Item 01: Malcolm Shore Stanley correspondence, 8 December 1916-28 October 1918 - Page 134
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wastes a lot of his stuff, heaves it all over the show. Casualties are extremely light considering the amount he throws over. I have been looking at various war pictures lately - some are of our own area - they are typical and represent fairly the life here, but it is always as well to remember that its one thing looking at a picture and quite another to wander around, everything soon becomes commonplace. Do not for one moment consider that a fellow wanders into danger without getting the "wind up", you do get the "wind up" to a pretty high velocity too, a sniper gives me the creeps more than any artillery barrage.
I have not received any letter from you for more than a fortnight now and am wondering if anything has gone wrong - would you tell me the amount to my credit on the bank & if anything is deducted because the money is sent over to N.Z. & if so what is the percentage deducted. Roughly I reckon that by the time you get this letter there should be about £190. In Sydney is retained about 3/- per day which amounts to about £48. My pay book shows a credit of about £20 making a total of £250 roughly, is this so, I would be glad if Florrie would give me a statement showing how I stand & a detail of the documents she has to sign - make a copy. If the amount deducted is appreciable I will make it payable to someone in Australia for it is only a dead loss.
Re the money in the bank as soon as it reaches £200 I would like to invest it in