Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 205
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[Page 205]
inhabitants – the fern tribe & the bird tribe – picked up some men & put off at 6 sharp to the Upolu – for the last time in Suva -
Lieut ?Keighly of the Destroyer Yarra was off for dinner – Guest of Captain he - Captain M, was late off & when inboard showed the usual signs of alcoholism – a disposition to overdo things for his guest & to contradict any statement put forward by anyone else - As this generally ends in trouble I took my usual precaution of being quite silent & clearing away as soon as I could - Captain M should have heard himself discussed subsequently by his officers - I put in the plea of alcoholism for him - We had some fair bridge & then our steward got drunk & forgot to make the beds & so with verbal skirmishes around me I retired & left things to come straight by lapse of time - What a God C6H12O6 is -