Item 01: Irene Victoria Read letters from her husband, 27 November 1914-1 November 1915 - Page 51
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[Page 51]
the result is that one's drink frequently comes along at the end of the meal.
Sports for the officers were held in the afternoon, I succeeded in wining my heats of the potato race & the potato & spoon race – the former event was quite a strenuous affair. I was defeated in the second round of the latter event having the bad luck to get a potato which absolutely refused to be coaxed into the spoon. Another event that I competed in was cockfighting – in this I put up a very gallant fight but was in the end [indecipherable] out of the ring. During the sports I unfortunately broke the glass of my watch & lost also one of the hands. I hope to get it fixed up at Colombo. After dinner we had a mock trial in the saloon, a breach of promise case in which Sister Macpherson appeared as plaintiff & Major Grey as defendant. Lt. Col. Springthorpe made an excellent judge. Major Stewart & Capt. Kay acted as counsel for the defendant whilst Capts. Deakin & Storey did the needful for the terribly distressed & tearful plaintiff. Policemen there were, a clerk of the court press representatives, jurymen & jury women.
I was called in as a witness for the defendant