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<p>[Page 21]</p><p>is a bit hard up, he confides in his leader and promptly the party launches an offensive in parliament with some phoney charges and demands a Royal Commission, and Mr Such and Such will duly be among the appointees. The income of these commissions, and other parliamentary committees, amounts to £1 per hour in unimportant matters, but often to a lot more. Thus, the members of these bodies fare quite well. In exchange, they will stick with their leader through thick and thin in some other matters. That’s how politics works in Australia!</p><p>26/12/16.<br />Christmas this year was a sad affair because for the first time we had to bury a comrade. It was a Mr Adams from Hong Kong, the manager of the China Import & Banking Company. While bathing, Adams got a small cut in his foot that didn’t want to heal. The German physician Dr Hertz, who for some time now and under the weekly supervision of the Kempsey GP has been treating us prisoners, ordered strict bed rest and regularly dressed the wound. The moment the wound showed signs of healing A. began to ignore the doctor’s orders and played</p>