Series 03: John Brady Nash letters, January 1914-December 1915 - Page 11
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[Page 11]
It was good of you to remember.
When I opened my tin trunk this morning it was found that water had got amongst the books and papers and that many of them were wet. A nuisance. Jerome is now drying them by exposure & later will put them in the pantry in a heating apparatus. It is good that they were not left longer without being seen to or some of them would certainly have been destroyed.
Deck billiards, deck hockey, cricket and other games are practised by the sporting folk on board, to their own enjoyment and the amusement of onlookers.
Our clergyman is Colonel Ney [Nye], a Bapt Methodist from Victoria. He told me that he is a Chaplain of the first class, & while holding no substantive rank is entitled to be saluted and addressed as Colonel. He is of the "fancy" religions, according to the Sgt. Major, who formed up his battalion on a church parade & said: "Anglicans to the right, Romans to the left, Presbyterians to the front, and fancy religions to the rear." It was common belief that there were but the first three first in the Army, others just have been added to the Commonwealth forces.
I have written letters to M. M. Bertram – of course to Buddie – to other friends who have in one way & another been kind to & considerate for you and me. They will all be placed in the post at Fremantle.
When shall I have another opportunity for communicating with you I do not know, but when it offers some sort of a letter will be sent on