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I lunched & went to the beach & to Anthony's & did my own – 2 white suits – 2 white shoes 4/6 per pair leather soled – cheap & good when well whitened – Helmet – Several other small things & then I had finished – I dined & to my room & reread in the SMH the tale of the Sydney & Emden – you should get Rawdon to read that aloud – I know the Sydney & some of the officers. We had a naval dinner on the Upolu at Rabaul – The Emden put up a good scrap but a hopeless one against a superior class of vessel – It's curious that no other ship came up & chipped in for they were all on the same job of convoy – Australian troops in Egypt – not quite good enough yet for Europe – The spring will see them fit –My idea of England as the cause – indirectly – of war shows up even here – you can't get even the best men in Australia ready for European warfare under months & months of training & during that time the strain on our few veteran troops must be enormous – The Encounter is off Garden Island – Destroyers & Una gone out & we follow – Rabaul is I think our place – We've no war news here on Garden Island – Well now dear I think things are pretty right for you at G.I. – I hope your cheque has come.
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