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the time ahead before we make the good old Heads of Sydney harbor - Our time is a hour ahead of NZ & 2 hours ahead of Sydney – ie noon here is 11.30 in Auckland but 10 am at Sydney - In this part we keep Western time but at Samoa 500 miles E - Eastern time is kept - Half the circle of longitude is just E of NZ & that is where we are - This will almost end my journal - Still I'll keep it open for any incident that may happen on the road home -
Sunday Nov 15 – 14 Week 12 has ended & with but very little to note since I last wrote - The weather has been fine & the sea smooth - The old Upolu has rolled mostly - She is the cause of much & varied lurid language from the Captain to the Cook's mate - She is certainly the worst craft I've ever been in & evey - officer says the same - We are about half way over now - We had done completed 770 out of the 1740 by noon on Sat
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