Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 158
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[Page 158]
are not quite so simple as that & as you know I learnt from you dear to be able to express my dissent & organize an active opposition to antisocial measures - We do things vy sweetly & politely but there's a vy strong 'main de fer' inside a velvety glove -
The days & nights are just perfection & the hills that surround Suva brilliantly green – the sea the deepest blue & the white combing surf a vy pleasing contrast to the green & blue - Thank the Gods I am a nature lover - Alone I'm quite happy with this luxuriant tangle of vegetation & with others I'm equally jolly for there's no end of nature there & I'm old enough to form my own judgment & act on it -
Friday Oct 30 After all our mess turned up at the Destroyers show & we put in a vy pleasant eveng - Things turned out this way - At lunch Lieutenant Eng - P who had been vy busy about the eveng - gave an invitation to the Mess to turn up as guests -