Series 01 Part 02: Hughes family correspondence, 3 April 1917-22 September 1918 - Page 229
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welcome to the Delegate, who was most polite. Mother had to second the vote of thanks to the Delegate, as she is president of the Fair Committee, & she spoke, – as she always does – very nicely. There were heaps of people there who, I suppose, would have wished me in Jericho, but they had no chance of saying so. Perhaps they are having their chance at O'Reilly's meeting tonight.
I think I shall send Sir Gerald Strickland some of the newspaper cuttings, but perhaps after his bitter experiences of New South Wales he will not be further interested in our peformances.
Jowett M.P. turned up here a week or so ago. He has gone back to Victoria to work for the referendum.
By the bye Hughes interned Resch the brewer yesterday. Resch is over 70, & nearly blind. He should have been interned three & a quarter years ago, as he is a beastly old German, but now it looks like a move to help the referendum. There is a rumour abroad that other Germans who have flaunted themselves in our faces for years since the war began are going to be interned at last. Better late than never!
Did you know Mrs. Jack Bettington? She died yesterday very unexpectedly after a minor operation, & Eileen is very sorry, as they were old friends.
Give our love to any of the John Hughes folk you happen to see, & keep plenty for yourself from us all. God bless you & keep you safe.
Your loving father
Thomas Hughes.