Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 62
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[Page 62]
Areca palms – Cotton shrubs – Castor oil Shrubs – all common & well known shrubs - A large Acalypha showed out well - We then walked thro China Town & inspected their quarter - It is far & away the cleanest & best kept Chinese quarter I have ever been in - One generally associates Chinatown with ramshackle buildings, squalor & dirt - That's Australia - Germany says No – space – air – biggish homes – the same wide street & shady trees & well kept sidewalks & German authority has its way - to the benefit of both white & yellow - We sampled the shops – 'Schneider Meister' was up on several - China will make you a white suit for 12 marks – he corrects himself & says shillings - He will deliver in 8 days - I patted a very nice fat China baby – 4 mo old who smiled on me in a most endearing fashion - How clean & chubby it was & how quaintly dressed – Female said the Father -