Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 115
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[Page 115]
Tuesday October Sept 13 – 1914
It is a beautiful day - The sea is smooth & we're moving on to our goal – Suva - We expect to arrive on Thursday - Captain John Lewin (not John Glossop who is on HMS Sydney) tells us ever & anon to speed up for we are delaying the convoy but the engines can do no more than they are doing even though many of us think – Storry – the chief engineer - is not quite equal to his job - He'd make a good 2nd but he isn't the type for a chief – cant organize or get the most out of his men seemingly - There's a lot in being a good chief – Lewin is not a good chief he worries his Subs far too much & they resent it & curse him accordingly -
All is well from a health point of view though I really wonder at it considering what has been going on unbeknown to me - For the past few days remarks have been bandied to & fro about our freezing chamber & that the meat in it smelt - The paymaster is in charge but said nothing & I simply