Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 106
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[Page 106]
That buz about Tahiti & the Scharnhorst has an element of truth evidently - Suva is a very central place in the Pacific & from there a dash can be made anywhere - The Australia, Montcalm & Sydney are in the van & steaming into the a sea raised by a strong breeze from SE - We skirt the Solomons & go down along by the New Hebrides & so down - We have to keep station next the Encounter - How long will it take? Well we can steam 8.5 knots so it must take 12 days at least - God send we don't break a shaft or run on a coral reef in this rotten old ditcher of a ship - We were scraping her sides here & we actually scraped holes thru her so that will show how cankered she is = 'Fortuna favet fortibus' is engraved on a plate in the Wardroom of AE2 with the Australian coat of arms above it - The motto includes all Upolians -
The Berrima is empty, swept & garnished of Tommies & goes to Sydney this aft- The Protector goes to Sydney - she's no use - I was on shore this morning & sent to you by Dr. Skeete of the Berrima, 3 small packets containing my manuscript of all that I had seen & done up to a certain date - The rest follows in due course -