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FOR HONG KONG FOOT

BEWARE

OF THESE SIGNS: Itiching-Bilators-Cracks between toes-Scaly dry skin- Burning spots

Suro symptoms of the contagious dle- ease Hong Kong Foot. The tiny gorms that cause this nasty malady get into the skin and spread rapidly. Do safe, use Absorbine Jr. It penetrates the skin, kills the germs, gives relief at once, stops the itching and heals the sores, One application of soothing Absorbine Jr. will convince you. Got a bottle today-complete directions in English and Chinese with each bottle. Absorbino Jr. for years has re- lieved skin troubles, sore m118- cice, sprains and toothaches.

THE" HƠNGKÖNG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, APRIL 13; 1933.,

STEAMER SINKS At 7.30 pom, she took her final

NEAR H.K.

NORWEGIAN FREIGHTER LOST

POLICE RESCUES

plunge.

There was no time for any per Bonal effects to be saved Cap-1

tain, Officers, crew and passengers lost everything they possessed.

Asked what he considered was the cause of the wreck, Capt. Ormestad aald the poor visibility combined with a strong current Betting shorewnids had undoubted. ly been powerful contributing) factors.

The Rescue.

Heavy mist and strong current shore are setting towards the

Immediately the ship struck If You Saw Inside Yourself believed to be responsible for the sinking of the Norwegian steam-wireless messages were sent out

What would you find? Would for assistance. The tugs. Edith,

rice.

feel

you

or, Fjorden, which struck Cheung Kau Sing and Heary Keswick you find your food tract in a clean Chau Rock at 6.45 p.m. last night were immediately comissioned, but and healthy condition? Or would while on her way to Hongkong before they could make a move you find it congested and unhealthy?

If the latter were

the call and with a cargo of 43,000 pleuls of No. 4 Police Launch was steaming

at 18 knots from her Mira Bay could not expect to The first authentic news of the patrol to answer the S.0.3. call.happy. Any accumulation which is She arrived first on the scene allowed to go on in your food tract militates against your well-being In wreck was provided when the No. 4

and Immediately net about the many ways: The digestive system police launch, the first to reach

rescue work. The dingy with the reacts to the congestion, resulting in Cheung Chau after the call for five Europeans was found drifting poor digestion, flatulence, failnoss naalstance had gone out, returned aimlessly, waterlogged and half after meals, loss of appetite lyerlah- to the police pler nt Kowloon, submerged. The occupants were fness and

it was loaded down to the plim-taken off and given dry clothes.

The passengers, and crew who with 52 Chinese and European survivors, who had been were taken off the two fishing

tronsferred rescued from lifeboats and funks, junks were

pollee launch, The European'officers were seated In the mess-room of the launch, The captain was wearing a uniform borrowed from one of the police officers, while the others were clad in dishevelled overalls and borrow

aotl

ed clothing.

five

to the

you

sometimes severe billous attacks. Accumulated warto, matter also contaminates the blood stream, liable to colds, headaches, dizziness. causing loss of energy, making you And sometimes the impurities lodge under the skin causing pimples or boila. To keep at and happy Two Still Missing.

must avoid constipation by the use of unaceounted Pinkettes. This splendid all veget Only two remain

the nearest approach for, but it is almost certain that they wore picked up by a Bampan. Liver and Laxative Perfection, keep Lato reports state that they left you clean izalde. Take a dose or two tho wreck in a small dinghy and note how much happier you feel. supply you with

able laxativa to nature you can get Pinkettes,

Pinkettes. All showed signs of having which capsized and were picked All chemists enn passed through a severe ordeal, up.

.m. this It was nearly 12.30 and their strange clothing testifled

Police when No.

the to the haste with which they had morning

im- abandoned the ship. Many of the Launch arrived back with

men, All Chinese escaped with no clothing rescued

mediately taken in hand by the The on whatever.

Norwegian vessel's agent.

were

Interviewed immediately after passengers and crew were taken

the arrival of the launch at police pler, Capt. Ormesta the story of the wreck.

the to

in Yaumati Chinese hotels told while the officers were suitably

accommodated elsewhere.

Just as darkness was settling The Fjorden was a regular caller down the ship ran into a mist on at Hongkong, being employed on the East side of Cheung Chau. the run between Bongkok and the She had not proceeded far when Colony,

She left Bangkok on Wednesday there was a splintering crash for-lest at 10.30 a.m. with a cargo of ward, and she came to a dead stop. 40,000 piculs of rice, and was ex-

As the Fjorden struck, she heeled pected in port yesterday. over hard to port. Water pouring into the engine room and No. 1 hold.

cama

The chief and second engineers escaped in the nick of time.

Passengers Panic.'

Among the passengers all was panic and confusion. They rushed wildly hither and thither trying to cram into lifeboats.

Ship's History.

screw The vessel was a steel

She steamer of 1,626 tona nett. has had á mest interesting career at the since she was launched Schliffe, s.v. Shipbuilding Yards in hames Germany. Her original were the Rheingraf, Blumberg, and Rudolph, respectively, but after the outbreak of the Great War, ohe was seized by the United States, It was fortunate that two Aber-converted Into a Constal Defence deen junka were fishing in the vessel, and renamed the Beaufort. aw After the Great War she was de vicinity. Immediately they that the Norwegian vessel was in commissioned and sold to her pre- diatress they hastened across to sent owners, the D/S A/S Fjor-

The den, of Bergen, Norway. the assistance of the crew.

The ship was constructed upon Captain and Chief Engineer re-

of the mained aboard the stricken vessel haval lines, and was one

first, other than naval vessels, to until almost the last minute.

have a cruiser atorn.

Small foboats hurried the crew across to the two junks which, however, left before the European ofilcers had cleared the ship.

The

At 7.10 p.m. it was evident that Chief

European Officers,

KING'S THEATRE

COMMENCING SUNDAY,

16th APRIL. .

A Whirlwind

of Swift Excite

ment and Slam- bang Comedy. Me and My Gal

with

Spencer

TRACY

JORD

BENNETT

Marion Buras George. Walsh Directed by Raoul Walah

For Picture

European officers wore Second Oncer. Captain Ormeated, Osvald Bokke, Captain Ormested arrived in Engineer, Olaf Fulstov, the East from Norway only a few the Fjorden's fate was seated and Second Engineer, Wilgot Johansen, months ago, taking command of she began to go down how first. Chlef Officer and Yugolf Vangs, the vessel last December.

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