Part 02: Dene Barrett Fry letters, 17th May 1915-16 April 1917 - Page 99
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[Page 99]
Royal Hotel.
Durban.
16th Sep. 1916.
Dear Mother
We arrived in Durban yesterday & got off Friday afternoon & evening & all day today, and I fancy we will on Sunday too. One boatload of Australians behaved dreadfully here & men lying all over the streets drunk and broke up a shop, so the mayor closed all hotel to Soldiers. This is a great idea & so our chaps are behaving very well indeed. The Mayor gave us the freedom of the City and a civic welcome & we got nothing but kindness on all sides, especially from the ladies (matron!) They gave us books & cigarettes, and lots of the chaps have been asked out to dine. I have an invitation from a dear old scotch lady for Sunday & I intend to go if I possibly can. They have a boer servant lady who has two