Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 120
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Indian coolies were there by the score as well as Fijians & Samoans - men women children - They had never seen such a sight as England's War ships & fighting men - The coolies come from Calcutta & are used on the extensive sugar plantations of Fiji - Almost everyone, including the natives, on that pier had an umbrella - We did nothing that eveng but smoke cigarettes & talk - The war news is most interesting - We cant but notice that in spite of the Allies driving the enemy back for miles each day yet that Lille Ghent Antwerp are all in German hands - I also notice that the English bombs from aeroplanes caused great destruction but not the German ones curiously enough!!! No naval news whatever is another marked feature -
This morng - was fine though rain fell heavily in the aftn - We posted our letters thro a petty officer - Went out to our anchorage & here we are – waiting for orders - Reading - Writing & making the best of Suva -