Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 191
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[Page 191]
- Part 7 –
Saty - Nov 7 - 14 There is a stir on - We are going to move – to Sydney is the general idea but no one knows definitely - Personally I wish to happen what does happen though the majority want to return to Sydney – AE2 cant go up on the slip - She is leaking we hear - We also hear that 5 G cruisers off Valparaiso have engaged 3 British ones & disabled or sunk 2 - Our friends Scharnhorst & Gneisenau are among these 5 cruisers so we are not doing much good here as a fleet -
Perhaps it may be best to go back to Sydney for there is a good deal of grousing on the Upolu & its starting point is the Captain - He reviles his superior officers & grumbles at his orders & then of necessity all under him do ditto - Discipline wants to be stricter - Moore's idea of discipline is to be very sweet to his superiors to their face but to his subordinates he is more often bearish in his manner not to say boorish - He also permits – drinking & talking of a vile description & even tries his feeble hand at it himself - Well – I promptly wrote a note to you & posted everything I had to post by 2 pm & then I felt quite a free man - There was some tennis on – a tournament was ended & the Governor gave the prizes away -