Ruskin logs, 1914-1918 / Alfred Ruskin - Page 146
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24th Oct. 1917
Tulagi Island. Getting ready for Sea. Left about 3.30 PM for Howe Group. Great Buzz landing Party, Cannibal [indecipherable].
25th.
Arrived at Valuvulu Island at 5.25 PM. Dropped Anchor, party went ashore.
26th.
Left about 12.30 PM. Arrived at Howe Island. Leave for Starboard Watch. Had a visit from the King and Princess of the Islands, the Princess was very fetching and chick, But the King Oh, the [indecipherable] many.
27th. Oct.
Left Howe about 11 AM.
Sunday 28th.
Arrived back at Tulagi Island and prepare for Coaling from the S.S. "Kanna" 928 Tons, averaged 111 Tons per Hour, 28th Oct. Started 5.30 AM finish 5.15 PM.
29th., 30th.
Tulagi Island. Swim as usual. Nothing doing.
31st.
The first anniversary of the Ship's Commissioning, we had a concert on the Quarter deck.
Thursday November the 1st. 1917.
(We have burnt 15,000 Tons of Coal in the first 12 months not counting Oil.) Painting Ship. Leave for the Star Watch. A letter of thanks from the Commission.
2nd.
Tulagi. Painting Ship. Sweet Spuds, Salt Pork. Old Navy.