State Library of NSW
[Page 106]
[Friday 14 April 1916]
Messed with the ROYAL NORTH DEVON HUSSARS & by chance a Capt asked me if I knew Capt Charlie Brace late of Australia Artillery, who married a rich Australian an awful bounder. I let him run on & then said Yes he married my sister! Capts name Capt RustonThe recent Camps Duststorm is over, the Natives say it blows away the Plague & fertilises the Date Palms by scattering the Pollen, which has to be artificially done if Palms grow far apart as you know the Palms are of two sexes- & if not growing in thick clumps they do not bear much fruit unless artificially. the Pollen is spread from Tree to Tree.
This page has its status set to Completed and is no longer transcribable.