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<p>[Page 109]</p><p>possessed" some more Emdens. He was married and has a little boy. His wife died in 1916 after a brief illness. Presumably as an act of revenge, the Australians kept all news about her illness from him and it was only a day after she died that E. was called before the intelligence officer, who bluntly informed him: "Your wife died last night." His request to attend the funeral was denied. Such is the English humanitarianism!</p><p>The Austrian "officer" Blankenstein has left our camp and was transferred to Berrima. Very suspicious!</p><p>Despite hopes for an imminent release the desire to be active is great and so we decided to plant another vegetable garden, again with voluntary work, outside the camp. The main camp, too, has various such gardens, situated in a valley that we can see from our recreation area, or the cow park, as we call it. They also plan to re-establish the engineering school that we had in Trial Bay, and the theatre, the choral society and the gymnastics club, as well as the orchestra,</p>