Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 134
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[Page 134]
of the ignorance & folly of the Fijian Mother - You'd think that any mother even half savage would prefer a clean skin to the ulcerated one of Yaws -
I had tea with Dr & Mrs Burge ? in their vy nice bungalow – they are young Scotch people - She looks vy vy delicate - Two nice children were playing about - We ate & talked & laughed till 5.30 when all of us went down to the pier head & picked up our respective launches & so off to the parent ship -
I mentioned a stone obelisk in a small triangular compound opposite the P - Office - What I thought registered a ship's name turns out on closer examination to be 'Cross & Cargill' First missionaries – October 1835 – Pretty early days - Fiji became a B. colony 1874 - 1st land sales 1880 - Suva made the capital 1882 - All this the carving on this obelisk perpetuates - It's been a glorious day climatically & I've enjoyed it thoroughly -