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<p class="page" id="a5658005">[Page 5]</p><p>Calm at times and at other times a terror, since we left Sydney the decks have always been wet so that Organised Games (the same as Authorised Games as mentioned before) have been rather difficult to carry out, but still we endeavour to keep fit. To day 2 of the boys got 48 hrs for gambling but still it goes on, It is a vice that cant be stopped. We had a hammock inspection to-day as some of us hadn't them and so are now being provided for us. We were also issued Y.M.C.A. paper and envelopes, with the title, With the Australian Forces, but that is a farce. The Y.M.C.A. provide a man with 3-4 sheets and envelopes and of course he uses 'em and then they get the praise for being good. They themselves aren't here you can bet your bottom dollar. Red Tape is the name for it. I wrote 3 or 4 letters, ready for the post at Albany which we hope to reach tomorrow sometime, My appetite is enormous I eat like a bullock. 19th. Things are going on in the same old way excepting a bit liveler, the boys are just getting over the effects of Mal- de-Mar. They are round</p>