Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 66
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[Page 66]
who told the Governor he was skull collecting - Rumor has it that Sir Wm - gave him so many hours to clear out - In some of these parts one tribe would go on the war path to gain Heads as a matter of pure business enterprise & commerce - Dr Caw – an Adelaide man – told me he had no sickness aboard - The Frenchman Montcalm has or had 150 cases of dysentry & fever but the Frenchman has steamed 30 000 miles in the past 6 months Up the coast of China – across to Vancouver – down the North – Central & South American coasts – ship hunting – then to Samoa – then Tahiti – then Samoa again – then to Rabaul to see Us with a big U - We talked away & I was asked to lunch & of course accepted - What a grand wardroom & what a superb ship – just on 900 men - I'd seen a lot & these chaps very little - Give me the 'Robert D Lee' every time - After lunch I went on my own ship & presently Dr Caw returned my call & I got him to