Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 87
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[Page 87]
Monday Sept 28
I put in a good day on Sunday - First there was our bathing party - Then breakfast - After breakfast I got leave & went ashore with Patterson of the Engineers - We walked up to the Governors residence - P - wanted to inspect the engine at the wireless station - It was very hot going up – very hot indeed but quite dry - Once on the top we got the breeze - What a splendid view of the harbour & surrounding country - Every war boat was in the harbour lying peacefully at anchor -
I went all over the Governor's residence – much of the furniture was leather – very unsuitable in the tropics - I also noticed a great deficiency of French windows - Just the ordinary sash window - That's a defect in this hot climate - Thick matting covered most of the floors - I was shown some damage done to the furniture by the Tommies when they first took charge - It didn't amount to much after all said & done & where were the officers – Commissioned & non coms to allow any damage at all?