Item 01: John Duncan McRae diary, 5 October-11 December 1917 - Page 105

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[Page 105]

for higher callings, and in a small degree this seems true of the people of Durban.They have a clean & well-set out city to begin with. Their Town Hall is as big as the Sydney one and is well shown on one of the cards which I sent home. It faces an exquisite little park, which is beautifully green & well kept & lit by cream coloured flambeaux by night. All the streets are wide & the trams are double deckers and from the top of the latter we were able to see all that was to be seen.

About ten minutes by tram from the town Hall brings one into the suburban country. Here the roads are lined with trees, mostly the 'Flamboyant' which were covered with brilliant red flowers

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