. He immediately took ingreased to such an extent that steps to save the passengers and before 6 am the ship was pound-crew. His first boat was away ing very heavily on the rocks. from the ship at 11.15 a.m, and "After striking," said witness, after that four other boats left the "all my officers and engineer off-ship. The first boat was back by cers, my wireless operator, and 12.45 p.m. The first few boats my doctor, all behaved in the most brought all the women and children. magnificent manner. I have the He altogether saved 288 passengers, greatest admiration for the officera 60 crew and one foreigner. Hs ex- under my command,"

perienced no North East current with South Westera set from Padarang,

"I attribute the grounding of my vessel to an abnormal south- westerly set; to be exact, 12 miles more than allowed and to the heavy fog".

ACCURACY OF LOG.

Captain Ashby was then recall.

་་

In reply to Commander Newill edd. Captain Ashby said that after the stranding he say the tide was he said that off Gap Rock the pat- In reply to Commander Newili, running into Hainan Straits, but he, could not say whether it wasnt log showed 176, and at 3.20 rising or not.

a.m. it showed 363, which was a The Court then adjourned for difference of 187 miles. ten minutes.**.***

a.m. on

ENGINE SPEED.

Asked whether he had any rea son to suspect the inaccuracy of the log, Captain Ashby said that On resumption, Robert Barclay, he was only using the log as a chief engineer, said that about rough guide for the reason that for March 5 he was in the the last three or four months be engine room when he received a had been running on three logs chit from the Captain to reduce from Swatow to Singapore the revolutions to 65.9 mota. back for experimental purposes on and He did so and from that time till instructions from his Marine the stranding there was no other Superintendent, and neither of alteration.

these logs on a daily run of 24 John Edwards Story, 2nd. officer, hours had ever agreed with each said he was on the bridge on the other to as much as ten to twenty morning of March and called miles. the captain at I am.. The Captain came up two or three minutes later. The weather conditions

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COURTS FINDING.

were the same, with a gentle blame attached to the master or The Court's finding was that no bręcze and a slight swell

officers of the Antung in connexion

In reply to the Court, he said with the disaster. The ship was that the to had not been changed, navigated with proper and seaman- and the bearings were the same like care.

as he had received from the Captain 1 before he had gone down.

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ANHUI STORY.

In giving its decision, the Court stated that it had taken into con- sideration the experience of the Douglas Lupten, the master of her of the Court, who had also master of the Raby Castle, a mem- the Anhui, called next, said he was observed an abnormal current when proceeding from Singapore via japproaching Hongkong.

Hoihow to Hongkong. He had

considerable experience of the Hainan Stralis, but never before

had he experienced a set

rom

FINE TO CLOUDY

Gap Rock to the Taya Islands in the North East monsoon. He had picked up Taya Islands before The depression has moved into daybreak many times before. On the southern part of the Sea of this trip ho left Singapore on Japan, and a moderate antleyclone February 28 and had experienced has developed over North China. fine weather with no North East Moderate: to fresh monsoon will current... When rounding the North rrevail over the China coast and West part of Hainan Island before the Northern China Sea. Local sunset on March 6 the weather forecast:-North and N.E. winds, was very clear. He first fixed his moderate. to fresh; fine to cloudy.

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