Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 175
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[Page 175]
of a stone obelisk raised to the memory of King Cakoban – Probably an old cannibal but subsequently a reformed character - An old Fijian came in from the country last week & is reported to have remarked – Englishman one big fool - He make war & take German man to New Zealand quite nice & feed him - A Fijian war man cook & eat German - A slight difference between the Eastern & Western points of views - AE2 is alongside this morning & charging her dynamos with the usual row from her engines & smell from the oil fuel - We are away from the wharf & anchored - There are indications of a move somewhere, for we've been ordered to take in 200 tons of coal, but our destination is a sealed book - Close to us at the wharf lay the Government yacht Renande & also HMS Sealark – the survey ship capable of 5 Knots!! per hour - She's been here since the war started - The