Item 59: Internment camp diary, November 1917-August 1918 - Page 111

<p>[Page 111]</p><p>and many comrades will also have come to understand the mistake that was made with that ominous letter. Our friends were thus asked to search for a counter-candidate, whom we eventually found in Pastor Frank. The election was a tug of war between the two parties and I&#39;m happy to report that we ended up winning with a majority of 5 votes. The outrage of the losing party over the election of a bush padre, as they call him, is great.</p><p>Because the timber for the theatre has not yet been delivered and we cannot start construction, we revived and also executed a plan hatched earlier in Trial Bay but then dismissed: that of a cinema. The films are being shown in the upper dining hall and the interest is enormous, which is understandable given the lack of other entertainment. Unfortunately, I cannot go and watch because my eyes don&#39;t tolerate it.</p>