WHALING IN ANTARCTIC
FACTORY SHIP AT CAPE TOWN
(Rec. 10 p.m.) CAPE TOWN, April 14. The Norwegian factory whaling ship Kosmos IV, the first of the European whaling ships returning from the Antarctic, has arrived with 100,000 barrels of oil worth £1,600,000. The Kosmos had already sent back 62,000 barrels of oil in tankers and had also produced nearly 6000 bags of whale meat for cattle food in Norway. The master, Captain Anderson, said: “We had a pretty good season, but I have never seen sO few big whajes.” The factory ships Thorshanuner, Willem ?srend£, and the Sir James Clark Ross are all due thia week. CONDITION OF DANISH KING COPENHAGEN, April 13. One of King Christian’s four physicians told journalists that the King's temperature had risen to 100.6 degrees and that his strength was dwindling.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25159, 15 April 1947, Page 7
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