Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 119
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[Page 119]
So far no one – officer or man – had been allowed shore leave - What we are going to do we don't know - The Upolu will remain here that's certain - She isn't in a condition to travel much further - Scrape & clean her engines & solitary boiler is her job of work anyway - We've got in bread – I've not touched ship's bread since we left Ribaul – nor butter - It's a treat to get good bread, good fruit – pawpaws & bananas & not to be pitching continuously -
About 5 pm we went up to the pier & watered & came out to our anchorage at 9 this morg - Suva is pretty but I wrote to you & gave the details of the beach so far as I cd - see them - On the pier the natives congregated - Their heads of hair strike one at once - There are a good many Samoan women here – low class & positively hideous - Blubbery & big with horrid faces - They stared & jabbered - Of course quite quiet & respectable