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examples of technique & draughtsmanship. I hope you get your Bulletins & Sydney Mails regularly. They are both posted to you every week without fail, & if you don't get them regularly I wish you would let me know. We don't send you the daily papers, as we doubt if you would read them. Nothing is so stale as an old daily newspaper.

I enclose with this letter two cuttings. One is from the "Sun" a few weeks ago, to the effect that you can get a refund from the War Office of your passage money both ways if you can show that you enlisted in the English army within two months of your arrival in England. I sent word by cable to Maurice to apply for his refund before returning to Australia. You might as well add to your pocketmoney by applying for a refund of your passage money to England. For the purposes of the application you can understand that the "outlay was borne by yourself personally." I forget what it was, but I shall look it up now.

Yes. I find there were two payments: £5 deposit, & £58:10:10 when you started, – £63.10.10 in all. The rest you drew on your letter of credit as you went along. You will note however that the army order only allows for cost of journey by the most economical route etc. So I leave you to get what you

 

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