Item 04: Letters sent by Robert Christian Wilson to his family, 1916 - Page 112
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[Page 112]
Ras-el-tin
Alexandria 15th July 1916
My dear Father,
I have not received any letters from you yet so it is a bit hard to know what to write about; I think I will be going back on Monday and I will be glad to get there and get my mail.
Is not the war news good the last few days, if it goes on like this I will miss the war altogether which would be pretty rotton after coming all this way.
The paper here had a report of the Sydney ram sales and said the highest price was 50 gins. I suppose they meant 500; any way I sent you a copy just to let you see it.
I got a "Telegraph" here with a photograph of the High School, Mudgee, it in it; I saw them building that at Show time and was wondering what it was; it is funny to find out about it over this side of the world – I also saw that Crossings & Cox had sold some of Patta Bucca at £14 per acre.
There is a chap here 6 ft. 6 in. high who is a pretty "big" wheat grower in the Rivererena and I have been learning all I could from him about wheat growing: his brother is working the place for him while he is away and has got 800 acres in this year.