Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 55
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[Page 55]
Australia & Sydney are due at 4 pm - A chap asked me if I didn't feel more comfortable but I couldn't truly say I cared – also – with the Flag ship here – you know – you haven't quite such a free leg for initiative & daring - Warren of the Parramatta is the man I'd like to be with - He's the incartation of bold devilry & go - To see his long black snake of a boat go out is to see the ideas of a bold man being carried into actual trouble - They say the German war ships are coming here but the scrap must end in our favor with all these fighting ships about -
Yesterday – i e Friday aft – I had rather a star turn on the Beach - Haggard & I got leave - Off we went - Blew in on the Berrima – out - Met Patterson – nigger driving – oil in casks up to the Governor's residence 2 miles out on a well made road cinders for top dressing - H took a snap shot of P & his niggers - P's language to his niggers wd make a Christian blush - We left him & tramped it – up hill - Governor's residence is on the top side of the lip of this huge volcano - On the roadside we saw cliffs – simply layers of cinders – you have