Item 06: General William Holmes correspondence, 1900-1915 - Page 11
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[Page 11]
[Printed letterhead]
BURNS, PHILP & COMPANY LTD
HEAD OFFICE, SYDNEY, N.S.W.
RABAUL
[Letter undated]
Confidential & personal:
Dear Colonel Holmes
I am very much disappointed at having to drop my important trip to Bougainville & hurry back to Sydney, but I have picked up an item of passing Company's news which decides me that my presence in Sydney is of paramount importance.
Not only was I anxious to see our, & other Australian, planters relieved as soon as possible from their most unpleasant situation but I also wanted to talk with you about labor matters from the standpoint of the British planter. I understand however, from Major Heritage that no changes will