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Weather is very wet and this makes the work hard and dangerous. Stoker G. James was brought on board with an injured leg, he was attended by Dr. Marne who went with the party when they landed at 8.30 AM. (L.D. Pulse 96.) (No Press News.) The Betting is a Hundred to 1 that we are not in Brisbane before Xmas and 10 to 1 that we are not in Sydney this year. We are sending and receiving plenty of Wireless messages this last 24 Hour's but it is all in Cypher and we get to know nothing about it. The Steam boat run ashore and got afloat about 5 AM this morning, the crew having a bad night as the boat heeled over to Port so that they thought that she was going over all together and being that there were Sharks about it was not very pleasant. It will be pleasant to get to some civilized place so that we can get some news and some thing to read and a decent civilized feed amongst White people for we are fed up with the Black race for a spell. When do we get the next mail. The Officers are away fishing and bathing. Leave for the Port Watch from 4.15 PM to 6 PM for the purpose of Bathing. Great amusement was caused by Ld. St. Burrup and Stoker Chaplin commonly known as the Ship's Clowns. They were giving an exhibition of shak snake charming with a piece of rope when Stoker McKenzie arrived on the scene with a real live snake and the clowns being rather timid of the snakes vamoused in very quick time much to the amusement of the audience who were watching while McKenzie followed them round the ship. (Steam boat went ashore on the Reef at 5.30 PM.)
11th.
Divisions, Church. 61 Stokers went ashore at 8.15 AM under Mr. Dennis, Engr. & Duston, Asst. Eng. for the purpose of cutting wood for auxiliary purposes but we still have 835 Tons of coal left and 243.3 Tons of Oil fuel. Saw Dr. Roberts this morning who took a slide of Blood out of the lobe of my ear for test, for he says that I am enemic. (P.102) L.D. The General Buzz for the day is that we leave on the 18th. for Brisbane to give