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As one travels North the Girls seem to get broader & squarer in face & Build.
25/12, Xmas Day
It snowed last night for the first time this winter. We received no rations yesterday. I suppose that was part of the Xmas festivities. We have been much worse off for rations since the war has ended. A Tommy R.E. repairing the Bridge here told me that Fritz destroyed 1370 Bridges in his retreat. Some of the 13th Light Horse are Billeted here.
30/12
500 Hun prisoners came here to work today. Our fellows conducted a very successful dance at the Cinema Hall last night. Any residents who associated with the Huns while they were here were barred. The Rations still continue to be rather elusive. I had a look at a big marble works today.
New Years Day, 1-1-19
Attended dance at Cinema Hall, the Girls here dance pretty well but very few of them can reverse. There was an awful crowd.
Saturday 4/1/19
I visited the Central Station today. It was well worth looking at. It contains two 5000 K.W. Turbo-Generators, Two 3000 K.W. Turbo-Generators, old type and one 2,250 K.W. modern type with Auxiliaries, Switchboards, Bench Boards, etc. It supplies Jeumont, Maubeuge with light & power and parallels with another Station at Valenciennes. The residents gave us a Dance in the Evening. The music