Series 03: John Brady Nash letters, January 1914-December 1915 - Page 534
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gets an occasional glimpse of them as they pass by in carriage or motor.
How lovely the bowl of wattle must have looked, that you brought from Cronulla as a trophy to the motor drive, Mrs Parsons took you. She was kind to you.
Fancy wounded men in Australia when you were passing along George Street. I fear me that you will have plenty more during the coming months.
Yes many of the men who arrived went through my hospital. I received a letter from one who lives at Summer Hill, he found a newly arrived daughter ready to greet him. There are none braver than the medical men and the priests. God bless them.
Many thanks for the copies of the S.M. H. and other papers. Sir John See was very fond of Jim. I hope that both of the boys will have good fortune wait upon them.
If you see Mrs Meeks please convey my best wishes to her. The letter from Mr; Bridge came all correct. I shall write again some day.
That Cohen man is a rotter, I hope that you will make him pay.
Your other letter from 21 to 27.7.15.
Glad that the Tewkesbury dredging Coy is paying so well, the money will be an unexpected addition to your income. Good.
Glad to learn that in Australia some one thinks that I am doing good work here, any how I was given a position where every one else had failed to run the show, and not one bit of trouble has happened since I came to command; it may be that the chiefs value at a correct figure my labours, any how my best efforts are put forth to do the best for the patients and to lend a hand to make the whole show run smoothly. Many different duties go to make up the whole show.
Wish some of you were coming to Egypt, but I see no prospect of so great pleasure at this moment. Perhaps some day. Who can tell? Would any one have thought this time in 1914 that in Septbr. 1915 I should be writing to you from Cairo? Not one.
A long walk round Bellevue Hill, but in cool weather a most enjoyable one. Desireable sites every where for residences. You had a very good stand for the stall on Australia day. Hope that you did well?
Tell Maria to beware of Nuts? Silly girl to chance them once more. An experiment probably to find if she were growing more resistant to them. Not so.
How good of Mrs Franki to think of us and make the covers for the milk jugs, just the thing I am wanting at the moment, when they come they will be made use of, it is said by residents that Septbr. & October are the worst months for flies. My regards to all the Frankies. My love to the Adams girls. How is the poetess?
Kitty dear: Very sorry dear to learn that you had been troubled with [so]
["Australia Day", 30 July 1915, was a national fundraising day " an offering of gratitude – a pouring out of love from our hearts, and of money from our pockets, money to provide comforts and nursing assistance for those who have fought so valiantly" (Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 31 July 1915). Over £339,000 ($678,000) was raised in NSW alone on the day, with that total expected to rise to over £400,000 ($800,000). (Source: Sydney Morning Herald via Trove, Australian Archives Online.]