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<p>[Page 49]</p><p>make about 10s a bottle. Punishment, if caught, would be substantial as well, but here in Australia it's all "you scratch my back and I scratch yours", and even the Commander will probably turn a blind eye to avoid trouble, as long as there are no excesses. One of the thieves among us has recently been caught. A former steward, he had worked for Mr Plate as an accountant and has defrauded him by every trick in the book. He is also one of the sadly growing numbers of homosexuals and probably needed the money for his indulgences. He has been jailed and will be shipped to Liverpool and tried. It is said that in order to extricate himself, he offered to enlist in the Australian military service. The other cases of theft are still not solved, nor have any stolen goods been recovered so far. It is very distressing that homosexuality has become so rampant and that the committee, which in the beginning turned a blind eye, has now absolutely no power to stop it. The</p>