Item 02: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 5 December 1914-26 February 1915 - Page 172
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[Page 172]
I'm just putting on record a fact – The Ward room has 7 Officers – Add to that Fritz = 8 – In 6 days the Beer (Resch's lager) drunk & to be paid for is 157 Bottles i.e. – 3 Cases & 13 Bottles – Of course there were guests – thirsty ones – Also of course Beer was not the only drink – Gin & Bitters – G & Vermouth – Lemon Squash & whisky – Brandy (rarely touched) – Soda water made by ourselves – Truly its marvelous – my own notion is – that – though the Officers pay – yet others drink as well – who don't pay – Nevermind – Cheer-O – The Country is in a state of war – A favourite drink is the one that Captain Cook had – when he first landed – "a little gin" – Vermouth & Gin are known as 'Virgins' - & asked for as such –
Monday Feb 8-15 – No word of our moving on – I put in the morning over the Mess accounts – fixing things up – Going ashore & squaring bills – The difficulty is German money – We want English – It seems that the Chinese like English gold & hoard all they can get & it goes out of circulation – I have refused to be paid save in English currency or cheques on Sydney – I had Lieutenant Creswell to dinner – He wanted to get hold of our gramophone records but we would not sell records only –