Item 01: Irene Victoria Read letters from her husband, 27 November 1914-1 November 1915 - Page 128

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have accepted. It was lovely to get all your chatty information regarding the youngsters – I was greatly amused at some of their doings & sayings. Peter seems to have been a great little man – what a sweet little kid he must be. How I do wish I could see you all. The children here remind me of my own but only because they are young & have young voices – they are a filthy dirty lot – I refer of course to the natives. I was sorry to hear of Margaret's sickness at the beginning of the voyage, apparently she wasn't very bad but I know exactly how anxious you would have been. What a hustle you must have been in just before leaving Sydney – you had to do everything yourself of course. Fancy the Neitenstein's talking of building – I was sorry to hear that the Wurley had not been taken by Arch or the Garlands – the Neits. will I'm sure take great care of the place; but I'm afraid they will always be wanting to get back to their beloved Burwood. It was grand to get new of how things were in the garden - your description of Xmas bushes, arches, rockeries etc brought the whole thing very vividly before me. Arch Westland, the same to day etc & the infinite trouble he takes to store up some infernal old weed & the triumphal burrowing of the same to the one that knows salt from mustard.