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than one calendar month, yet other letters take 8 or 9 weeks, it shows knowledge of how to carry out a simple duty by one man, & want of ordinary sense, to accomplish the same end, in others. The person who sent the newspaper, no indication of identity was apparent, put my address at "Mena House, Egypt", which was smart because we only arrived here on the evening of the 28th January. It may have been Senator Delargie [Senator Hugh De Largie] who posted it, he would know of my whereabouts soon after our arrival. There was a paragraph referring to two of his Scotch nephews.

2-35 p.m. Letters have been coming in all day but for me none has yet come.

Work stopped with us. No new cases will be dealt with unless they be of extreme urgency.

I enclose a few sheets of thoughts that the Daily Telegraph might like to publish. When you have read them send the manuscript on to the paper, and should it be published you might send me a copy, and also cut one out that it may be there when I return.

My best efforts are being put forth now to clear up my writing and other work, because when we reach our next halting place we may be in the theatre of the great war, then there will be no time for writing other than a brief note on a post card or such like.

In regard to your letters I hope that you have noted my request to have a block upon which one of you may write notes of current events to be posted in ample time to be brought by each mail. It may be presumption on my part, yet do I think that I have claim upon your time

[Senator Hugh De Largie (1859-1947), miner, trade union official and politician.]

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