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these come so often now that we take them as a matter of course.
9.4.19
This day the few French troops on board & civilians having a sports day, keeping themselves in trim. We are due at Port Said at 7 a.m. tomorrow & will have to ease down our speed during the night for to be off the mine field at daylight.
10.4.19
At 6 a.m. off Port Said took on board a pilot & made fast at Cherf Basin at 7 a.m. & commenced disembarking all passengers. Commenced coaling ship at 8 a.m. The Canberra arrived at 3 p.m. on the 9th & had orders to remain in port for 4 days at least. More riots in Egypt.
11.4.19
More troubles. A large mob hired some tug boats & steamed up & down the harbor singing & also a band giving a send off to some of the Ringleaders who returned from being imprisoned at Malta & leaving tonight by the Transport Caladonia for Marseilles so as to set their case re Egypt before the Peace Conference at Paris. At Cairo & Port Said the rioters became dangerous so machine guns were used by the British troops. Several Arabs were killed & wounded. On the Nile upper Egypt the Rioters burnt down the sugur wharf & stores destroying thousands of Pounds of stores & sugur & property. The Katoomba arrived full of Indian Troops from Salonika.
12.4.19
Japaneese cruiser & 6 destroyers & also 4 late German Submarines arrived on their way to Japan. The whole made fast to the oil wharf & took in crude oil bunkers.