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".!hur. Dec. 15~ 1938. This morn:1ng Florenoe finished nursing all'S. Brown .. w1fe of capta1nBrow1;l. .. .. , . I .got our pensions & went to Newoastle& took Hum's speos 'to ,

)(1'. ,Oava11ltr to have the hangers bent. He b.ent them, & did not cha~g8 anything. I bought a whit~and.led.fo'ne-b:n.ad.ed pooket. ltd fe atIarael's, for l/-,With a oorkscrew,liin-opener, & a bottle­opener. At another shop I paid 3/S for a magnetic compass with. ~locking lever on it. ~ have receive:! the following letter from brother Bob :--

Qeo. 14, Lismore at., Aberma1n.. ,. , . Dear Joe Your letter to hand during the week. In it 1 8ee YOU a~e one of t~e luoky ones who hac been luoky to get a ,trip to Kadina.

& 'shake hams With 80me of ,the old friends again. 1 often dream lii of being there myself. Yau ought to be truly thankful to know ~.; if all &Oe8 well, that to be in the company of that Cl&88of . people for a few hours 1~ well worth the trip. 1 am so pleased; to know you are gOi Ill.' Some day perhaps 1 may go to Adelaide· .:, for a trip. I am quite SUI'S the trip Will do you a world of good: You w11l go with my blessings. There is none of U8 going any-.,· :

where this Chr1,.tmas. However I am pleased to say that we are'· all well up/here at .pre"ent,w!th the usualexoeptlon of myself. Sane year. ago I went in to Newcastle Hospital to interview a_ new dootor who was j U8. t appOinted there. So the wardsman showed me into h~s consul ti ng room. He said t~'.· e, "Irell what 18 your trouble ? ". I said, "Chronio rheumatie.. He sald,."I! 1 could cure rheumatism I would. be the

richest man n earth; beoause"in Englarxl alone, there are two millions of people suffering with rheumatism."

No" •. 'I want YOU, as a Speoial req,v.est when you go down to the street I the first old man you meet--if he i8 using a stick-- you ask him 1 fhe i8 f!fftr1 ng from rheumat18J.1l; & a hunired eases to one, he will 8&Y, Yes • Then ask him what he takes to get relief. lam quits 9U re he will tell you that there 18 absolutely no cure. . just to please me, you do so to see if I am right in my conten­tions. I am sure you wl1l get the same answer as I get fr~ any old man or woman who sutfers from that inourable oomplaint. You ~ust try & see if others who suffer a8 I do will tell you there 18 no oure. . . , I am goi ng to reVie"your "dca. of the righ;t,s of the Oo-op,. $tore; ; & Starr Dowkett, & State lo:ttery. I will deal with the store , first. What do people 301n for ? Only for ga:l.n-- nothing else. ; ¥ourcGntention re st~rTing out the middleman is omel-- 8xtremel I

s~-:e~ing that ~~ey hav.e a right to" i~ge, as others have.' ... ~ . a. 81 ng so. you think that by stlttving aomeone out for the·' t . I

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for the purpose of imaginary ,gun is justifiable. Your idea ()f' getting gain fl'om what you pay i'n is a mult1pli01ty offal.,p, deranged ideas as you get nothing-you only think you do., . I bve p,roved 'hat for mysolf J 'bllt the irony of it 18 that you, &lOBI with huDlreda of others.are not i.e to ~ove it for 1OU1' self. Bow, ,108e'. idea. forj oint.n& the 8t~r Bowk'ett wu /1s p11. ncipally f or only one purpose ( ohaMe ) or cOIIDonly called I s-llle pure & 8weet. You t am 'Bure; havo noj; the nerve to tell me that 1f .1'0 ••. knew ~or oertain that he. w_ld n~t ,et a

dr.." until the Bowkett wouD1 up that he would join. No, of _ oours~ not. He joined thinki1l& he might be luoky enough to get a un, early. It is the same idea asa person geta a lotte~ t1oket. If a man .,nt for a t:l.oket knowill& he would not rin~ he wot.1l',l n'

send for, one. 'rhe pr:l.no1pl.e & expeotation is of an early pip • .rust the Am. idea. Itts a belief that they will Win: it they didn't there would not De a State lotter)" or a Starr BoW'kett. If one 18 ~ght so i8the other 1 & if one 1s wrona so is the.. oth !hey both are fed &: noonshed nth a foQd callec1 expect.t;f.on. Ywr idea to aamvaver & varnish the. Stan Sowkett & slina mud a the State lottery 18 not justifiable. ' , Yes, I know quite well your hoatility ootbe State lot:f;ery. 'but

1 t does not alter the fact that it does a world of good. Just the same I believe ittsthe greatest boon ever to c~e withln the

reaoh of man to ~etter hie oondition flnanoi&ll1~ Christmas ill neuly here J 80 iathe war ~ You 8.e, they oould not start 1 t a fe'll months ago as, dear old Irlglam. was not quite readj

, to ':0 at it. 'I think they are ready DOW: Germany 18 ready; 801a ItalY I 1 dontt kao. ~t t. ~eeg4Dg them from atartin& !':1ght ao.r

:&111y Ho.ihe8 is out &etti1l& 80ldlers: he ,is hav1D& ,quite a lot of trouble to set them. He haatold us they are oom1ne. -. ,

W.llnow. 1n oonolua1on. giv. my lo".to all the family oirole & acoept the same for yourself. fram brother Dob. I think you can make arftngements with the pension paymaster to draw your pension in Adelaide. !he d~utr comm1ss~oner has an office under the Customs House cloek 1n »eweastle. Bave a run , & see him as soon as you oan, because he will go on hie 14 day, holidays at Ohr1 stlll&a. If you do get fixed up you must take yot penelon book with you to Adelaide. , I know youw111 P8 very b~y &ett1~ ready for your tri,~ $0 yc need not reply to me until you come home. if you so des1~.. . '

'e one & all wish you a pleasant Christma.s & a happy new year. i! you think of 1 t. bring 80me young wild peach trees & put ther in your around .. It BOD.

Sat. DBc. 17, 1938. Yesterday Mum I: norenoe went to .ewO&8 tIe & did sane Ohristmas shopping. At D1aht 3'0 ••• 'rod~ " w. f1niMll-erl alt$r1~ Joaeta oar 80th&.' "he :1'0= aeat oan be 1 baak on 3 h1Dies to form part of a bed .. !hismorn1ng .... t J 088 t" nar to OUlint a hou&e: to ~.»a ...... "'~" to have the' trailer f1 tteCl" to :1 t ~' . . . Arthur did not return last night, but we expeot to see 111m

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_3. ' ~ _, ',' to-4a1. This mOl'ning Ireoeilfed the fOllOWing_letter & a, Ohn ' ,troas oa!d & a poat~ard photograph of Franoi. David Webster ;..-~

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Dec. 18t" ~ 1 S5 a. My dear lltt. Oock1%3g, Many tham s f or find1~ • ,-i, 80me of my oouslns, for I really ,think the David Tabb 1i' my tl

unole Jim's gl'anison. I have written to him as such. The onl~ -thing I am afraid of 18 that they will tb1nk there iBmoney

e waiting them; but I haVe written to 3 of ther .. ri & hav~ 8XplaiuE to them that l't 18 not 'a fortune I seek for""""Only love for r~lat1 ~ l(y V.oOl' father, who has been dead EO ye&1'8' 8: waB 50 when he wen~

",>, _ay from u8,loved hi!! people; & more so uml. Jim & his family. The mothers weren't SJIOken of 80 often. You see .. I have d;1sooverett tha" .~ l~e J~ WU".Gl'Y &ood & kind. to all he oame in oontact with. & would dO> aatra1l&er a aood turn; 80 another butoher &ot

,~ in trou.ble & had to fiD1300 ];)ouDia or &0 topr1aon. Three hun- ' dred DouMa on ~o •• dAYA aeaAt more than ;£ 1500 in these. So -

.. ~poo~ Uncle stood bail for ,this man. The ~an oleared out, 80 there ~ was not hi ng but Fi8011 f 0% unal e; he oouldn t t uroduoe the money. Then he smuggled himself out, of Englam, heal"t~ro1ten to loave hie :wife & thi 8 '11 ttle Dflvld. He was avery 8m&ll' boy. !he girls were older; that 'a why he ne'lerwrote, but he aoon had hi8 wife & fam .... ily 1r1 th him ~t 1. n -01unes, Australia. . " Yeara agO mv fath.~t'as1ater, I1v1ll£_1.n, Truro, me't a man who h~ Just returned f:rom yoy.r. oountry '- ,&he told her th, 81 were all do- , iug 'Well. & ~u1 te' well off ol!1't "here. Bu." .I." -aeems ~hey ar,e _ nearlY a~l died. ou.t. My 'father'sl)eople do not_ liv-e to be very old. Now_ Kr. OC)oki:ag.wtll are' beginning to teel Christmas 18 very near once more, but, it rill be a very aad Christmas for some poor aculs$ There 18 a very, great deal of hard.hlp: going on for sana 30me poor things in our pr1ah """ ... not in portr~ath, for th$Y • aro fa1rlywell off-- but around the diatr10t itts dreadful. I' have ~uatbeen 1)i ok! ng ~UD' what I can spare for one poor poriOn

: nothlngto wear, nor no bedding, loaving out fire & fQod!Ho'W dreadful to think' of 1 t when Englan1ia 80 11.ch. What bad. Wicked

'manas_out Ul) at Redruth.' The mena%'e unem111oyad, & ean't gettha oli rents & rates; & the Coum:11 18 turn1~ them out· in the Btr­seta, POOl" things. And we a1'e the Ohristian count%Y. sending out . missionaries ~ to the P'OO1" Blacks, teaoh1ng them the WAY .& !org~l'tt-iJJg the 1'001' sla.ves of want & sorrow home-here. ' I ask myself hoW' muoh longer rill God suffer them to go on. 'lllere·

, should be enough 'for all, as He intended. 1 have been to see the Oh1efKaglatrate thineek about the wa1 a dear lady.4 doorl below us, i.treated. I KO down to 'bathe her; &we have had to take food to her. Only 10/- old ~e l1.ension; & she has a ~on into

I Redruth d.riving ou.t 'in hi. t)r1vate aar after hlswork :1& due &;

'.on thndaye. Rarely ever come to aee noor liother who can I t star.d Up unless sQneone holds her H j II _~ to live & look after·Gr:n.U~n~\vg:r: ~~~:~~!,:r~/8her

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• a he 1& ,telling the l'eli.V'~.Dg of~'1oere" whom I have Spoke to with G~nny9iJ (lonaent, that he gives this & tha.t, & dont g1To poor Kother a 'Penny~· So I spoke for her. Qf eours,a he don't like 1 t, 'but I don't oare. She been in her hcuae, J)oor old dear, over 60 years. Her son 1,n .er1~a ae~s ller re,nt; that ',8 all he can do. ." . So you see, 111'. Oooking ~ we have :1 there, t 0 O\l~ own door. She

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Labour people in Portreath, & they don't eare only for themsolve '. ,I cou14n' t eat my di nnor & th1l:1k Grannr li&f' IU)~. hnv davs ahe Chad noth1~ but dry bread for c.Unner: no money. . .' : low they .:reshown Up. & they have a lovo~y h.oU8e at Redra'f;h.. He

:1s a OOal-we1ltherf & h1s son,1n good work,. & girl a t)'p:1st under some f1 l'm. W'IP,ll, don't know how God oan he so mer01ful to 8cm~ & nt to others; why 18 1 t? I aale myself., ' Our men no work ,oWing'to the weather. Boat a oan't oo~e 1n~ &:. those that are in cantt go Out; then there t~ Do "ork. So when th y have ~o()d. l\lQk we have to l.le verz careful. 'lnat lOU are f ~el iD& muoh b.tt~r~ aleo 1~r dauihter & wife & all your ~am~ll. We aem V9U all our best wi·shes for a very peaoeful & ha ~»y. t1m Cll.riat-.a .. ltv ,,11'1.- are d.o1~ well •. Just had a letto~ fran Kath~ she 1s a p;0C1i girl to us.' She haa a good heart, true aa atoel,&

Myra, also 13 good as p;old; for whioh weare very grateful; for thi boys a.re also~ood.~but tH)or, J're4 has the w~o~ '.ort of wife-­very aoorntlll. She laugh at .e--1 am 80ft & topy-- I keep to my han8~ husban.\, & family too much for her • She is a fly. ~8taner in her way. They have a lovely 11 ttl. boy who keeps Fred nth 1'16:t' What a ha:rdBh1»~ for him.· Bu.t ,1 ketJp away. She Is his wife; 80 I have to bear it as well as· him. She 1s very foni of others': Fred i8 too 80ft for her. . Now; with our sincere \t1ahea we roma1nyour true fr.1ends,F..& H., Webster .• God ,oleAs & keen YOU all. ~ . '. ~e Christmas card sent oontained the follow1n,s:- '

From Harry & EmJn1e Webster wi,th love to all. -We wish you a hapPl . Cb1'18 tm.. • .

,Eaah day a harvest ,of new ~Oy8 This Chr.l·stmaa may you ·glean

To make your 11fe still happ1ei ' Than 1 t hu ever been.

Jose Dud young Car11n & ·brought the trailer home th1a atternoc Arthur tfilei>honed frcm Hexham about dinner time, & ct:rri va!! home fow mi nutes later with a boy named Wilso I ,the son of an army Barmy offioer stationed ,at Ibbbo, ,Ith1nk. The boy ·had cl1nner 1

with ue, & then Art took him to some frien1s in Lamb~on. Art 1s . well '& hannv, & ha_~ taken Florene Belmont., '.' e out to the 8

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5: Tue8~ 20th Deo~ i938: YefJterday morn1ng Arth\J,r & I, wept. 5 · t,o Newoastle with Jose'8 oar & the trailer _to_get it regis­tered.We got the trailer weighed at the Hone1S\1~1. foint weip,;h'bridge, for 8d, & while I went to the Pensions offioe at the Coatoms House ,Art took the trailer to get it regis-

tered. This operation took about a hours, as there were many vehioles to be registered & only one man to do it. The tra11~ weigha 3 owt,&aqra. The registration cost one pound for a year. We got aholea bortKl by Horaoe Robinson in Joae'a car, & the number"'l)late --I' K 1'76 -- bolted on 'to the trailer. The

job ooat ad. Art got J08e t a car insured by the N.R.Y.A. tor 3 'lei montha ,which coat , a/l /6 for' 75. He a1ao had h:1maelf & e J08e enrolled a8 members ol theN.R.Y.A. We returned about 4

p.m. & Art took Clive Cone out to the Lake; & in the evening ~e Art took Olive, Ivy, Jiorence, & the 3 children to Newcastle. ~r; La. t Sunday I went to the holiness meeting at Kayf1eld citadtjl' ~e: Wi th Art. Major Smyth i8 going away, but he does not know "hel'l

he i8 going to yet. ' J08e & the ot,per boys have been busy gettin J08e t scar ready

<1.' for the 1 ongtrip to Wallaroo & back.. I am getting our bank acoount transferred from Newoastle to Mayfield. Thia nnorn1Di

I have wrapped up a 1"Py of "lladmanta Island It # b1 Ion Idrl.ss~ to sem to Pat OtGrady. Yest-erday I posted a letter to Urs. Webster"

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In.. 33m .Dec ..... 1938. Y •• te~da1 morning Art & another young man went 1n Arrtte- ,rtla cuto Sydney to see the school heada about claaaificat10ns & 'appointment,,_; & they ani ved back thi S lI1ormm. uthur bad 'DO 810ep last night 80 he 81ept until

dinner time to-dar. J'lorrie Pettiarn •• nt a oed for llum & me , ,& Muriel Oone alao ael1t one'. I have not sent anything to any­one, except Pat 0' Grady: I sent lWn a book. To-<iay 18 very ho't; the tempe~ature in our hut is l04.1n the .hac1.~. I have been busy getting things ready for our tour. It 1s reported that Yr. ~1th, who lives in Carrandotta St. r is not expected to live long .• 3'08e often takes h1m & Ure. Bm1't:h to & frem the Mayfield Sarmy meetings.X am very 80rry for them. Jose has almost finished overhauling hie car for our long trip.

Sun. d*l. Dec. 25th. 1958'. This morning Art took_ me in his car to the Eng11 sh church in Warateh to hear. yo"ng Mr Blaolcwell J11reaah. The monotonous singing & play of psalms yearly put me to sleep, & the'pointless semon was not worth listening to. Y •• terday Mrs. Jenson sent us a fowl ready for oooki~. fhiamornlng I 'foutJd that my presents included 3 new sh1rts-= one frau. Charlie!""-&: 2 from Ilum. an .l~ctr10 torch fran Flor-

ence,a pair of black 'sook. & a handkerchief from Jlay. Ivy J Jose & the children gave me a primus 'stove. Mum' . ! Jack Weston & 111 .... f f " received a photo of '['

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-~/~!puno~ured by a bolt. Arrat ~~118ngUdgerl at 1?-Z5 a.m.&! &: 1a \ Ktowera aiM na at 2~O. Rea~hed Warr1gal. at ~ 5 !I1118B fr om

i N an at· 12-35 p.m. Had • lot of tr9Uble near Ny~.~y,ith tubes ~ i. &~:ares!11led u~ wJ. th water & petrol & food. & wrte wrote the

fil!O~~ ;etter. aQ.dre~~e4 to Jose. w11118 waf t1l1& for euppl1es ; • Bl'Dian.5 p.m. Fri. 30th Dec. 1938. To All .. ~t. Home •. Tb1s ~a our, aeconQ. note to let you know thav we have ~ust a!'r ived heJ:e after. p1.eatlant trill from Narrom1ne. where we spent a win1y' night· We" lost a tyre '" tube off the trailer when about a mile short ~f NYtlilltn, &; had to put on a new tube it :t.1re " We

re went Qack&,ot them, but the tu98 was torn ao.oad1r th.~ we ,~et :1 t etal there. To-day hali been & i~ hot, Gut a~ the ~n:1 'bl~witi through the car When. i o1D&, the heat ODJ.l trou~,l8(l u,? when ~e had·to wad.t. We are all well. & h~. yo~ are all the aame. 1,. fountain· pen. h. as run dry ~ sol have to. use pen~11. we. e~ecii l§~ reach Cobar to-morrowa aJ.l beino "ell. 'Weare ;;;.lee,P1Ili e~!l6 well.,t. "he tr~ler 1,. behaViI\S well, except for the .~heel ••

On the _y to~y, while we were breakfaat.i:ng., we l.Ihotosraphed aa thirsty kan&aroo wh1chaat &: wa1ted alittle:wh;11e. I am in a db9-peratehu.rry, for W8 are to'start off at any Jldnute. We shall. ai­."r.t,·te aaan .oon. Wl.:th love to all from the Trave11i~ J'our'I.·JLUii. "i

Dad. Art. i. 'lorence 111en. The ro84a so far have 'been gOM, put we e~ect rouih road. further out •. Don't forget the »enaiolU3, Fred! Go<Xl bye for the time...' ·1

The firat letter sent 1a aa follows :-~ On'l'heRoad Tolelliniton.'1'hur.Dec.29th, 1938. Dear ~o.e.lvl. "Boy,. Th~,~, :~u,t a note tOlay that we err. 1 ve~at .MUd&ee late l*~t evet;l..Jl6.~ &. CaJlIled on the outi.Jt.1rt of the town. We had a very hot trip-so hot 1n1eed. wi th the heat of the sun & the- hea.t of' emoky bushf1 re~ that the radiator han no· chance to &et cool .... exC8l)t when we rested awhile in the aha de of trees. Lsat nlgnt a pleasant change ian the weather OCClJ. rred.. a cool Southerly wind spI'ang uP .. & this mornint> the sky is overclouded. We are all well & happy. but this morning Art fount a nail in the -:d.ght wheel of the traile%'tl ~ the valve

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came ri&ht out of the old ,tube. So he put the new tube1nj ~ h.., .patd£ 2-8-0 for a new tyre at a. garage _ &- at Wellin&ton he i ntendli& t<l buy a new tubem. Art tells us that "we ain't seen ~

nu thi n yet , but we have seen a lot of oorkscrew road. over hUt, h1&h mount8.l.Da. ~ expect to eea the dUaty road.~ over the low , lands to Broken Hill. We expect to reach liarranina to-n:.1sht. " We lU"e jWit about to atart off, having just finiahed breakfut ,I,

We hope you are all well .. We eha:ll wr.1 te agai n shortly to SivtJ you all 1dea of our prosress & whereabouts. Wi th love to all» '£ J from Owl .. MtIB..&rt ... the n01sy. beloved B1eter. I am writing tn.,

is 1 n the car. but flies are pester1~ me & .makiJli it ha1'd to write legib17. but there are no akeeters .'

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til a~out· 11 ;p .m •• 1ntend:1n& to keep goi~ until. we reached COOal:'. ~t " Art. 6f8Came tired .; f!tle~y !ie camped. There .. hardll anJ Wind, .~ aa the air waa h()t, we sl~t wi th open door

Ii &'without any cover 'on the trtdler. 1 am writi,ng this outsid~ of "a refreabment shql wbi1e Florence. Art & Uum are haV1~ br eakf~t.'. were a&1'eeably 2U~r1.e;&to lim that there is p:1 enty 0: ~~e-1ookina b\lah all alona the road from NYDiU to Co~ar It for we had expected to f~n1 that ttle 1nte1"len11'16 1$D1 w8lf a. pterl e~~ depert. we. !J.aw lJevera1JJl~r.e. of r! ver! or lake,,_ of water a few m11e~ out of Nyngan. \Ve are not bre~lng ,_, any reco~ J.ntmeed. but w.~d break -a few eggs •. This mornin Art ifl bu11na a-new r.1m, as tIieold one w~ dam~edwhen the tyre &. -tube came off. We ~hall ahortly ~et out· for Wilcamxla, on the Barrier HIghw"l. but a:~ ~t ~. lsa m11e~ a,'f!tq. , the h~

weather malte! fre~entre,tlnege~m. weM¥' not~rivethe. to-day. We have :1~red ~t thepo~t- of~Jces.. ~ we e.e alOf alo~, for a. letter or a telearam fro~" you. 1 v41lwrite aga:1.n later on, to r9r>ort~rogre~jl •. 1 like, the look of Cobar J but Kwn thinks :1 t looks d1rtl.'There' are aome ve~ deoent bU1~. here, ~ a few motor car .... If the reato! the tl"1i) is no .ora. than this baa been we slla"ll be very l'leaaed that W. hay. e can. Good bye for t.h! time •• Wi th love to all from &1,1" of ua.!lum.,

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J'0\.l~~ .irQlj) ot .men around abrolten-downoar ab01lt 57 miles frgm BrbkenHi11a & took one of the men Into B.Hill so' that he 'coUl.J ie~ &.8ietaIlCe for bt·C} _tea •. He did not even thank us.

" We-ar r1ve4-'at SrokenHill at 11-30 a.in. onllonday. ~ oaJ!!ped on l the Eastern.side ne.r a ahet,et of .. m1ne-wate~.Very hot weather. ,~tt 13rokenH11l I wrote -the' folloring note ':.-. " r Broken H.11l~!ueQday m.orn:l~.Jan.2rd. 1939. I Well ,dear one~.1 'fa "have arr1 ved at Broken 'Hill. Our alT1val ; yesterday at 11 a.m. -_fint,shed tho. most dreaded part of our roa , The B&rrj.er. HiihW&l looks n1 ce on th~ m.Q~ but in real! ty the L road trcrnWfilcann1& is mostly rou,sh. We had a 11 tt1e trou'bleon a the way frOm ,thers,for the bolt~ that hold the right wheel of

the :t~ailer to 1. t6u.1e catlle loose ll & we {oum that the perch of ther:1i-ht spri ~ had 1 ts 'bolt brokell~ We "bOUllt 1 t over to keep the pele.- ~ & :1 t is not g1nn& u~ an;y ~nx1ety or trouble. The wor,at that affects UQ, eo far 12 the sreat,! perziatent heat o~

the ;utena1 ve pla1ns, but! e~~ept f. or a. B11ght. ,I. Y s~re throat" '" lfeat-weutnessg we are we 1. 'fbiti morn1~ 1 intem. :to v.l.ait the

, re~lses & possibly ~ttie Slone. who lsSteve G11,es' daughter ;e do not 1 ntem to .. tar here 1011&. & m&1 leave tbia eveD1n&·

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here we ~1.1. be gettine nearer hane. We hope ¥ouare al.~. YG. 11 .. 1.1.. ,. thatrou ha¥. l'eoe.i.vt1K\ thenotea 1 haye aent fran ot: other ~ue._.We coUld not inquire for aDJth1~ at the ~ost ' off1ce.a~ 1 t was Olollad ,like almoat every other place" ow­ing' to the-- hol1day~.llll heine well I shall write ag&1.n soon. Wi th l()1fe, fran M'UJll. Florentfe, Art. & Dad. It . ,

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On aocOunt of 'rain threatenina. ~ fear that the road to: Cobum.)(anna :IJ;l~l-" Y1lJita,. peterborough, wo~d becane:1mpa~ 8&1:>18. we '~d nOt··r~nd&-1n1le~ewml" ft'!eDlJi, but left,; at • 1-45p~m •. ~ reached Ooburn.at3-45pem.Art oaJ,led at the !

police ~tat1on· to arral1&8 about the' registration of the C,ar e, Th,e' reg16)trat1on ooat .67-. Petrol 18 gallons sinoe letW- • ina Cobar. Weather still ·threaten1ng. Left Coburn at 4-45,

&reachec1 Olary at 7 P In. Oloudy &. .arm. Fla't,alm08 t t:ree­leil.laDi. C~ped in low lam" but Shifted to higher ~~uD1 &c~e4nearJ(anna R111. Atnumeratorm PIW)~e4 over. but Ii ttl. ra:1nf.l1.·We arn ved at Yunta.at 11>.m. on llid .. 4~h. The trailer broke loose' between Yun~a & Methuen & waa lett half a mile bebil'Jd •. We returned & coupled the t~Le~ .. ~n·at 2~16 l).a. & ·an1. ved atWoodla1d.na at' 6» .~I on, W eo.neD\.LaY. ;:;=~a~~::r~:~~.~:~ ,,~~·::::icc=~:~ t:!?-~n:l;!r Of" an almond orohard.owned bya faftler ,. who klmlylnv1 ted U8:: to do 10" & provided usn th .ood ,& water, 8a ~ave ~ aoge aaom.,lte ..... 11nng by' 111mself .~ had .~u.t oome out of

the ·Peter'borou8h ho~:t.fl!l. on' Thur~day,5th of Jan., .1f~ left :·camp,at 7a . .l'l!.··fo~"·I_estown, 14mlle$ distant. N1ce cool wea.thel:. At, '1-45"1'e entered Jamestown,which i& a. place with a. parkconta1n:llli pinea,gums,8c0ther tree~ .My sore throat : 'be.t'ter but:not· qui te·.right~· Lovely cool morniDg. we~ve %)t)-.. _­

~.re tube,·for the1Jheel~·. Reaohe~Cal tone at 1-- ,& bo­l1ght·2tube·s f,or12/;;oo-eaeh. A.n1,ved at Glad~tone. at 1-30.~ bOUlht asallono! j:etrOl. Weather getting warm again. At 1 p.rn. ·we. rtfached Cry8tal'~ Brook.. where there 1 £ a' 8 t ream of

clea.r .. ater. Boue;ht-l--gal •. of ... petrolhere,.Art & I had a shave &,ha1rcutat port.Broughton .. where we rested awhile in the heat. Pa,sl nathrQUgh sand, dune,. nearly all the way J we reaohed Kad-ina ... wh~r.,l' 1 nterv,iewed Bert.Hancock, who to~d: me that hls i

. fatner,Pred. dl.ed:12 yeare aso.Bert car~e8 on 'hi. fat:berts t h.1~re6l~1X1i· ,buslnese st:lll_e told us where. to flm Jlr. La! - '.' f~n 'sgaraa~; II we had. .the, radl at or -cleaned & th$ trailer re- -paired .At 2 p.m. we.reached .. ,Wa,llaroo, Bay after having lnspec­ted ,the ruins of the stone house that Mum & I & Pat O'Grady & WlllTrezieeb1.l1l t .1n,·pederal . Row ,near. th$ Devon ·mi~:& & cam- /: p~ near the large heap of tailings. A.rt & Florence a.swim at Wallaroo.Bay , & Mum had. a shower-bath whlle I went to the end of the. new jetty. & photographed a eail1ngvesael for Art ,& some wharf -labourers loading wheat. 'Severa~hlHiea8teamer8

were· belng loaded" wi th'wheat lit: the' jetty, wn1 . Vary busy. p.l~ce. Weat.!terye_~Y .llo.t.~. Lf:)ftat2-3() p ~m.· for )loon-ta.where we bought·,6~gals.'of,t:petrol:~& a pint of 0~"1. .".:.,...~,

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While at Kadina we Visited my oousin,Selina Ku~hy(nee Hanoock) Sheia ·a w1dow the seooni time. She Ii vea ,in her own house at 41 , D1gbyStreet. Kadina, by heraelf:. I photog~phed her l'X>use .1 herself twioe. She-is ,nat en30ying goo<1 ~eal th. Before' leavino Moonta we visi ted Moonta Bay at 3-40 p~m. & then started of for Paskeville on a'good road. I thi~ ~a.keville ~8 the old Green' s Pla1~. We reaohed there a~ 6 p.m. on fr1day.6th. & drove on to Kulpara, where we".a~iv~~~ at 6-.35, & bought a gal ~ of petrOl port Wakef1eld wa. reached a.t 7' p.m., & we oamped near Two Welh:

about'aJ miles short of Adelaide. . ' . 6n ~t'\ll"d..o¥ • Jan. 'f th, we reached Adelaide at 7 .,.m. & drove throUgn the 01 tybefore we knewit.Wweoa:rried,· OUr porta, into

t~e Peoples' Palace,in Pirie street, & left the oar & traller a.~ a garaie near. by • Mum & florenoe oooupied room 5Son . the seoond ,floor I while Art & I had' room. 44 on the same floor. Art & Florence went~or a walk, but KUm &1 bathed & stayed i.n. Very J10:t weather. Next day " Sunday, Art. attended 8l meet-

of the Sal'Uly :1 n the oongress hall. We ali went together to 62 ~een street & fourd Pat Q 'Grady .• He took. us to his rocm,wheru Kum &, I oh~tte~w1tp him about2 hours,' w~ile Art & Florenoe had a walk. Pat related ,his family troubles & ~xplained why he & his wife had parted. He, took us baok to the F.la~e I where wei w~shed ~ good bye. We all had ~ walk to the botanical &arde~ n, out the neat of the day w~ too~oh ;0 ~llow .~~. vi.it to ' be very pleaaant. W .. 16~t AdelMde on l.1on1ay, Jtln~ 9th .. at 6-45 a.m.&.arriveQ. at ,St1rliIli at7~5 a.lM. Bouaht2 iala. of pet; rol ~;e, ati rlirli. Roc&ohGd. l.i\4l:r~ Br1d&o at. 9-:-35 6. had oraakfa t t &. hall the oar arAlWed. for In.c;, ... 'howrht 2 .aa.lif,. of' petrol.

Le.t,lLurray Bridge .t 11-60 a~. Rot weatMr. Arriy"tf .. +. "a11r . , --~~:ttt ~~118W' r:a. Bought 4. "alii. of petrol_ Hot weather~

At lIemnd1e at 2-5) p.m. on )lomay_ Lake on ri$ht side. Bought 4 &ale.· of ,petrol.lJaid for 'bl.F1orence;lO/-. 1 ... eft there a.t 3-15 P. .m.& pas~ed salty Creek at 4-55 .. & arrived at K1DiiJton at

7 p.m. Bought 1 gal. of petrol. Reaoned Robe at 8-l5~ Dut had. , to turn baok to the madn road a&ad;n after bu.ying.a &a:1 of petro We sl~t at Boecllport Junoti on.. & left oamJr) at a-15 on Tuesday the lOth J~n. Sultry weather; air full of smoke .Pa!5sed 1l:111ice

t at 9-4:5 a~. Sa an1ved at Yount GambieJ;.' at 11-50 a.l!l.'sultrYi atmosphere full of ~moke. Pa.s~e,li' board ~how1~ the border ofS.A.

& 'Viotoria at 12-35 p.m. Rested ~ f1.11e4 u;p with olear cold s~r1no water' at Dar~oor. near the Glenel. r.1ver. Bough~ 4 gal~ of l1etrol at Haywooi A left at ,5-35 p .m. .. , Wed. 11th Jan.Left camp a.t 8 a.m. L1&ht rain &; oold wind. At 9 we rsaQhed port F.;dry. v.llel'e Art oot 'a ,registration atioker at the police etati on. C roajiit)<i the ltoyne r1 ver ; paesed the 11~Ha1 ~~p&~""lLerr1 ri ver~ _ Neatle 'af.otorl. ~ arl:j,ved lit iar­rDalloool •• lO-lRa..,ftI.r &oought a iallo~ of petrol. ReiJted a wh11e • viai.te4 the »ar~. Reaohed AJ.lenafor~HQii~r1¥i~

\ at 1 -a5. & paa .. ed through r.-.!lft'P,-- ,.~~. . . ~ 1' ........... ·,,·r8""~ -t 2-"6 ....... ""oaRed Mount Emu Creek ,Ilg 2-30

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i'. ". arrive"- at P1·rron Yallock .. where Lake Cora~amite 1.1 on the

ieft. Bought 2 "alii. of ei-l--.i.-e:'1¥.i:'& petrol ~ a pint of oil at ~ Oo~ao. ii~e:reLake Colao 1 .. aljio on the left.. At 25 pal.t 4 ..,.m~

we •. ere .~+. .1.w-hel •• a,·n$~- -thA,.Ba;;rIrQJl 11. Ye~. T1t'lt i. not the N.S.I. Bar.On. . .' . F~ic1AY .. .Tan. ,13th. Camped near tree_. abot ao m11e~ ~ort of Mel­bourne. Hot, tiDl~y mornino. At Footaol'all we hail •. tyre'i. retre~ed

~ ~ the tr~ler repa1r~. the whole ~ob ao~t ;£ 2-11-6. While thl,,­... ·b~Da "Ondft .trent. bytra1n ·to .J'l1n1era A;reet atation .. llel- I ~wrne. -e .-S ~t./t .. ~ 1t!.1",td Kr. ~A ,~-, j.a a_ a t'I a Q a

ewa.rd t a',6hop in Bourke street cit examined a Watson .Jc a Baker mi­cro.~ope. ih11e Mum, Art. & Florence were at .d1.nnerI fellinto a cellar abO'ilt 5 feet deep & hurt my r1ght hand. ana. &: hip. It _=FJI'Ci ............ :!'&lil.t _ ... Will na, .-arP' """'.,. • .-uJ.ttS." ...fIiil.~. ' ...... -J-.,., tI"dI .. ~.~'t. S! .a~~ .·t..It .... fi'8

.l!!!~l~~==il== .. ·~ ~W~Jt.t ielbourne we r$oeiv:l~:" ""1: ter from w.al..,ter tell~t16 Uii that· they w.ere all well at home, & ), that w. need not hurry'ba.ok.. llum &. 1 8&t .1 n a p~rk while .lo .... n ... • i. ~".~t look.ed around the 01 ty • We became very anx1ou4i in the ev-N ening,aa we were sent out of the park6 & they were late in retur­" n1ng.' We a 1.1 rode py tl."Si n .. to Foot Ctcray f got the car & trailer ~ '. &"et cofffor Pakenham . where we. am vea. next day at 8-40 a.m.'

We rea.,ched Drouin at It &.m. 8: bought 4 gals of petrol & a pint of Q11 the re. At ]. -45, we were at _ Warragu 1, the air bei ng ~ok y •

At Haunted ~11 the bush was burnt on both sidea of the road. Ar1"1 ved at Ki1many at 2--45 • UNusual dimness of sunlight; sky or­allie & yellow. Motor1at~ Ii t lamps to make driVing .. fer. We arr­ived at ... Sale at 3 in the afternoon of Fr1day,13th of Jan., 1939, , &-..fouI)d the shops 1i t.up ail though it were m:ght time. The sun became more obscured by smOke. from bush fires, &, after having a. meal in·a. refreshment shop. we drove out of town to a camping grouI near Stratford on Avon, & went to bed at about 5 p.m., when it was quite dark. Left Stratford on Avon at 6-15 on Saturday morning, the 8un lOOKing like an orange ball • . The 1e\ter tha.t we receiV'ed from Walt at Melbourne is as fo1l­

owa:" Newcaatle. N.S.W. 8th,.Tan. '39. Dear F'olks,Itts my job to say It}JUl10 It,& to tell you that there' was no· need to write at

"all e.xcept ·p,rhap~s. to' telegram received on 6th instant to Art ;·u follows:- Commence duty 7th February leacher Gin Gin near !rangie a.t your _ own expense •. ~T .' McKenzie_

congratu1at1~n' Art--hopeyou enjoy the big city. Everybody's o.k., ·he:re,_so.don~t worry about,ctheboys--theyare still eat1na & ,1

pull the same weight .-Deg picked Up the 'Det>t1ait81l' riAht & is . I . due to get another 1 ssue on Thursday. Ma1'" has 'Deeil , c

pretty well o~ rout1 nec,ch~tac~er ~ .. I- ... hopped up tc)Xa:toomba l~t ' J-) '. . r-:/

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-J.2. '.,. week-end to fUlfil booking another ch&$):' waa unable to t_e~ had quite a &ooa. time. Ivy &. the kid.e l~ft for ,a week at the laketo~ay, so perhaps Joe will join us here. The weather h geen pretty hot, but the ioe dish hasn't flooded over yet. Oh yes, we are lOOking after all r1ght-- why you tIl hang YOU head 1n shame when you turn up again. By the way;Only oome baok whe~ you tva got nothing more to interest you. Remember you are only going on,oe, &.we're doi'rIg fine. Wal.·

The followi ng letter should have been oopied earlier:­'Wallaroo llines .S.Aua .Fri. Jan. 6th, 193.9. 6-45 a.m.

Dear Ones at home. We arrived in good oondi tion last even1a ~ after a very i.ntereating trip from near Methuen. We are havi~~,

better weather here, & our trouble of oarrYing water for the ~ diator is muoh lessened , '-as thetewns~re .uch·;tilos~r·thln th N.B.W. We are oamped ~ear, the b1g~81'im...-dtltn~ . ol'oSG"to. Federal Row~, wher.e last ... 9ve,ni ng we wn8sorry to"fin! that' the~use tl t ~"~ 1. bvi~ t with ~muob.~, suf.faring ·,&"·labour"·is'''llOw r1 n ruins~ , only a.. ~all portiQn.isleft, stan11-ng.. ...' " .'~ ,) ." \ '. You will be .pleased. ,to know that "we\.al:'$ tf&ll well &, hapPT~ To"~ a,man named Laffi n , a.t Kad~na, is going ~o try. toreotify the radiator wi thout. opening·i t. Bert Hanoook, whom we: met last eVE ing, at his, deceased father's shop., directed U$ to },{r. Laffin w} is an expert in radiator troubles,. While he is dootoring the r; iator we will have a look aroum. Kadi na; & when he has fin:1shec wi th it to4ay we inten:l to go to Wallaroo Bay Be Moonta, .& fro there to Adelaide. I w.lll let you know later how we are progre ina. As we wish to get some breakfast & pack up now, I must 01

olude for the time. We hope .you are as well as we are, & that e erytbing is going on smoothly wi thyou. As we haVe inquired at various post offices & reoeived no letter nor telegram from you I prestune that you have no bad news for us. ~\: If the radi<j1tor 1s put l'1ght we shall probably tra val muoh fur~ r eaoh day than we have gone. This' travelling is a di rty busine, rut it is very pleasant when the weath~r is not too hot. We stOll

& have a ol~an-up before we enter some of the towns. I Wi th love, from Art, Florence, Mum, & Dad. It ( .

, k The following letter shO,tId also have been oopied & inserted ir~ · e proper plaoe in these brief n~tes:- j;.'

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'"Adelaide, Sunday,8th Jan. 1$9. Dear Boys, Having had the,if diator fixed, we are making muoh better time now, so the iii

beoome almost pleasant~ However,. I tll let.~ give YOU~':'i'!.';, .,\ Is of the journey. tt is quite possible that my transfe'<':t;,,: . rive some time this week. Will you please. read . &~ if n,'

copy any official correspondence for me ,-~en fol'Warl..o. -'''' olf,.

"Nowra,A N13.tW. I t would be a good idea to wrt te on the envelop' If noli c aJ.med wi thin 5 days p1e 331 Mat tlam Rd

Mayfi ld W t "T .' ase re t .' ( e . as • . he temperature here urn to yesterday

{ J.3 13. :'z, was 107.7 degrees. To-d.ay ls' expeoted to be hotter. Thanks. :h:i Yours sleepily,' Arthur. It .

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.At 7 -20 a;m .we reached Bai rnsdal e , 43 miles from. Sale, & bou ght 2 gallons of petrol. Photographed Lakes Entranoe at 9-35 a.m., & at 10-10 a.m. arrived at llowa'Nowa. Had breakfast at H08P1tal Oreak. At 1-90 p.m. we bought 4 gallons of petrol a at Qrbost. Reached Quaama at 3-15 on SJ8jof.if 15th, & arri yed

-at Cann River at 4-15 p.m. At 4~5 p.m. we came to GenOa ~ bought 4 gals. of petrol. Crossed the border of Vic. &N.S.W.

\; at 6-15 p .J4.& reaChed Narrabarba at 7 p.m. -~ t' \t Bega I wrote the following no •• - . :_ r1r~'Be,a, 10 a.m. on SuIXlay,15th~To the loved ones 'at home~ As y. , ,:i~~OU have probably read' of the fatal bush -fii'ea in VictOria, & tn may be womeri ng whether we are -sa! e or not, I am wri ting this :'al f note in the car while the others are getting some breakfast in .. t~ a oafe. We are all .• e11& are enjoYing this po~ionof our j;our I,' J much bett-.r than that from home to Broken Hill. The' weather-"1.s -, ~i pleasantly cool here, & the' soenery is varied & interesting'.,----' ~ We were pleased to find by Walter's letter that you 'are all we ihei 11 & are managing well without us. The car is behaving splendi-' ey. dly as a mountai neer, & the" trailer i8 now goingalorig, sp1erdidl

1 wj t. We expect to call in 'at Jaok fS place' at Port' Kemb~a, & p08sib t r~ly atJ:apto, but' shall not stay long' at either place. tor we are ~he4 all sleepy most of the time, & Art has a rest & ~ nap when he .ron gets too drowsy. lie shall be glad of a good bath &,a long sleep ;reQ when we get 'home. The, t1'ip has beenexpens~ve. but. barring ac­i OCd.dents. we have enough money left to pay our way home. j e1W1th love to all from Yum,F).o'l"ence, Arthur, & Qld. at 1 don't suppose I ahall write again. for we shall soon be at home I ~ou' ' . ~\~rJ passed over very hilly country on the way to Bega. The weather

.lr~ niB SUn94y;orning, Jan. 15th, ispleas~ntly C09l. but the gull­~ne~i ies a~e.m!t or amoke. Everythlng qu1et at, Bega, _ shops mostly i

~tO)llo8ed. Bought 4 ~a18. of pe~rol &-a pint of 011 .Arrived at Nar-I ) . ooma at 1-45 p.m. &t~&-a. Sunday, ~5th.where Art, llum,& ( rlorence had dinner in a refreshment sh~. The aea 18 here vie­t i ;:, ble from the street ,which slopes steeply to the ahor~. I tried

• rd' 0 l)hotograph the scene ~ but the fi 1m jammed in the Volgtlander A;' \II1era l & I could not move It. At )(1lton at 7 pelA. We bought 4

'~ O~ ~etrol at Nowr&a where rain began to fall. ;;1 - )may. Jan. 16th, we arrived'at Klama at 10-95 a.M. & vis1te

- "I, R:i.ohaMsort' ~ee Pettigrew ). Her husband, George was a.t ""h - y work' • We did not ,tay long at Ki~~t w1).ich is very hi-

--- --""'J?}'~,:""h'~ drove on in heavy rain to Port Kemela & slept at Jaokls ~" ~~"';.~~ ~~:"I:::rr~ t?'~)eJ .

... ·o!i\,t(~ jJ-via Art rece! ved the fo110wi11i letter:-Lopt,:t531 Maitland Rd~, Hewcastle~12th ~an~ 159 0 Ar ,'0 our

Rd j ~ nat:u~tion-- 1 am fo~ro\1~ to lo ... r. adv;1.~laot y~ ttans fer to Gin Gin,'as averred by accompanYing telegram. I pre-

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Viously, sent noti,ce of thi~~ together_, With pra(,'ttl, O~~y no, 'a.~V1J' news. to the G.P.O. )(elbourne. which you have pe;rhapa reoe-, & i ved. A cheque for i. 1-14-8 alao arrj. ved for you. Deg has ~, t t,

now collected 2 pensiOns, the next being due Oll ,the 2,6th int,· i~ 1:ut aVailable for colleo1iion within 3 weeks thereafter. BR Nothing important has happened here; we' have race1 v8d about w. letters to date. & are p,leased' t,o note that the radiator is ~ improved, but are wciMering as to your experiences in the D'i Viotorian bush fires- oertainly 'good ,things to keep away f~ 01

However, your instruotion to write·to Nowra leave us a littl(.re. puzzled. perhaps' suggesting your avoidanoe of the 'Jlelbourne ·Co area. You o~n saf ely allay any .of J(um! s misgi Vi nas regarci1ll asa the boys at home. as we are doing fine, though 'lI~ have had s( We, some very hot weather. , .' hal After I returned from work yeste;day the thermaneter in I4dt e tel shed registered 108degrees,. You can see that there is no need Ar1 to hurry home • Perha»8 a fewdaya at ,aome attrClctive aeaaide, so resort miSht be very acoeptable, & Mayfield West is just the th4 same as ever i t waa. Wal.· ." . f.re

Rez At Port Fairy I wrote the followi~ note: - , "Near Port Fairy. Wed. 11th Jan. 1939. To loved ones at home. K01 As I write the rain is fa.lling on the pape,r ~but 1 t 1 s .a rath.~ Til

pleasant Visitor after the intense heat we have ,had since lea, hi. i:ng Ade 1ude. We are ti red of the oonti nual heat, but we a.re 8 Harl 1 well •. & we have had no serious aocident s so' faT. I hope ~vel you: ythi ng is well wi th all of you ~ We are now near Port Fai ry, & Ill'. hope to reaoh llelbourne soon. Art & Florence wiah to stay a da wi t: in llelbourne; but I would rather l>ush on. The heat in the big osi:

cities is almost unbearable; but in the open oountry, whenaotllll&ay. 11y travellijg~it is not quite so bad. The roads here & in most ~ of the district s we have passed through are exoellent, :be1ng wort mostly tarred & smooth. Mum: As we have not ,reoeived any letter or telegram from you I assuming , that everything is going on well with you ali. We must soon pacI ha up & resume our journey. so I will let this suffioe for ~he tiupert but will wr:lte.aga1n soon. With love, from tad, llum, Art, & Florence ... Kr •.

. Ave'll We had some difficulty in getting' out of Jaok ts yard~ as somethiTh . connected with the eno:ine beoame jammed. but was not notioed fOl Ul over an hour .dur1~ which .Art went to the N.R.lI.A. offioe ~o get~:3~ the oar & trailer pulled up out of the steep yard. He had lost. ' the neoessary ident1 fication card. 80 no help was obtai nable !~,.,. 8~ that office. When he returned in the rain 3'ack noticed the part .~nc that was jammed. Before this he broug1'lt his car out of hisgar-!!~oy age & tried to pull our oar & trailer up onto the road, but th~ .. ~·8

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ground was too wet & 81ippe~. When the iammed'part wa, s put I. i'1ght Josets oar got up Without muoh trofi'Dle. , , t On tuesd.ay rnorni ng, Jan • 17th, we left ~ ort Kembla at 11-30 t

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o -~ i for Jlayf1eld • At [d, v;;Poo 1 we bought 6 gal1O~ ofp etlrol oe~. & aqplrt of oil.At Hoom lloom oreek we had a loud blowout of s £:, the right baok wheel, when rain ft.s .fall:l.ng heavily" Art went i:' into a shelter shed on the pion:lo ,ground there & prepared tho

i spare wheel for changing. We left at about 4-15, & everything out~ went well until we reaGhed home in the evening & found all well ir:d

B IXtri ~ our trip I lost·, my good blaok overcoat., Art forgot his 'I f1i{ overcoat & left it at Jack·a plaoe. A few days afterwards Muu ttld', received the coat & the following 'note:-ne t 'Cowper St. It Port Kemb1a. Dea.r .Gramma. I hope you had a ple-- , dit¥i: asant journey home & arrived safely w1 thout any mishaps. : ~ sij We are all well here. I took Alma.to the doctor to day; I am

, ; having her immun1aed against diptheria. He gave her a . skin acl's. test to-day. & I have to take her up to-morrow .t 11 o'clock .. need, Arthur l.ef~ his overooat here. & one of you left a tooth4lrush; i.de.! so I bave'put i tin one of tbe coat pock ete. HOOlJl& YOU reeei va the i the coat in-good order, & wishing you a1:1 the best of love,

i,rom Glad, Jack, & grandch11dren.xxxxx. It

Remember us to all at Carrandotta street. please.

ne. : )lon. Jan. 30th 1939. Yesterday.morning Art took me down'to ath~ Tip;hes HillArmy hall •. where Kajor Baker is still in charge with 18a1, hia wife. About 30 constituted the aUl11ence. amonast them 'bEd.ng : re a Harold Vau,gn. 1(1'. & Mrs. Bannister, aob G.l bson & 111s wife 8& ever: young Kar"aret & her 1ou~er sister .. Annie tuoasfEdDa DaVies. , & •. Ir • Stanbury. Mary. &. Glady~ Goodw1. n. Bob Bannis1ier. & the half ~ :l da witted broan maker. Baker.ts setmon was on the necessity of cho­big: oeing good companions. I n the afternoon Art took me to the ~ctuKayfield A~Y oita~el, where I met the new offiQer,Kajor Petit. nost & 1118 wife,who 1s a 80aiab1e ,woma~., Hi8 setmon bad nothina in it g worth r8ll1~beri ng. but he seems to be an earnest man. Art took

Mum down to the 01 tadel in the evening. Florence is still nurs­esum1ng ill'S. Seymour, who also has a day nurse attending her now. pacI have "wri tten to the seoretary, roem- No. 1 office, trades Hall t timPerth~ W .A. for a socialist song book ,price 7d.

'Kr. Tabbts full address i~:..: Clarence Charles Tabb,lll IJimen Avenue. Ruislilf'. Middlesex:, mng1and."

ethi . for Thur • feb .. 2. 1959. This afternoon I went to l~ell'castle in resp~ni get ae to ~e follo~ng note:-" Customs House Newcast1e,'lst Feb~

at .1939. lIr. Josiah Cooking, 331 llaitland Road, lLayfie1d. fr·~1 ahall be glad if you will call' on me at your 8Q,rliest oonv~ni­

lrt .~nce 'between 9 and 3 (not wednesdar or Saturday J in reference t lr- I ~o1our pension. . thJA. Btreeter- Regi atrar of Pensions I II

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is to leave for Gin Gin, via Dubbo, where he is taking back the lad he brought hane fran Dlbbo.Florence is still nursi: Mrs. Seymour by night, & another mrse attems to the patie by day .. The unfortunate woman is deranged 1'n her mind& is d icult to manage •• Fred has made' thedoors for the medicine cupboard but has not hinged them on yet. Yesterday Art took an advertisement to the Newcastle Herald for the sale of ou trailer for 12 pouma. Charlie has finished th~ job he was; with someone. Fred is out at Stony Point with the Lathams t do something to his 'poat. We reoei vedthe folloWing lette]

from Jack & Gladys:- . Cowper st •• Port Kembla, Monday. near Granima, I was pleased to hear you arrived home safe1y& found all well. I bet Art was the most pleased to getmname • so as he oould have a spell from oar driT1ng. . We are all real well. Jack says to tell you he doesn't want the trailer for our holidays, thanks very much all ,the same. He said Borne of the . others couldm use it at Eaate: time, lJer, haps. All bei ng well I aupposfJ we will go up that way tomana'

bane & will oall & see you all. mj,leen was operated, on l~st Friday mornlng for appendicitis, at Yrs.,lvana' private hospi,.ta in Raymom Terraoe. I will concl'ide Wi thbest love from Jack, 1 children, & myself. , Glad .xxxxx. ' .

Sat. Feb.4, 1939. Arthur left home to go ,to Gin Gin,his new appointment,~ftt8- yesterday 1Il0rn1n&~ He is. taking young GibscJl

back to fubbo. This morning Jose repaid, five pounie off the loan of 50 pounds. Fifteen pounds had been paid before, so tIe balance due. i a 30 pounds., F;red has f1 ni shed the medi ci ne cup­boani & put it in position. I am writing in long-hand myoId

Th:h!~l~t~n1i~a~eCf.'ii~~gflt appeares in to-day's IAdvoca:te" :'­Luggage trailer wanted.All particulars, reasonable price. A4E6 Herald Office." ,

In reply I have wri tten the followi~:- '.. . :3:31 Yaitlani Road,! Mayfield west. To A456, 'C/o Herald Office

Dear Sir or lAadam,·.1n responi?e to your adv~rti8ement in to­dayts issue I write to inform you that I have a new ~uggage trailer for sale. It has b~en used only once & is :l,n good con di tion. Its weight is betwe,en 3 & 4 ~wt., & it is covered Wi t

'good. new canvas. I bought it recently t9 oarry luggage for 4 persons on a tour that is just canpleted. Ky re~son for selli

i8 that I shall have no use for it fer, at least, 3 months; & as I have no protection for it the tyres may det~riorate in the sun. It is registered for a year'. ' ,

As there 1s always someone at. home,!. YOU mal 'caall at any time' & inspect the trailer, the price"ox wll1C . ,8 twelve potlnds. Yours sincerely, Josiah Cocking. ..

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I recently heard that Mies Matthew~ ia So S('!di0T in Ii Salva­ti'on Army corps somewhere near Adelaide: X llould therefore be v very much obli'ged if you would make a few i nquil'ies ae to whiob corps she is a member of or give me the nP!,':1ea of suburbs where the Army is establ! ahed. I saw your t~ne 1 n .the "War Cry of ;ran. 21st in the Home [.eague roport$ & feel sure that you will be able & Willing to assist me to fim my long-lost friend. Thanking you in anticipation for a.n early & favour­able reply, I am, Yours sincerely, Josiah Cocking."

Tues. Feb. 7, 1939. Yesterday I 'received t:'18 following letter fran Pat 0 tGrady:- 62QU.e~n St. Adelaide, S.A. Dear Joe & llrs. Cocking & faJnily. Your thoughtful. thoush brief ( for you ) letter-card al'ri ved ~afely I but by f;ame mean,

s had become a vic,tim of man-- or woman-- haIJlllng. It looked aa thoU&h -1 t had passed through, the hands o~ the CeIl!.or .Just beneath the ~ta:np it bore the o1'Y.Qtic words Found open"lf. & on the baok other pr1 nted. words I &>fficially Ii;aaled.. On 5 side~ were oarefully pasted. along lihe ed&es str1:pi of paper showing how the aeali ng was done. 1 waa very glad to learn that you h-.d oome safely through thoi3e terrible but;! -o.f1 res, but was.

shocked to d1 SCOVel' tbat you are really humrm after all. With your knowledge of the charactera. of all thor."3 peraons who i n­habi t every city bfAuatralia except holy Adelaide, you should know better than to enter a public house in a plaoe like liel­bourne- or even Sydney or Newcutle .. As you eay ~ ,"that acc­ident might have been ser.lous. Going 1 nto a YelbQ\lrne pub & openl.11&' a door thatconoealed a "oellar '(seller ?, stepped in

&,thinking it-was a lay. fell about 5 feet into a dirty mess. H'm. I am vety sorry you have suffered.! but az you know "the w:ages of sin "is a bad bump &a Bore heaa. • And I hope the exper­ience will be a warning to you. ,Of course I also am hoping that the effects of the mishap w.lll have by now completely disappear-,! ad. What a pi ty, ,loe .. that for the want of an enterprising pa- : per in tb1e our dear hanel,and you. are l~nable ~o give th '6 stay-Ueh~~~et~~~e~t~t ~f.' Jour v~rI interesting experiences along , make'sometl:d~ of it t th~t i~ra gi! ~g~tt~aQf n:n sure you could· AM now~ my dear fHems, I wi1l'l)r1.l1g th:ti fbre~d to a cloee. ' This is not my day for writing --as you have :.10 doubt seen. !

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present,good bye. Below are the temperatures from Jan.6 to to 14th in Adelaide. I felt·~t severely~ but tookit as eaei 1y as I could. 8.: manased to sum ve • ~lrida,..Jan 6 106-6.

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yours" P.O 'Grady.". 9 '112-8 10 116-9.

11 98-5 12 117-7.

13 114 Sat. 14th, 99-6.

ADd then a few days' rain. Wed. Feb. 8, 1935. Poor old }.Jra. Seymour died last night ~ust after Florence began her night work. so one of the Seymour;

brought Florence home in his motor car about 10 p.m. Young Lire Watkins, wife of doctor Watkins has iust died after giving birth to twins. She has been m arrted l~ years &: ha1 2 girls preViously. A very sad case. To-day is hot i the ther­mometer shows 98 degrees F. in the hut. I planted a box of stockti for Mum this afternoon., I have menied Char.lie ts big to01-box cover & put 1 t on aga:l n.

'l'hur. Feb. 9 1939. Thi~ ~. pe~ion day I ~o I went to tIe Mayfield pos~ offioe & .. reoeived', 3-1~for Mum &my~elt

that i~ 3OJ~- each. On the way home I· bought a bottle of Warn­er's Safe,Cure. This.afterno·on·wereceived thefollonna from Arthur on a letter-oa1"d.:';'" . ftC /0 Mrs. Matthews 1 TrallSie, western Line. Dear Folks, This is to certify that I have obtained high-claaa & oomfort­able lOdgings at 30 bob a week wi thout washi~. I can eu1,ly g get the waah1ng done, however. There are 3 other youl1i fellows here i they hold what I call key posi ti 011$. One works in the Bank of lew South. Wales.. so loan transact my banki ng matters

without leaving "home"., Another iB a postal employee, so no ma tter what mistakes .are made.in addreSsing, hetll see I get my mail.The third works in an age'ntts office. & hets offered to do any duplioating work I. re'l!Jire. There are no other boarders. Tucker is excellent ; ~e have a wirelesa & electric light; & last, but by no· mearts least .. laid on water • Baoh afterno'on ~ shall probably go 'for a Swim. ',I did yesterday. Yours Arthur.

~.Feb. 1.2, 1~3£l. LalJt ni.Zht .'Tohnny ROoe had 11 car ~tolen f.rom his garage at Stockton. Policeare·maki'ng inqu:J.r1eliJ_ T~~ morni. ng I finished wr:L ting the follow:l.Dg verse,..:;..

ARE YOU CONTEN'l'E 07. ,. . . .'

Are you contented to receive A fraQti o~. from the drones who thi eve.

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19. . Of weal th of lour 'produoti on--To live in alavery 8& dearth ' While';1dlera own & rule the ,Earth, IgnOr:i1'\$1ou·r.,de,truotlon 7.

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, That "louremai n" o.ontented To labour ear.1l, hard .. & late. Re,aI'di. l1fe··u .. ohang'elesi fate To ~hioh l':ou. 'hav~ ~~el'1ted"'f.

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'. -. "', . .&D1 are you ~tl sfi ad to toil Above or uMerneath the. sol 1 Am. sufferalldlautera •. With· loss of llberty& health,

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Do you refUse to hear or read The worda of those who. try to lead Frozn Slavedan '&.from Greedom--Who strive . with earnestness &; haste'

. To .. speed ·t~e tlme ·when.alaves .. hall ~8lSte The De- deliihts of freedom?

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Do you believe the Jingo llea ' By which eaoh pad.d impostor trlea To snare the youD& 8& a1lly t A.D!. <10 you thlnk 1 t·s wise & right· To madlY· rush away to flght

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If 10 keep doped wi th ~ort & drink Thoug~ oountles" f ellow-worker~ s1 Ilk To.death~ 11kehelple~1 cattle! While murdering their fellow~ avea

.1'0 plea,e ·the emplre-bu11d1ng' knaves . Jhofool them out to :battle ?

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'Lal1t night Florence returned from· the lake with 8' fishes • & Fred returned later •• The· P,C ope is de,ad,.8c Franoo themulti­murderer w:l.l1 De .. or-q that N.~ ad.m:1 rer h~ -ione.

Wed. Feb. 1..5, 1939. I have f;l;n1Bhed oopYi~ the diary of 1894 & 5 J' written in shortham, into. typed 10~haD1.

Wal te~ has reoei ved ~ letter fran the Sydney of~ioe of the railway department a~ing him to go there for a personal interview oonoerning emp~oymentby that department. Fred has made a plan of & house that he i8 likely to build for Mr Latham at lake Mao<luarte. but the plan has not been pass~ by the cou11Oi1 yet. Charlie i8 working somewhere by day & he has been play 2 instruments for the 2 H D radio station at ~ght. Hot weather.

1I.I'i.Jrsb\~~ 19~9:. Yeiiterday I fin1shed a 10 paie letter to brother Bob. It J.1i an acoount of our trip to South Australia & back. Yesterday Florence received the folloWi:n.g not$;-'!Yarayoug It ~S1 Alrelton li'Greet~ Hamilton ," Diiar 8lst.~ noo~&~. Mr. SeJlllOl1"Jur. ~ M~ lPowter! "mvself nail to thank you for your ki,xrinesi\ -to U"",SeymouX' .. n her '~+e 81,c11'''"-8'& 4 1: was a grAllt . oomfort t.o US to k.now you were uO good to her & so patient: we knew it,was very trying at times

Wi th ki mest regards from al1 6 H. Plummer. p .S. Fini enclosed oheque from Mr. Sermowr~ It Fr~ Redhou~e haa ~ough~ Char~i.tj motor'Qicycle for 30/~. 1 8.l4l expoctillg Ur. )L~ to return .& look at' oW: ~ra1ler. au AS was here a. f •• dale ~o to a •• i1t;:, out 10M wu uQing it. Thi s morni ng t 'lpaper announce. the Q.e .. th, ,of fred Roela. I was , introduced to him in ,,1,. tb.1,nk, .. 1923, 'at the Trades-Hall" N,ew-' castle .Re was very act! va at one time in the Lab.our movement. ' rhe marriage 'of the late Bill Worley'. ~onWi1l,to ~ss Wilson, ' is a1£)0 announced. On ,account of the Newcastle show openLng to, day p6Ilijions w1l1 be paid to-day instea~ of to~orrow.. ' \Val ~er went to Sydney & was offered a joo in the engin~er~ng ~ department but declined it because the salary was too small.

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"Greenfield Terrace .. portreath" nr Redru th 90rnwall, Englam. Feb. 9th, 1939. In answer to your very we'l.come letter, w, e were pleased liO hear you were' better & were off--you & Mrs. Cocking " --for a holiday. loan just piotare you off in your oar. It's ! lovely to have a camping holiday; & when the weather is so hot f itt a lovely in the open air: yOU get the full benefit of all l the fresh_air. ttrust, you have- 'had a lovely time J & have c~m8 .

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tmas wi th the flu',! was taken Christmas eve: not been very special since: in bed 3 weeks. Frank had. 10 days in bed; & poor Pa lost his voice & hearl ng. He nevel'. stayed.. in bed." but wa.a .bad. enough to; but .. ' thank God

i we were spared.. Lots of pe­

ople have died with it, & onlY:i! a short time. . .1 am glad you like my son's photo. He will be 27 in ADril. Fred-~y teacher 80n-- is 34. Then Kathleen: she i8 31 in.Mar~ ch. She is a good, kind girl to all of us. She gets good wages as.she is housekeeper & cook; so she is just like a lady.~tts worthwhile, to, live With nice people. Myra: is at Falmouth, liv­a~ parlor. maid to one old gentleman & daughter ... He is a retired. colonel. from the army; so there is plenty of money for that class of people. They are very good to her. She will be 21 in Maw-- my baby~ & if all my childre'n were liVing 1 should have Oav.1d .. who .. would be 28 on the 11th of tl1ia mon~h.t & deSll' Nor­

man Henry, 30 in JUne. He was 7 years & 5 months when he di ed.t dear boy. Li ttle ~V1d was only 9 months. They 're safe, home: much to be thankful for •. The world now seems to be full of t trouble; '1 don't like to think of it all. We had to give the numoer of rooms so as to be able to take children from the 'large town if war ... hould come. It seems they want them to. or wSl.nt Sl war. Cant t hear anythi ng else. What a shame t ;e ~e ~ .reedy nati on. ;luat, if we do give up scirl& thing to make ot'her ,countries. better ? But no; this Govern­ment wants. to k.eep all, & what, good will it be to us: if war comes ? Well .. l(r.- Oocking.II am tryi~ not '1:0 worry ~uout it. oJQme peoltle arQuni here worry dreadfully. t haven't had. a letter from any of the Tabba ab yet. I wrote to them all. Perhaps then. they know 1 do . not seek them with regard of. money the;y wont bother to write to Uio6. 1 told them there was none; 'only, as Father & Yother used to say they would love to hear from them, I f~lt, too tha.t I would love to. Now. 1.1r. OockinC;. we thank yo',;, so muoh for the paper-- just reCe1 ved one thi s morm r:g. . We are looking forward to Summer once more. The weather has beel bad thi s winter. We have 2 boat s outs1,de can tt come i n-- too rough. & on Sunday the sea was mountains hi gh. It was a grand sight to see; but what a· dreadful lot of dear men have been :. drowned this winter: none from p'ortrear.th. Our men have been vert lucky. The St. ITes, lifeboat all went,dear men. Now to-day one 1<' of our neighbours has passed aVllay with flu. We have just heard : the news,if her daughter is in hospi tal unier operat ion; so !

you see we arentt the worst off. Dear nice woman she W8JS: as' ever lived, but has h~ a lot of trouble. Her husband has been sick for 5 year81 ,& on little money: we do feel sorry. . Now, Mr. Cocking, I join wi th all in sen1ing you our kindest regards. AS ever, your sincere friends .. H.,B ., & F:.Webster. If

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Rej;pice With me ! The lost'is founi. The ttforesad.d lost in this caae·1a about thirty quid. You ranember the trip Cookie & I made to Sydney during the holidays. Yo'u also Will recol]

that I put the hard word on the Department to make my classi fj nation retrospecti va. I have now been officially notified thai this has been done, & my banker room-mate & I, after maiture consideration, are conVinced that I am due, as before stated. for about 30 qUid. Furthermore my wages this year will amoun! to i 319-5-8 ..

So, in youthfll1 exuberance of spirt ts & uunWonted generosi tYt I am sending you i 6,herein. Not so generous considering that 1 owe you five, is it? Anyhow, Itll seni you ten quid when I . get the thirty~ By the way, while I am on matters financial, I'd better say .Bornathi ng prima:rily to Chip. I am deSpatching by radl to "1110rrow» the satophone. It has an incurable attack of the sqp.eaks~ Perhaps it's merely the reed, but! donVt think eo'. I know it's a; bit of an imposition onm:{ part, but I 'd like you to fix it.. or get it fixed for me & )sem it back as soon as possible (which I hope is pretty soon • You see, our postman playa the banjo, & the other lads the mo­uth organ, rather well"so that I need the sax more or 'Ie. urgently for our frequent noisy evenings. Let it not be assu­med tha.t 1 have my nights free. ! 've been working pretty han l~tely, but we spare ourselves about half an hour after t~& each night to m~:e a din to our extreme relish but to the in­finite detriment of our neighbours. I wolAld also like you to buy me a C .melody saxophone somewhem 1 fit t s, not putti ng you ~to too much troubl e. I t11 pEllY all ex­penses for running rouni, so if a trip to Sydney is necessary, don't hesi tate to take it. If you oan get a good (non-squeak­i ng ) s6coni-hani one get it no matter how it looks *

Paling t S catau.ogu6s suggest that !could get a new one for ten 'l¢d or so. Could ,I? I tm willi ng to pay about that but no 'morE please. Your own discretion is a sufficient guide, so I dontt need to specify further. I hope you will not think this' request too much of a nui sance, Chip. Begga;rs' can't be choosers" but I td like things done in ,a hurry if it isn't too much trouble. The instrument will be at Waratah. Thank_. About Gi n Gin: A picture is as good as a thousani words: my ak­etch Wi 11 be no pi cture I but it may convey more than words can~

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regarding, speed regulations, w:e charged. rounito the 'fire & rang the fire ala:rm. DJ.dntt we feel importa,nt rousing the Trangieans from their slumbers~ , Pyjama clad semi ,som~bulists ( that. a good tun, isntt itt flocked out to see_the fun, & we hai a,procession aBstrange M as ,Hamlin,'s round to the flre. The Br.tgade soon ,put it out. The house was, empty & U1l1sed., soperha:ps the owner j,s curSing .­mefor giVing the' alarm. This was tlle secon:i, fire in Narromine in the one night, so that incendiarism is suspected. Weather, cond.! tions as usual continue to be hot. As I wri te thi s II have to, wip--e' my forehead ~o that the perapi rat ion ) wouldlJ.tt fallon the'page. You know what it's like now, don't yOU? Last, 14aj or Yol1 vean, whom Ime1; on Sunday, sends his rel

gards to Dild • Yours, Arthur. . 'It P.S. Cash the cheque when you like.

, Fri. Feb. 24, 1939. ~ have wri tten & sent a reply to Mrs. web~ter's letter, & 1: ha'Ve written"to'Ma:y Holman" M.l •• A. perth re" Socialist Songs for the People •

lion. Feb. Z'I', 19'39'. As I felt '8 little b9jtlr than usual. .los took m~ to the MalYfiald citadel where I heard Msiel & his Wife speak. In the afternoon ~ose -book me to Isli~-ton park,where ,Imet Chl'is. Connel,thc si:;,ilor ;:1:1.11 Longworth; Mr. Stan't~~& a young Scotc~an. We chatted till about 5 p .rr,. i when :rose came agat n Wi th hi s car & brought me home. On Saturday I rece1 ved the following letter from brother Bob:- . - !reb _ 24. Li smo re St. Ab e:rmai n. Dea,r &1 oe , You l' 10Dg-

expected letter to han1 is a comprehensive diary of 1ou,r re­cent trip to the "City of Churche.s. I waa deeply interested i,,; in perusing :I. ts: pages,as I still remember those sac~ 'plaoe8~1' I never shall forget 'them nor the super-eminent people who dwell therein. Their benlgnant & compaSsionate att1 tude to­~s the wayfart~ man & strangers is something to admire.

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I waa pleased to hear that 1;torence dipped herself in*hat I'

b~autiful!, cleansiza & refr~shill6·:w.te,r of the gulf ;,I 8m , sure it was, the most -deligh tfulp.ip she ever had. . . _ .. ', I

I must congratu1ate .Tose for being theowner of:a motor car I that stood. up tosuoh a gruelll1ngas his car haa. done on su·_~

a long journey. Not manycar(J can be found now that will] stand up to it. . ' . I notice that Har~1 Brickman & ,his 8i ster Maria have . gone the way. of all flesh. I :must also 811q that you we;"e lucky to escape bei~ burnt UP" c~ " all,. in the Vic'to1'18m bush-fireE which raged so fierce~y during your; long tr.lp. I

you,revived. Iong-forgotten memories in me when·you told me of the wheat load.inggOing. on at Wallaroo Bay.. Well it is, & allwaye w:l.ll be until the crack of· ,Doom, the busies.~ port in

Australia for wheat -loading. When I was'. a smaIl boy it WS28 just the same., . . .' i I am downright sorry to hear that you are not 1;00 well in heal & Ido hope you will soon be well again. As regards myself t ,

I have oane to the conclusion that 1 t is i. mpossible to cure ,i rhurnat1sm. I am feeling fairly good, but the hea.t is somethi cruel. It is nearlylOO every day up her~. The grass has all , gone bone dry. & white. .... , ,

.All the rest of the family are welldespit~ the heat that we gE every day ~ Bob was one ot ;the lluclty·ones to get pi cked out for the KurriKurri sewer job. It's a 3 years job, everyday on the· basic wage. It will make things better for all of us. They are paid we,ekly. The hours are from 7-30 a..m. to 4-30 p.m, that gives them Saturday off. TheYaI"e paid also for all holi­days, but of oourse they.10se wet daYJJ, that i8 if it ever rail before the job is, finished. There is n 0 sign of rain here yet

we'may get i tsomeday .. I think we Will. have tC)fol~ow the ad­vice of the' mini ster of the S1 ngleton Methodist Church. He told the .farmers that Sat ,urday afternoon would be set a»art for an afternoon's prayer for rain. They did so, & got~et g9ing home. Alll the pits are going full! bang 'up here. They, of course have a pi t-top. meeting -now & the,n. ' I wusorry to ·hear· that Fred i sidle. There is not B1U;ch' chance

now of getting work anywhere. I was surprised to he$i"1;h~t Flor~ eoo. is idle, because West },{aitlaIJd is short of nurses.A few weE ks ago they were advertisi,ng for nurses~ If she W1'i tes . to' the !

Matron she would be glad to have Florrie on her staff. I am surE 1 t's, a pi ty that such a well-trained 'nurse is idle. . . I

Have you tried'a bottle of "Bidomak"? It is a' real good tOnic.J I am pleased' to hear that you have some. readingmatt~rto s.eni to me. I don't know when .Timw111'be coming up\agadn, but if yo oan see him tell him to call. ' . . \ .. All £e1 ng. well, our Sunday Sohool, picn:l.c, Will be held on the Ba~ 13eac on the 4th of March i so if you can see· 31m he might take I

.run out there in his car. He could bi1.ng the re~ing matts."

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\ out to me. Now, in conc1usi on,gi ve.my loye to all. the fmni~ , circle /& accept the same yourself. I was downright please4 . '. . to re;d your diary to te11me all about your tr.l.P. I. wtWl. d$eply

· interested in reading it. One of your boys. could bring the ~.: .-/" readi ng matter over to :.rim.

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• "98 Spring Street, QUeenstown, S.A. 22-2-39. Yr. J. Cocking, Dear Sir. I t'eceivedyour note reM:l.~s Mll'tt hews. I have ,not been succeriilful yet, but will still make fur­ther inqui"ries. Wa have quiil!J a few corps around Adelai4.6, &. it would take a. time to get in touch wi th ·the~ all. 1 was wonder­ipg if you 1'IDUld care to Wl'i.te to our Col. ,he's a splendid gen~

:1 tleman,& I tm sure would do his best to make inquiries for you. He sees most of the officers each week, & would have really a

. better chance then me to make early inquiries. 1 'will certainly. g do my best to .find Miss Matthews if you Wi sh it.1 'm just suggest",;"

i Ilg Col. because l' fel t·he could get in touch with her qui cker I. It '8 a long time since you oorresporxied. I SUiess if we do .j

:e fi nd her she will get a surprise. Well, you can decide which one you would rather have to make inquiries. Trusting to hear from you again, I. am Yours in the Uaster's Ser-vice, Myrtle L. Trewran. .

• Col. address. Lt.Col.Ede. D.H.Q,. Salvation Army, Pirie St., Mel81de:-W- .

n I have written & posted a reply to Mrs. Trenren's letter; & I have just typed a l~tter to Lt. Col. Ede ask! ng him to inquire for Emily Matthews.

Yon. Mar. 6. 193~. After a long drought rain began to fall in Newca.tle' .' .auburba last saturday.,lim Cocking had arran&ed. to cane with his car to take .me to the Bar lIeach on iatutdSJ afternoon with. iitcmebook& .. ~ ps,per& for brother Bob, but the rain AtoppedJ2fu from oomiDa.. ilorencehad a oall on

_ SaturdalJ to mraa a Greek woman in Stewart avenue. Hamil ton . but when ahe arri ved '" interViewed. the woman Florence foum. ~a. that no ~r8e was desired or re~uir~ by her,although her hus~ band. wanted a nuri;e for his wife. So Florence walli unddeoided what to 40). '!be ".·lined to .on.pt the JOD, ~ tried to get an-

~ other nurse to take it, but failed'. Yesterday she ill.terTi.ewed. the Imuabilnd • who -aid that he .Slnt~ a nurse for hi~ wife, & the nurse would be re(,u.t.r"d to do domestic duties. This morni6 Florsnce intenda to ask the doctor's adVice as to whether she shou1d take the work or not. 1 ., not as well u usual 1este$­day. 80 I did not go out .Heavy 'rain hd fallen here since Bat­ul'day ,. raJ. n 1- ~.ill. faJ.11 Yle. A new ,<:f-e ha~ I»een elected.

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Dontt banish arms. for War has charms' That captivate, the KaBee. Whol toil -' bleed to sate the greed Of einpire-1:>uilding Clarwea.

Oon't scrap a boat d.signed to float Ab.ove" or dive down under On JD'IJ1rder-trips to> slUltter ships And blas,t thei I' crews Dume l' •

Though "war is H,.IIl-, "dan.t scrap a shell That 8an~ "brave hero , may-oe, Will drop with prtde upon a b.ride,

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Don't scrap the li'e 'that dupes' 'who die In battles mad & gory For lLaaters t Cause, deserve applause Am wfn eternal glo'ry •

. That foo1ers' fib emJ~OY ad lib To snare the boys unwilling , To be the tools of callous gh6ii~;~~ And do their, b~tal ki1l1na.

Despiae the men who use a pen To warn your sons & daughters To all :refu.oe to make· or use Fat' a implements 01f slaughter.

Encourage so1l8 to furnish tons Of llaxlm guns & rifles, And m8lke a mass Gf poi son-gas That burns & bUnds & stifleal

Do not combine fr,om"Poles to Line , Nor hold the least commnnion

Wi th ..{forefg; atlaveet; but heed the knaTes \\110 hate a Wdrl'(i-wide Union.

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Destr oYill8:oneanother j Do " not ben S8 nor fratern:i. se With ,ny fo~e1.gn brother,.

ae willi ng mugs for idle Bugs Who liberate you never ,: ' _

YUll ! 11, tnus remaJ. n in. want & piid n A~ servitu1e for, ever., ,

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'1 .. 3-.1 'lJ'f. p~ I Thur. :Mar. 9th, 1939. Florence was fooled over to MarYVille

for the woman who was to be her patient had been taken to ' a. hOBpital. This morning, Johnny ROse,Walterts friend is, in Newoastle hospital with appemici till. He has 'been op~rated on & is progress ing well. I went dQ1'ln & got Mum IS pension &: mi ne --i. 3-7 -e, & posted the vel:'ses above to the 3 p8JP:era. , I bought a 7 /6 bQttl.e of ItEllasto" for Mum, & ordered 2 bun-

nes of' orange & ,yellow lantanas Qf Yre. Howll.etf.I also or dared 50 lbe of garde,n lime of Frith IS. Rain again this afte

rnoon. We reoe1 "00 the follo'f(:f.ng letter fran Arthur:-

"Trangie , Tuesday. C8ar Folks, The, saxophone ar1'1 ved in good ' order & condition. Tl\'J;nltsvery much. However, if itls not aeki _ ng too much, deapi te th"e< 'fact 'th'at, they're out of fashion, I 'd.

atill, like a C melody, unless the :p-rice is p1"ohi bi t ive., ~ Life at Gin Gi n is still very pleasant al.thaugh it ,1 nvo]}ves Lbi t more work than·Kiokabil did. -rna car is s till going like a 1I1 ttle bonser. You have proB­ably read of the. rain we had early It..at "ck. It amounted to over 4 i nches·--. the best for several yesrs, so the country :fa now in goed ooOOi tion •. The kids reaped a rioh harvest of mu ...

shrooms just after the rain. Last Sa.turd.ay 'was spent' tranaf~~n ming paO'ki~ oases into an insect b,QX for school natura' study

of course. I, have purohased sane potassium cyanide,t an ins-eot rnet is in course of construction. You can picture me runn /.,i,:

ing along the river bank, looki~ like an abeent-minded prGlf­essoT, & apparently in pursu1 t of nothing, but returning lat.

er with a ne .. species of f1.y. , Oh ,while I think of it, cash that! 1:1 cheqpe 'Whene~er yeu wi 811

On Sunday I went to tUbbC!Jl. Nothi ng ~ry unusuall hBlpp.ened J. '" exo8J"t . that I went to yet another place for tea-- here beginn-8th U~~ad.y ts' stock set of ~estions-- the hane of Ted K~ng fa

£~!i£~eth:~ ~':ei:e~~l!:f:J;:hd~:~a he.re in Tra:ngie.'The Weste:l'n Store has been burgll.ed, & a utili ty truck has' been . '''' \;

I p·inched. My eyes are, giVing me a little troub1.e . but I III soon

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chers are at wcn-k. Thiemorni.~ I wrote the f'olloW1Da Verliiei1:-

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Do you know, wage-slaves, tl),at you .can be freed From your servitude and youI' harsh masters' .greed, From your hopelessnes~ and yopr. heart-breaking need,

And rejoice like a bird in the' morning? .

Chorus: For if you would, unite, detel'mined to fight For the land and the wealth. that is yours by right, Tyrants and drones you would' put to flight, ."

And the world wou ld "be yours in the morning!

Don't' you understand that with sense and tact Your emancipation would soon be a fact? Time is opportune to unitedly 'act

If you wish to be .fre~ in, the, morning.

Scrap your idol~Sport-,-.and' refrain from drink;· Heed the warning words of 'YOUl', comrades. who'; think, Lest in helplessness you diy,idedlysink !

To the Gulf of Despair" in the morning.

For a world at peace is a poet's dream

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Of a planet'disarmed in the morning?

ShaH this aim be' yours-will you boldly say You wiII help near friends and those far, far away To prepare men's minds for that long"looked-for day

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.& Ron Latham have put rafters on the house they are building.', Fred has gone out again. 'Charlie is still painting, on wages at the abbatoirs, & will probably finish there in a fortnight.' Florence IS' patient ,Mrs Brady, was slightly better yesterday & w: will probably recover. Mr. Menzies, the federal attorney-gene" a1,has resigned-from the Lyons ministry because he opposes '1 ts decision to scrap the National Insuranoe Act, & enaot a modified soheme of insurance."When thieves fallout honest men' get their'·own".

Mon~ },(ar.20, 1939. This morning we' reoeived' the following let­from irthur:-Trangie, Saturday. Dear Folks, Owing to the reo­ent rains the country. here is now at its best. The river bank is a veritable flower garden, the fields are covered with wl1d 1111ies. This, of course, bas affeoted the psychology of the people. When there are droughts country folk have a droughty,

,miserable appearance, 'but when the seasons are good tempe rs are gOOd. Trangie itself'is not much of a town, even (say) Cobar is preferable to Kiokabi1. ' Oontrary to my usual practioe I went to Dubbo on a week night reoent1y.One of the postal employees had a very nasty tooth­aohe & offered to pay my expenses if I would take him to the dentist. I readily oonsented, for I had another axe to grind. We called on some friends while I went to the pictures; pick­ing up my passenger at about 12-30 a.m. Naturally we arrived home at what Mum oa11s bonny &,late hours. Perhaps 'I didn't te: tell you that a fire brigade is being formed in Trangie. I went to the inaugural meet1ng, but noth1ng def1n1te eventuated .We are ho1d1ng a meet1ng after we get the Shire Counoil's op1nion on the matter. Oh, for the t1me when I can go around breaking down doorways with my little hatchet l' . School work 1s g01ng smoothly &,the k1ds are quite enthusias­tio although they a~e not brilliant. My insect oolleotion now numbers about 35. During the last week or 2 my ears have been troubling me. After'treating them with peroxide I finally saw the 100a1 quack. He found about a 1 inch of wax in my right ear. The left was o.k. The lugs are all right now. About the oheque: My wad has not arrived yet, nor have I re- , oeived my inoreased wages. There's no doubt of their ooming, h for I wrote to the aooountant, who oonfirmed hls previous sta-~

.tement. I. haven't received any mileage allowance yet, either.~:. If you want the money now, I'm solvent, but if you can wait ~ it might be as well. You could burn the other cheque & use th i

one enclosed. ' .: About the sax, Ohip, you know best, I suppose. Forget about . the C melody, & get me a mellow-toned one that you think I . require. But ther.e's now no hurry, so just have a goo~ look

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I also received a not from Lt. 001. Ede saying that he had sen' t out a c'iroular to his offioers re Emily Matthews, & he will' let me hear from him again if they looate her. -Florence thougJ t that her patient would die last night, but she is eVidently alive yet. Yesterday Em Paoey, Diok Hugo & Johnny Rose were here with Walter. Charlie & Nanoy have quarrelled & parted. Jim Cooking's Wife, Ethel, to be operated on for piles. She has been there a fortnight. Johnny Rdse has reoently been op­erated on for the removal of his appendix, 'but he had a looal anaesthetio-- not ohloroform. I have been busy latel y oopy­ing my old hand-written diary of 1895 & ty'ping it into a new book.

Tues. Mar.2l, 1939. This afternoon I received the following note from Pat 0' Grady:- ' " 62-,Queen Street, Adelaide, S.A. Mar. 18, 1939. J ear Joe & Mrs °ooking. I am writing mainly 'to say that in oase you ever wish to write again not to address letters to Queen Street, as I am movi~g to another place 3 streets away. I am leaving be­cause my few friends are, to-put it mildly, not enoouraged to visit me, & a hermitage or any other kind of institution is quite unsuited to my freedom-loving disposition. Until further notice please address any letter to care of 16 Franklin Street'~ Adelaide. Hoping you are all qutte well, as I am , Sincerely

P 0 , G "" yours,. rady~ , ' "

Sat~ Mar. 25, 1939. Despite cfall the prayers, medicine, & nu~ Sing, Florence's patient died. If Musso & Hitler had died in-stead of that poor woman I would not feel' half as sorry. ,; .. Last'Thur. Florence went to Mr. Roberts in Hamilton, & he told her that 2 bones ofone foot & 3 bones in the other were out of, plaoe. He massaged her feet:& put the bones into their proper' places, & she has enjoyed muoh relief sinoe. She has to batbe her feet in vinegar & warm water every day'for a fortnight. 1 His fee was 10/6. Fred is still out at the Lake, & Charley i~ still painting at the abbatoirs,Waratah, but will soon be fin~ ished. On Thur. I got our pensions-:..£' 3-7~6 -- & bought a i, shilling's worth of carbon paper & a shilling's worth of typi~; paper. I also bough:1< a bottle of- Warner's Safe Cure & 2 pounds! of sal ammoniac at l;)tevenson's ohemistsbop. The medicine cost I 5/-, & the sal ammoniac oost 3/-. I also got an empty glass~ stoppered bottle to hold about a pint of ac 1(1 , but, I do not !. know yet what it will cost" We have baa rain nearly all the week, & to-day is also' showery.. II Oommon Oause ll contains my ~ verses, "Are You Contented 1". They are on page 19 of this book.

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, , 31 ., n The Communist Party of Aus:tralia~ Central Committee. All. oommunioations for'the secretariat room 2-5. 193 Hay et. : Sydney, 23rd March, 1939,. Mr., Josiah Cocking, 331 Maitland Roaal, Mayfield East. Dear Comrade, I have received yours .of the 17th' inst. with a postal note for 3/- enolosed for the II Review" ~' subscription. The money will be sent on to the Manager of the : Review, who will send' you a reoeipt in due oourse. I am sorry !

, to hear you have been ill, & hope that you are fully recovered) Your oritioism of our failure to acknowledge the material '~

that is sent in will receive'immediate attention & arrangeme~ will be made for replies to be sent. Yours fraternallyR. Dix-\ on. II

. I recei ved the following letter from Lt. Col. Francis W, Ec on the 17th, but by mistake I pasted it in the diary of Oct. 1895, page 104. .' , n The 'Salvation Army Headquarters, ,40 ~irie St.Adelaide. Dear Comrade, Your letter of the 27th ult. awaited my'return ' from furlough. I am.sendi~g ,out a oiroular asking our offioers 'if they know Miss E. Matthews, & you will hear from us again if we are able to looate her. With kind regards to you & your ( dear ones. GOd.bless you.' Yours sinoerely Franois W. Ede, Lt. Oolonel/".

Thur. Mar.30,1939.This is a beautiful calm day. I have been try-~t ing this 'week to find one of all my oameras that will take a '

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failed so far. Florence is still at 'ho'me, &' her feet have only troubled her once sinoe Mr. 'Roberts treated them. Fred is still at stony POint, Lake Maoquarie. Oharlie expeots to' be fin ished painting at the abbatoirs. next Monday. My verses, 'I Disal mament" , are. in this week',s issue of "Common Cause", but' :the 4 th vet-se is tnisprinted;' so I have written a note to the edi tor about it. I have copied,& made ready, for postin~', the verses, "Do You Know ?"to Common Oause, the "Workers' Weekly Herald", & the "Oommunist, Review".

Mon. Ap. 3, 19'39.About a fortnight ago Mum received the follow ing letter from Eliza Morris:-"Waratah Street, Lithgow, Mar. 20, 1939. Deal' Mary', You will get a great surprise these lines from me, but I have had Harry so siok for suoh a long tlm~. We have been in Sydney for fi ve months. We .had several doctors' advioe; so now we are backhome under dootor's treatment. We also went, to a new doctor 1n our -town last week. You really don't know wh~t to do for the best. It is asthma with nerves that is the trouble. I don't know what to do for the best; there seem to be s9 many remedies till you try them. I do pray that God will help him & spare him to me.

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Ii: " er;germs of all sorts. :I rn,+st 'ti,ell ~ou'Mary, we lost our poor 'i brother George 12 .months, on the 18th ,of May. Poor ohap, I do il

(",. grieve over him. He was a good,brotlier to me &dbne 8,' lotab'­,;, out the 'house; nothing 'was'atl'ouble.But God took him 'home Vi to, rest, for he needed ~ t, 'I still miss him. " ' , tt I meant to ask where Florrie was. Maggie & I often talk about :'/ you all." Maggie; is not very:W'ell. Her husba.nd is sick at ,pres-

,ent: he suffers from uloer'o I do hope be will soon be better. He is' working in Bathurst for a while~ Well~ Mary I have told you, my trouble, & perhaps you have plenty of your own. ~ I hope God will help' us ~l'l. I,must thank you~ for your nioe Christmas p resen t~ Remembe l' me to' all your family & recei ve love from myself & best regards from Harr:v~· We a:re your' old friends E. & Harry Morris. P. S'. "nO you s~e Dot ?,' She is living in New Lambton. Good night. II '

The following letter was written' by Jack & Gladys,' & sent to Ivy Just before we reached Por·t Kembla on the way' home from our" tour:'-' " "Obwper' St'. , Port Kembla:~ Sunday. ' • ,.' ., Dear Ivy, No doubt you will~ get surprise to receive this let­ter from" us', but I was, really anxious to hear' from someone' up the're to 'Se~ how you all are. 'How are you all, &' how are Jackt I': Father & Mother ? Have you, hea.rd from them ? I thought t~at the I y might' be still 00', thei:t' 'trIp, so I'thought youcoul"d let us · know.' I intended wri tin'g t'o" Jack's Mother; but I don't know if, i she't s at home or away'j'so 'that't's' why' I, 'am, bothering you~ ~. Wasn't yesterday aWful,'?' The heat got'us"'all right: I was out/ to it; 'it was' terribl'e' here~ We: spent' 'half"a day in the baths swimming,'&, the other', half in' the' bath-tub &on the bed & on . the floor. It's nioe to;"'day, & it's" going to' raln by the look of it. How ~re Daphne, &' :{{eith, & Ned Kelly? Does he s,till . smile at you? Give him a big'kiJ3s fro~'John~ John says' he'll have him for' his little brother' at anytime. ' , , ' There was, one death from 'the heat' at' Nowra,: & about 20 houses burnt down" wi th bush 'fires~' Things ar~ bad here with this Dal­fram dispute. If things are 'not' fixed up I believe there will be a; lot" more' men laid' oft. "'There are 4000 l.aid off already~ Itt i3 a grand plaoe to live; in, ! don"t ·:think. We've only had

. 2 full days sinoe we've been ,here, in '14 months. It 11 stop growling at present &' conolu.de with best of love. to 'you all, & all at Jaok's H:other' splace. 'Your l,oving' Sis.te·r-ih-law" ' Gladys 'Oooking.'" .

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C, Dear Folks, Although some of yo: will doubtless nO:*":i:C --""'1" tbe ~dea. of my wri ti:r;g this on a machine, I hope you will,: fCirg~ ve ."e when I po~nt ou l:, that I do so in response to _" ; a semi-request from Dad. This should be more readily legible ~,

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In addition to the keys shovm it has a bbck spacer, a margin release, and the usual shift locks. To the lettIt ,.f t1.e 2 is a margin r'elease. There is no tabulator key, bt there is a margin spacer which automaticailly sends me roller ,:;;.long five spaces. By this means it is possible iD get tne paragraph beginnings all under ,each other, thus giving the typing greater uniformity and neatness.

ThE roller can be spaced at will thus. look look,

or on one space as in this letter, or on two as betwe~n

these two. Some typewriters have a three space lrrangement, but t;::lis has not.

e.ehe'ribbon ,of two colours, automatically rewinds. There is a special arrangement for stencilling.

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lot interested could skip it. Now to the news,if any. There is some news of great moment. Money alw9.Ys is

il.rtant isn't it? You recollect that I promised you £10 when my ship camein. It is now safely in

larbour,so that a suitable cheque is enclosed. My .ncreased wages h,~.ven' t eventuated yet, but they should :trri ve soon. You can cash both my cheques as soon as you Like for I received thirty four quid odd last week.

On Good Friday I took Merve Ewers to Gulgong,where liellington,Gulgong and Kandos Armies united for Easter neetings. We had a reasonably good day,although I was lalf dead with a cold. I.am O.K. now. Saturday afternoon :md night was spent in Wellington.

Despite the fact that the weather was showery, I went I)ut to Maryvale an Sunday afternoon after a bonser dinner at Sullivans,and a lesson in typing'from Valerie who is office girl at Fultons. I,was cordially received at the Vallances,where I stayed for a couple of hours while it :ained "cats and dogs". Grown weary of the waiting, I decided to pay a social saIl on the Mostyns over the road. Pel'haps I should mention that I had arranged to take June Mostyn for a drive, but the. inclemency of the weather made that impossible.

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Borrowing Mr,. Vallance S ']:>ubberoQ ts, Isti'uggleq round the risingcrec:k in Mostyn' ~ poperty, and,to niy great sur,)rise, was invited f tea when I arrived at the homestead. I didn't want to stay, for I had .a feeling that I wasn't welcome despite their assur,3.nces. Anyhow, when I tried to return,I found that I couldn't cross the creek, so I stayed to tea, thus missing church that I real Ly wanted· to at tend.

On MonJ.ay I took the :Mostyn girls to Bathurst • where we saw the gran,-,- prix. Onthe way we climbed Mt. Canoblas and t~le Pinnacle. The former I found disap­po[nting, although the latterafforJed what I thought was a wonderful ,LJanoramic view of Orange.

The world and his wife se emed to be at Mt .• Panorama that afternoon. There WtiS more traffic than I have ever seen in one place before, but, of cours..-;;, the Austin doesn't shy at traffic,so it didn't worry us. We left Bathurst early so as to have a chance of gett­ing a'iiay before lnost of the car drivers became drunk. There are of COI.lrSe, more drunken drivers in the west than there are down our way.Agood plateful of steak and eggs revived us in Orange,and we arrived back in Wellington at about half past nine that night.

Merve and I had been invited to his cousin's place in Gulargambone, but we declined with th~nk.s because of the probable deadness of that centre •.

Y~, P.S. I hink it bettel' to leave the matter of

buying a typewriter until I come hoem in about a month's time. I can probably save you IO%.

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Thie WIlt. evidently done beca.uae '1 t deacribtd_ the retur~, 80141 era .. ""upe." e. A • my veree., "Q1ea%l1uulnt were aI.olmer­i.red With, It 111 coxorect1on notprinted, I c19'not think tb.t 1 ahall sem any 110re verMa to Common Oan ..... The ed1 tor.or BOIIeODe else _.a to be clet&1'Idne4 tha.t notbin&·lhall 'D. Mid qatDllttlle ""acred" al\ACa. Y •• terday Charlie & IOraaD Pc .. ~er .. ent fleh1na on the river. f & late at lI1&ht Charlie brouaht boa. , Ilullets 1& a flathed, It Kum, at.Jed up &: cleaned th_. Rdn fe-ll' n.arlr all 4&y yeaterday, 'the .y S. atill cl9Wled~ •• , ...... rember& Mr" 3euon S(Jlll. pl ..... 1ona to .ate , ... ftoreme 414.not oome home from the Mater hoap1tal to 81Ctep dUtil'll the 1 •• tSor .. ns.,ht..· . . .11a Cocking ,I!thel, Yar&ery,l Althol t " broth.er,.Jobn Ileal, c_~ her. In a ear that looted aJ.1l01lt l'1ow. Aa therwere ,"o1D&. up to Abe1'a81n to see brother Bob ~ 1 .ent up .. fe.IIlO~.e 'papers

fo!" him. When they returned 31m .&14 that hie Dad & &1.1 of the others are well.

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ThiS I,etter 'is typed on a bonser spanking nww ~ Remington portable owned and controlled' by! yours truly~

The key board ieas yet., strange i to me so that there ' ar4e like,y to be many mistakes h~e:t:·· herein. (I told you so)'

I think I apprise'd you'of the fact that iI had recent.' taken my 1911 model to pieces .and oiled it. The couple of nights spent on it, coald hardly have been bet~er occupied.

Perhaps, I had better begin my story ~t the beginning. When I bought my old. ~lunderbu$stt a :couple of years ago,

I did so intf3nding to trade it in on another model at some time orothar. It never was a really good typewriter.

Lately Il},ave been doing a great deal of 'typing in connection with school';,WOt;t,so that',my my attention \~aS often painfully drawn to thete,ct t.hat I needed a new machine. Funds were in ; a pretty good state but + fm'becoming as cautious as a Scotbhman now that it costs me more, to live I haven't been granted my mileage allowance yet i,ncidentally, .

I was going to look'into the matter dur1.ng the holidays, , and ,if possible, trade in my old machine. ,~Now, 13111 Keane, who

lives her.e, till . told me that a Remington traveller was in town •. I suggested that Bill should .tell the traveller I wanted'to. , see him. Bill works for a stock and stati~m agent, so that he' 8 .'. ji

a pretty good hand at sme'lling out commission. He put tl. e hard ,.~Jt"h word on the agent for a commission in the event of a sale.", ,'j

The agent offered him 5% if the deal came off and came round to .• /3 see me just before tea. (It is now just a fter tea). . ,IS!},

", The de~l did "come off". The <?:r-iginal price of the contrap,!-ion}:'i~f,' I aIIl us~ng was £22/10/0, but th~s had been reduced to £20,ow~ng I\;,i to the fact that it had been sup'erseded by the new noiseless i~'

, model. On that ,of course,I received a 10% teachers'cut, ). j, and my old model was traded in. '~ paid, II quid which means

that my old model was sacrificed for a mere seven quid. {J I pais £4 two years ago for my old scap iron, so that I made ,~~ a clear profit of three cool smackers. Not so dusty is it?

But the crem cream of the joke lies in the fact that when I tol Bill of the transaction he said, "All right that

means that you and I get 5% of £11 between us. You get What do you think of THAT?

, I' rr.. still 801 ven~. '. . , Not having seen Sydl1tty(a't- Easter'for a few years,

Paix and I will probably be"going to the big smo~e· by car on Thursday and Friday he~~. We will sleep in Katoomba

overnight. I ~ happen to come up and see you ~y boat on Fr night and return Saturday night. I; don't know just howl' ll;~: si:tuated as to time. I would certainly like to."

My pay hasn' tbeen increased yet, buD I ~ ql,li te well as it is, and the longer the delay, the gre ., be the lump sum. It should be ,about 40 quid now.,::.;.

Unfortunately,I am geet ing qil qUite fat now. I am 'alSQ", , ... ' increasing in height for nearly all my trouser~ are half ,m .. 'tI·1:i!1\'",,

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to begl.n a more or J.eSS(fh;:.L·ULQ.U~~t",,,;:~e!'.t; I t,h1.UKL-. " " Work at Gin Gin has proceeded very ,smoothly up to date. -OUr.'

, ~nsect collection is now about the pest in these parts (I think the only one.) We' have about, 80 spec!hmens.

The Austin is going well although I have had further trouble the door. I think I have cured the trouble this time, ,by install' a Ford catch. Daphne will now admit there is something good abou

, car. ~ Let not this letter be taken as an indi'cation of

the quality fo of the typewriter. L'mjust getting the feel of . Don't expect me on Easter Saturday, but don't be surprised

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, Although I have an attack of Mondayitis, and have little on which to wri:ee, I feared you would be thinking 'I was dead or sick or something unless I wrote before I

returned home. Yest~day I went to Dubbo to finalise arrangements with

Merve in regard to our trip ho~e. We have practically decided on going as far as ~ort Macquarie, and then going south by the caast road. Should the trip become too wearying, we will leave the Oxley Highway at TamwoDth, (where we will-·)l. probably stay on Friday ni~htJ ]ind

,go south to Muswellbrook.", ~ , , Having travelled as far as Dubbo,'I :thought a ,trip to __ ,,.------.--':;

Wellington would do me no harm, so I colle~ted,rvtp.'~'U:.~'r"·~d"- , we proceeded ri to that centre. " ' .' ,f ,,'" ;ii:

I omitted to mentionthat I took the'limdlady tobubbo. There t s nothing like keeping sweet with th!e lady of the

,house is ther~? ':" " " '-' '" ,.,' I ' Conditions here are still very satisf'actory;too mUCh so

i in fact, for I am ashamed~o say I am becoming fat, enough "to feel uncom:fortable.Xet Itm working harp.er than I have

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" A co~ple· of weeks ago,! went itO' Gilga$dra, via K~<:~~bi1::_. ',' .. ' ',: '1lOl .. :t'-'tIliiiR"T toldY-Ou 'about'lt~" r wa:swell received at .

Weeal;ia, where I spent the night.Polishing 01"1' acuuple 01' water melons proved a very pleasant Sund~ morning occupation. 1

Thank you very much, for allowing me to bring Merve: home with me.iRe is certainly not a toff. I think youll like him although he may look a little on the sissy side.:,:

. '(It's a pity ~heret s no dictionary of slang.I don't ~ow whether :I\the sl spelling of sissy ifl correct or, :~?::. ::" not. W~sh I ''Pad somewhere to look it up.) "

I These hOJ.idays last a little over a week, not a1f;~/· ; rortnight as you seem to think. We will probably get home, :;' ~ate on '~Saturday next, and will leave on the following ~ Sunday week. ': \ The next. holidays we will see very little of each other. i 1, ~ill be on the high seas nearly, all tne' time. oTt will be ; a b~t of a rush for "my" boat, the, Otranto leaves at 6 p.m.,' • on"::"~:-::<", ... t~ 'Friday:" the 26tli. August, from Sydney. I stoP\ , work at 3";'30 on Thursday the 25th. You will recollect that , ,(

I told you I was cons:ldering a trip to Noumea during ;the ' Sprl.ng vacation. That trip was abandoned, 'but Oscar ana. I decided to go to Papua on a twelve day cruise instead. We are getting a cabin amidships, for which we pay one', quid per person extra, as a reservation on Which cabin ,we,

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I ': .:' , . ' , . talnm, ,they, receive; In view of thl\.~ •

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B' , S t ' A . .. , he Newcastle' district could. oe"cop.sldcr- . ,. oy COll S ssoclatIon a.bly increased I!.nd. their efficiency con- ,'~ ..... - --.---. --'--'-".

C' 'd' , iderabIy' strengthened: 1 , . " onceme. . ',"No mal! need teel asham,ed of g;iving •..• ~_ .... _. . 'lsoWn tIme to the growmg youth. of ' .'

. ! he nation.:, Scou~ing' neeqs ~en."~~ • " .. RECRUITING 'CAM . ,with clear vISIon. With a deSire m a. prac-.\ '" P AI GN .. ~ical :way to help the~rJellow9, Te~hnicnI -, ------- -.. "'i"'f:n,~ .- - --. , . . Ilcoutmg knowIedg;e 18 not needed, We , n:y

, ave trained officers to supply anyone' U 't· N d fE' 'M'ith ·that knowIedgA . Honesty of pur-, " .' rgen ee' or mergency ;pose. and, willingnel;;',to 'work are the,""'-"')"~-""-~":"''''--'''-''

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, vIces 'not need to be an Admirabl~ Cncmon"" .. He does not need .. to know mor!l t~an fone, ..: .. -~ .... ------'"---.~.-....... --I thinp:~tlie boy, If he can glv.e Impetus'

The· B~ys 'Scouts' Association in New· to and direct the boY'R enthusiasm into castle is cpncerned by the lack of active the right lines that \'I'ill beenongh, .i . .:....~~.:.. ___ ._.-'-_,._..:._ , .

. Jldult leadership. For ,some time' it ha~. "Som~ .people have an !lIitlrely' wr~mg been considered that Newcastle compar~4' J coneeptlOn about '. SC9PtllllJ,~ters, h TaeS" .

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This is attributed to the fact that men more valuable his experience, We would, 'th t t' IT f dId h' Ukf! men from 30 to 50 to take up work l' _.- "- . --.. -------".-. WI po en la, I ISS or goo ea eu U) as Sc6utm/lAters, Anyone who is willing I

n~ave, not reahl!e~ the 'value to the com-1 to !JIlI1J will be welcolhetl jf he can" at ; .' . liluDlty of Scoutmg. f, Beol1t neadquarters/in Bolton·street, ~ew. _ .. _._ .... .'. _____ .. ______ _ ,~rhe Qrganiser of Training (Ml" G. eM.tle," ", ~'rench) said in Newcastle ye8terd~~ that After a recent address b~ ,the :Chief ,eadership of the right type was urgently~" Warden in Newcastle the Boy' Scouts' .. ,1., __ ._-'- .: : ..... _ .. ,,~. ;,equired now. since the whole of the re'" Association realised the need for morel sources of the Boy Scout Movement hait i men. and it was decided to ask·the Mayor '.' , been offered to the Govrenment for na" of Greater Newcastle (Ald. G. W, JeIi~ _

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)tional emergency servilles. It was eSSlln ner) to call a public meeting in the ... -,~ .. _~. _____ .. _____ .. _ .. 'tiill, if the Boy' Scouts' Association inl near future to encourjlge the rllcruiting of , . .'! ':; : ,,' .. I Newcastle was to fulfil its obligations in\ Scouts, It is expected that after the j . _-- ~._~ ...1 __ .... y-'

I this direotion, that vigorous, intelligent pUbllc meeting an, intensive campa,ign will! :." ... _+. _.:.._ ... ____ "v-i .·leadership be obtained. ' 'Qe- carried out, to, bring to the people, : .1' .'

"Approximately 300 Scouts would be p:ene:rally.a reahsatlOn of ~he grea"t bene· available for service in all emergency in fits SCOl!tmg confers on the boy and th" i I the Newcastle district," Mr, I<'rench added, , ,community," ~," "They would work uJ:lder .. the direction(-" .. '-1 _ I .\ of the Chief Warden, as orderlies, lues'i .' ft' ,j'; )(j : '",' ':: I" ' . : sengers •. guides, and signallers, and would:: :: .:::.. .._ .. __ .... 1_ .. _ .... __ ...... 'be able to erect" tents. cook for groups'l I, '.; '.: . :,'}

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messenger. &uide, Or elementary f}.rst·aid. '. '. , . ' . ,i man," Mr, French said, "But wal;. is onlyi'-' _ .• _. ,""" ,i':" one of the many el!lel'gehcies which could,·' , , : '. , .;.j il _"_'.' .

~arU!e--; and whethe,r it,.i~ fire; famine, on earthquake the Scout IS prepared to help. ~ .... - -"',,-..... -.. . " '~T ,I would like to emphasise that the service I '. V '..: . 3, _ '" :;:" rendered will be for the civil populace, that I': , , Scouting is not, belligerent. or In any way! : , \:. a .junior section of the army. The .mag· . ',":i::-:',"'j-:-'"'';-;-''' .­

'nificent work carried out. l?y Scouts at '''''' ".'.' .... 'the time /?f the Quetta and Napier earth. l: ,..~.:-, !.>.. .1-:1 quakes will never· be ' forgotten. In ~1l ". , .. ,,, ... .... ~'-,.-·'-;:.:c..5 .. v- ...... "'

countries of. the world countless 'instances J .: W j' • .rLr <.;/ . ;are recorded by the wonderful help given .,.' ," ,; '.i ", ,,~utl!.._Jn time of civil disaster. . ___ .. _ ,,, __ ~,, ___ ,,_ .. __ .. _ .,.

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,,~.J. _ .10~'.1939 .• ~aat~:~1.~.~tICk ...•. Q.·1~d"8 .. e.l)~ to ..••. " .P1 ,"~] ·Jo'.t .fr~ ~j'lnon4".1'1'ace .an~· ,~~rt.-... daft .o~e·n oq.". 1\ '"blte one-a .b1teh&d.rchief~:&: 8p.~r.of .))1ack. .• ock .• ,. . for ~ a, .'birthday p~eaen' ~ &Jt .. 1 Ih,ll b',?2: t.o~o.rrow .. 1f'~"liv'.. . . , •• Y mediolne 't?ot1ile '1.8 .. empty. lUll. ba •.. ·COne this .. mornLJ)&, to ,et it fU1ed. Last m.ght,ROn.Lathaa ... 81'ep.t b.er •• 'Charlie, , bro'Wtl\t hill here reateHat •. ~ar11e"&' 'rre •. are butld1 •. a hou •• \ on Siony point; •• am~r.t8·Jle1. lake ._quarte. ,. . f

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8at.lI~. ,:13~.~9.:,Laat,~llra.day;.,~; __ ;12 lear.o14~. Jose &'.1"1 . , .e, an'. . 10n? lM1ti speaker. a bN,.of.lo111e8 •. &, a book I.

__ ... _ .. __ eC1"P:l1I~: Fathe7:~~ br ~r Au.tln.~,a88 pas~a.6/6. l'loreDCe : aaT. me ~ M.O. Dew .1r.a,.~~.,ltet., .. e rece1 ved the attached 1.t- , . ter ,fr_ '~hul' la.t Wed. !: ".," '.);' "",.,, ": ' , Irec.iTec1,4 c~ie. ,0f:.the.;,"Iorkera'. 'eekly Heral4,of, the· 21 at of AJ)nl. To-day I ncuved the following letter fro~ lira. Web:

njJ~eelrJI:-elc1 :~errace . Portreath ·.&pm sOth 1939. ,o.ar ~r .• ·: r . III You 1,d.11 t'-it*.' U8 ·udtln4 foe not anawer1q rour' we1o~e I.

ettar. '-fore. Welll aine. lour lett .• l' arri.,ed wr eon Fr .. t ' one you had tbe' pbotoaraph of .tChu.t.aa. .... knocked"orf I:

motor-oY'cl. belo~lDr'to his lnterded .brother-in-law. It,'l:\IIP- Ii . . . on .a,ms.al rtght Apul and. ~. .. ~nn11l& I'raJ'Ikhome, • out I:

·k1Jd:n.e'aA,:i,liwhen n'.r Portreath a pn.,ate oar ran Into thea, :: \ fraotuNd. both ment.ript les. , & cut " bruised tbe'all i! . 0.,01'. poor bols have been '1 n hospital ever .1ne •• OUr I'l'ank IJ

haath. e!Orat b!'.eltk,'. bu. .t, !CIIIl. r. ,.~84e~ .. "ound. :In. the. £r.o, nt of ~; hie lea .. well. Irati: hal··alec a l~,. "cum but hl. hal 8 heal8ct. He i8 1111'l& .on olle 814e-- o~nt set up, dear boy. :1

, two ClUiet J:O\lD& men, 110 ~r1* DOl' 8IIlOk~ 1 & thoae other. weN n i " t.g-£llZt~r,,~'n.~ ~01 i'1~. nth 2a1rl •• Atter the hotels are cloe~;i I \ e~ .o~e out &. kl~l o,ther.. 10., b~na .on a Sumay, we cantt IN

d.Ck pay DOr c~erl8atl,onJ &th.o.the~ J>a~ty aay& It ... our ru boya- f~t. '11 •. ,tbelawrer.mustprove that, 'tut I can t,el1 . II

fOU 1 t t.1 a Sl'eat' 108a ·to U8 mothera. tommy haa a widowed mother. I a. is'& J)l\11lber by. trade. ,I am ~o1ng to the hospital when I 've

flld.she4 tM:a.· ,... . . ,Dear ll,ra,.·&,Mr. OoclciDi,. I ,truet 1011 are keepi~ fairly well ~ '.

. you have ·been 80 poo1'ly, but tl'liat lOU, will 800n b. cured. ,will p~.,. for YOU the 8ame a. 1- 414 I1Y huabard. I do belle .. pr.,.r that .i., real. .,.. . '. . "

. set the P.,1'8 .aafe,. & nothlng _or8to pay on th_, thank 1-. Den"e .r8d tJ).- we ,eni the up to .. rou~ farmer who i. 81ck, half of hta time, p~oor ~.; he ·enj,oy., readlll& ·theat. ' .• ' Oh.I heard frca the Ill'. 'abb,' th. ~rdre8.er, such a nice let­ter .He ... 11eltS.rchia statter,he8ld.d, in & few "e ••• t

l1m8, ,. would. write to .• e HUDall nna. He ... de11ahtecl to 118 oat. Bel. e there1at1 n. 411 nght. 10. ro.·~ _ ... y ... e; .... n

other Kr. 'labb I _ afras~ .thDfortune wjl.l ~~. cC?me . '. '.

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our·.., •• t my fttll.r.w.s .1.~'·.rll; &"~'O".~".'~9".ot . th_ . well. !here. • :1.'$ "~4 be "Te1T.aqc .• tab1.,~~t .. Z)Otr~ . ..'" fm, b::er:. !h;:. &f~~ e:;::1~.~':~';::C::I;:,,-t~ti::~_8a4

& .••• ·aft.r.·1 •• a~bt ·th.·: •• y··you ·cl14~::&..i'.:;10.".1 &.. .~ 1laJl7 d,h~. lOU ... GQ14n't~b4v.\.'.e.nF~0t11.~.a. :. :i,;. ':' .' '.

Jlr. " t~e 'lad, )lyra' ltve •. rcth 'at .~'aJJaoutb:. SitU_oft tbi s' we. t_n~., ·&be _ a,~~n~b t. ;~ol,14ar;:, •. :l€i-,J1~,;· ~~.~ ~ • .uJ' I don't feel too well.,,&,,8h8~iw111':bNp~ ••• " ", ,', ~','.'~.. . low, God. bless 10V. Ja.,.er lour~:frlend8; IL& H I'el)ater.· .

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!hi. afterlJOon .tack Gl..d7.~' Kra.::'B,Ob.;'~A4el1; "_~,,& .. Be1.V., . XiDg who·~. &'bWlpla1".ofQDf:of: (lla4Ja,t .... ~1.t.n; ~.,~:l.l:e4 .. back t rCllD BdebUe •. ,'l'heyar •. a11', wel:J!.·'l'1ler·.a1'. ,.;~et~ .. to Rq­aom 'erreoe to-nipt; where':theY.left, ,Qug ~01Ul~··!h1 •. Jlu .. )) .. e

q aD ideal. day. w. are expep~iJl& In '..lIe". fiera· to ant". here fi; to-ntp.t. norene. 18 off .wori to ... or:tow. % f •• l • little bette ~ to-clay'. ' ., . '.' .. '. . '

KOIl. Karl5, 1939. Arthu:r&., K.l'!~e~.· ,.ft1.v .... ·'~o:u.t 2 0'0_ . on 8UD1ay morning & went t, bed ),lthout .... D1~ .• ~ 9f us.

the,. ·Iud a &oodt1"~" .ero~~ '0' ,p~t, ,K~fIiF1. &~O.~ the ~co.,st roe. ~.710ok· we11-- .apeola11y A~'~o ':1.8 s.:t;tims ~.t. J~k, -Gladys, 8. the children calle4 to' aea '" 118 re.tei'daJ &to-day. ,Ye.-' te1'\laJ KraBobs .... Wi ththem. '. '0-4.,. .In' .. toOk .Kerv:tothe _tee! Yolks. & this efternoonthey have, gone cat to Warner·' a Bay to ' ,

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Thur., May lS, 1939. Art took Merve.&, me to Newoastle yesterda to buy a new typewriter, & after looking at several maohines . we deoided to buy an :L.O 0 8mi th Qf M·r. ·E11, fo;r: £, 16. The maohine looks quite new, but it has beenused:inEll's. shop for 6 months, when a: spring broke &,: ):1. sorew' was .1ost& the maohine was put aside. A ,boy brought· the typewriter here & took away my old L.a. Smi:th maohine, for examination by )tr.E11 This morning I went by'bu~'for ouO pensions, & :I: boug;ht a, 2/4 postal note to send ,to the " ommunist 9-& Review". Art sat for an exam. yesterday; & Walt 'is being examined in o,onn­eotion with his diploma for oi vi1 Engineering.:. I- feel better to-day than·I have' felt· for· months past •

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Fri May 19 193' 9.· This ~orning Mum went to Haml1ton to I' 'have 'he'r feet examined by Mr. Roberts., ""Art has been to his I' examination, & thinks· that he· did fairly well.,'> I have wr/itsten i a note to' the Manager of· the 'Anvil Bookshop,;'& enclosed 2 . . l . by postal note &. stamps. Thi~ 1-s due.f?r'the ,"Oommunist Re.view

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,,- lion, M,ay4-l2, 1939. La~i5sat. Arthur, Mum, &-~!erveEwers' ... , .. went by car to Sugarloaf Mountain, but the thlck mist made ..

impossible to get a view of the district. Jose has been off ,~) work for a ·few days as he has influenza,. which affects his

nose. :-He can walk about, but is; fiot well· enough to work. Art.& Merve left here yesterday afternoon for sydney, where they.wlll stay -at the--?eople' s Palace, &:', start off this morning for Dl:tbbo (where Merv,e Ii ves ) ,-&: Att willgo on alon,e to tGrangie &:.G~n Gin.lam expecting a mechanic to come from Ell's shop to mend

the new typewriter. I also expect Mr. Ell to come to be paid for it.

Tues'. May 23, 1939, Last, evening Mr. Ell & a youngman came to settle about the neww typewriter., &: after Mr. Ell bad explain­ed how to work it, &.we had discussed the price, I paid him

£ 13-10-0. He promised to send a mechanio out to put a loose bar in its place, &: to bring me ten shillings' worth of paper & ribbon. Jose went to work this morning. Yesterday we were surprised to find that a young ma.n who is a oommercial travelle is the son of Mrs, Greenwell ( nee Bella Rees) who lived near

, us at Billygoat Hill, Wallsend.', The. AnVl«,_ kshop sent me a receipt for the 2/8 I sent for the, Communi: view or else

the Workers' Weekly. .Later: ~r~ Ell se , ~ packet of papal'. • a new red& blaok ribbon, &: some car~~~~pers.

, Wed. May 24, 1939.' This morning Mum rrtfld the following let-t tel' from Eli~a Morris: - ~ ~'~_. 'll!

"8 Waratah street,Lithgow,May 23rd, 193;9". 'Dear Mary, Just a few lines in- answer to your ever loving letter. I was so glad to hear from you &: to .hear'you ,were well. I do hope your dear old mate is keeping well. also yourself &: the family. Harry is kee

ing a little better, & I am hoping f~r h-ijJl t~be much better as time goes on, &: with God' 13 help he wl11.$~ 'In'llst ,put our trust in God &: he will not fail, us. I, am glad t~i tell you I. am -real well &: can get about. Of oourse t.; canl t do t'Llo much heavy work.

Harry helps me: he is as good as a woman in the house, &: that is good for me. well, now Mary, it is 12 monthss.inoe poor1~.t1.:·George left us, &: I do. miss him for I loved him 's'o much. We all went to the ce

'i etary yesterday & t.ook a nice lot of flowers. It is a memorial from us. George was. with us :~lsO long that ~e miss him so. Well, Mary,youall had· a, Iiiceholiday _wh~u..,.rthur wa~··at. home. I suppose Jose .is stlll 'working at the ste'*orks ~ Jack at Po lCembla. I suppose they both have: a family now. I~,,,,FJt;>rj!~ at

I the hospi t~l 1. &: wl;lere are Charlie &:Fred? When;,theVdSOw up they scatter; &: then the way work is the young :?eop~~;; nave to travel to get it.' . " '~f>.;~":!

Well, Mary, visitors have come in, so I must close. Kind regards from Harry &,.best love from myself from your old friend, E. Morris. Ta, ta 1" ' ,

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• of mourn~,slt and'\lfn:en~·;'.atijl#de~.: .,' morniI?-g . MU,m pai'l . OBl1UAR. Y. . . . ~ev: .. Danie~:c9nducted"ja\shoW·:.se" £;1-15~.o to Mr~'

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,ter (Mrs.H. MorrIS, Waratah~tree.t),. :whUe.'he·al~o:ofticiatepartlie:j~ave.~, of -palings;, for i

.sid~~:··lntel'm~~t~iw~s.made"in: th~· . new' "Thor,lI. eleotr,i : Churcho!' i,Englan(lpor~ion"of;tq(!; ':EJowenielspemetery beSIde ·~here.. washing machine.!

. . . i ma4t~of·h~.late pal'ents. ~rl9}~!i~d: numbered 12535 M1 . '},'teslde9ts of the town and! the" in:: ,the' m:~lV'"tlor~ltJ,:ipll~~$'/'W~r.~: F" .•.. i <Hartley district will regret to hear several of.'t~e:p,e~~n.e.nt"·~yp:e.:::tr9Jll:.' urey gave us adel'l ..of:.the death of M1'. George Stephen th~',deceaselis fa~ily,and,thlV!st.a~e onst ration- of w~

: 'fOWler in the District HosPit.al at· lYl~e Lodger",p~lltb!,!arer~:wef~1.¥e., . ' . t.he. ma.ohine will' about 5 3(). this morning. Mr'. Fow- srs. T .. Sc~r.9<;le!;'" (Pi;~s~~~n.l:l;,QtJ'the .

. ..' . .. . . Western¥i1iers'.:Fede~a.tl.on)jB. W~ '. 1'1'0. Iri: the aftern ·Ier, who ~as .o~ 'an unassummg, yet Cunningilati( ~ arid' 'J:'~ Dobbs "(State . "'" cheery disposltIo.n, .was well.-lmown Mine'-Lodge) and A.. R:. MclWaQ Mr. s . .ami th, .of throughout the dIstrIct, and hIS death (q.U.O.O,f;) .. ': .. ' .':.':' ,: . Mort Street Shol' will beIda dtiStthinCtt.loss·f h~edwa~ 6.3 .s::;,·'" ~ "~" '. 'i· and', oame with hiS ye~~e °d~~ase; ~~Se.~le ~~n e:lSt~e wt:f'~1~'-C]iln;'Tti1iPeoted the trailer, fo

:1 late Mr. and Mrs. G. Fowler, two Whloh we wanted £ 12. He' returned 1at 1\ we1.l-known identities of Hartley, at. & offered (9 pounds & asked me to writ I whlch the deceased was born. He & let' hi 1m . f' Id . h'

I came to :t,;ithgow when a boy, how- .' , m .~w: 1 we wou. aooept tat·,

• ever, and was employed for some p~i.oe to,;r tl;i,e, ,trailer. we disoussed the ; .~i~e at tqe Lithgow v. alley Coll~eryo fferwi th Walt ;l..ij.stnight & deoided to .'~.n!iValeofClwyddwQrks as a bnck,.. ~ .·sell for £. 9.' so: this 'morning I wrote a' ~ maker. ',He thenworlted at· the Co-' - .... ".1 '. •• : . . . :tp~,is.~el~i.ngworksa~a smelter for,; .nqte.to Mr. Smit,~ to .1nfQrm himtJ?~t·he

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:1a:.;penod, and,.after· Its .closure ob-. may have the tra:J.ler for that amount. ' .. tah1edemplOymentat~h,~StateMin~,;_ .YesterdaY1. wrote 'a' fetter 'for Brother: : where he worked untU ltS reorgam-· J k t' 1'" '0 '. . •• ,' .' ,. , •. , '. I

i; s~tion in 1932.. Sin~e ther; he ~as. .~O. i q;!.: Y,::J.na, Wll~ t6" of DO,wnf;l,~ S~reet, i 1not'carried on allY employment. He Wallaroo M1J;l.t?I?, .. Q,ongratlJ,lating her on I f:w~s aninmateof,tneinstitution from. bE;jing'theQldests61dier' of' the Sal vat10nl \ ~_~':ed~~::!~d ~~n~as a member' Armyoorps tl;l~re~'; tJ:lat ie.~b;~ - ~olciier - i

. :ofE. Coy., of 'the 3rdRegiment, un-I .S~~~~l' who ha,s" be,en:loIl:gel?t ; .l,n the. I

. ':der. Capts. Bracey /.and E. Burns,: QOr~s~~.:.." .1tb.;.~ .. J..et;ter ,alsooont~1ns an inqui; .whIle he WQfl also a member of the oOnoernlng. the. whereabouts 'of Emily Matt .

.. qrand United Order of Oddfellows. l he' . "', r.· . II .... ~

, !<He is ~urvived' by five. brothers! La~St·' night the spare wheel. of Walter' s I and two SIsters, to whom w1l1 be ex-. '. -."

,,' tended tne' deepest sympathy in their! oar. was stolen I from the . oar ,whlle he s~dbereavemel1t.·They are: Mes-.! was out somewhere&· had left 1 t awhile.

" dames H.IVlorrifl ancf T. Orchard, of! ~ i, '. " " ."

; Lithgow, ·and Messrs. William (Gran-: . Ville), Alfred '(Peters~lam), Charles Wed. May 3i, 1939. ·To-day Paling' e . e'leol '(I#ignhardt),Ernest;(Wollongong),·. iq~an ,fixed 'up: the wire fo~the "eleotrio :8jid·RubenCarter(Lithgow).!· .... , hi·· .. · ' 'h'i ", . ThO 'ft····· , ;';The fUneral which will. take place; w~S. ng. mao: ne ~ 1 s· a e moo!),' we re-to';;morrowwill move from the resi-i oeived the fQllowing'lett'er from' June

.. :Cience of his sister (Mrs. H.~orris),;.! Mostyn::'" ' , w;~tJ;l whom he ha(iresideq fora num- . "Kia Ora" Mary' Vale "29-5-39. ber of years, iutermentto ta~e place ' .' . . . . . . m~tQe Church of England portion of' .D~ar MJ;. & Mrs. Cooking, I am writing to :~owenfel$ ·cemeterY.:- The/remaIns.. -apologise for an ill ·oonsidered & I ~~Ub~ laid to restbe.siclesthose of ~might say ,1.llioalled for, letter I wrote :~!l, .. late Parents: .. Me.ssrs. Matthews . to your son IArthur' a very' sinoere ~ . ffi911,.are In. charge of <the .ar...,. . ' . ' .

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'bi b I' 'held his lntegri ty open to "teemed, so~o~ YO~~~d!t~ ~e ~eQeiVed 'my letter opened-~:,r question. e as :..._ if-ftetyou did not, this letter know if youread,i~?~ not dOd I would like to correct afals~, ly can do no,harm-- ~ you ~ · d id iaipression before di t~e~o~e:d a wfi~e jeal~~~Y on th~, as~um!'tion I wrote it bu:r;rie Y m u , 'ith several other girls. ,i ,

was misleadine; me, &dgointg OU!i:take &' would not like tbelette ' C I have sinoe foun ou my , t" t I ould

to be taken as an imputation against hi: in eg~~cking Wif you also deplore thetbfia~t r~~li:,.~~:r l~~ht Ofr:;cba fooiish' let were to always n ,0 " , " 1 k the incident

c:. " Hoping you will be good enough to over 00 M t n ' I beg, to re~ain, Yours v~ry sincerely, June os yn.

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t Thur. June 1, 1939. Pension day. This morninK I managed,py walking very slowly, to walk to the Mayfield post office &.back'

rhome • I bought a shilling's 'worth of hydrochloric acid to gi ~, to Jose, &. a nice birthday card to send to Arthur', who willbe e 22 years of age on the-22ftet- fourth of June. j'

To- day we reoeived the follo.wing letter from Mrs. Jean Ewers:1 , I

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Dear Mrs. Cocking, I am writing to thank you forhav­ing Mervyn whilst on holidays. It lYas very kind indeed of ,you ' both. Mervyn has hardly stopped talking about the lovely trip he had &. the happy time he spent with you., We both appreciate your kindness very ll,1udh indeed,&' pray that the dear Lord will abundantly blessed you both. What a great joy to belong to the' Lord. Trusting you are both well. Merv sends kind regards to you. r will close now, again thanking you, Yours very sincerely

Jean Ewers. II

We also received this letter from Art:-"Post Office. Trangie, Tuesday 30/5/39. Dear Folks,

r suppose r'should know whether it' my turn to write or yours, but I don't. Apparently the pleasure is mine. OWing to the

fact that school was'coosed on Wednesday last for the T show, &. that I have had'a maximum attendanoe of ten since, I _

t feel a fully-fledged paraSite, even i f it's not on the backs 'of I the working class. Life here is very uneventful, that is for me

Of coursethat'.s not so muc,h the fault, of the place as my soci ' ineptitude. However, the m~notony is relieved by my frequent

, week-end 'excursions. Last Wednesday ~ it being a day off, &. 'a, shop half holiday, I went down to Wellington. The Austin should know that road well by now. " As Lindsay Crane will be moving out of Westella at the 'end of

I this year, I'm thinking Of, trying to be transferred to there. Iri~elra ~s 22 miles from both Wellington &. Dubbo, &. is only 6 1 s rom . Ballimore •. Driving the Austin is not nearly so pIe

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"qn;;,';;",~~ ,~"",.:p~~'t;Lme·,as .it, wa~. 'Th,espeeqometer has gone }yrong,jags & :e','Wlndscreen is shattered.' ,On Sunday afternoqn'1 was dl

.along nearTr~ngie when a. rmssing oar threw a stonewhioh stru~~ ,the,Winciscreen in theoentre~';Beln:gsaf~t~ gii~s it did not allow the ,stOJl~ to oC?n;ie . ~ft-~e!t&" through, b1J.1; ~mme·,~"!'.: ~at~l¥ .tllrned, 1n:t;Q a myriadd of small , orystals, ,so, th~t , J.twas~lmpfl!ti:impossiq;Le to See th:rougb it. I beoame tirwq.· 0 ~riving:;?w~~Jt;h~m,: head hanging over the,s.1de; so' I .,broke a' f" 01.1 J.nohh,o~~~,~~' t~lat I ,o9uld ,see properly. The 1nsu~~noe C9mpa, has not, d::·~6W:lgned.u.p " yet, ,:'but" it will. The oar .Journey o Vi, the:-,;,mo~;~,ins;,.as the same as 1.lelJ.al, s9 1" 11 spare:~he detEd: exoeptt~("et}!tte that, I 'found .Wf,ll' i;1,fri~nd near, the suspensil bridge,',&' :du~y delivered the letter. ' Merve has t9ld all & sund,ry that he had a marvellous time~so 1m!eel grateful,& proud of the., way,you treated'him. He thin] . Newoa.stle is alibi t of all 'right". I have to get busy on m; programs now, so good night. Arthur." '

Sat. June 3, 1939. To':"day I wrote' to the: manager of ,the' An,vi. Bookshop, 191Hqy street, Sydney, & told him not to send t,

Communist Review any 'more. ':1 'enclosed a '2/"';' piece &a sixpe: I also wrote a letter in reply to that -of June 'Mostyn, re o :rfens.i ve letter to Art. Wal ter has got work in Sydney, &'

expects to shift to there in 3 weeks time. 'Brother'Bob .has Just returned from' the Kurri hospital; where be: has been fo:

3 weeks with rheumatios-in his shoulder.

. b , " '" . .. .. Tues. ,June, fit, .1939.YesterdayI wrote ,~o_Art tg ~nq'tire ,V!her' the trailer's registration paper is. r also wrQ~e to Mrs. Je Ewers in reply to ,'hel', let.ter'of, thanks ~e Mervyn. We I sent letter in reply:to that,'of ~rune MOaty7;l on page' 4901 , Yesterday Grace Cocking visited us &~tayed a'tew ~our~! i I also. sent a letter to brothe;r; ,Bob r~ his illness . , .. Mr. 8mi 1 called about the trailer, but did, not. take i ti away. He .call( again this morning, &: 'premised to, take, itlq.ter.

I Wed. June 7, 1939.Tbis 'morning Mr:. St:anley SmitJh, of Mort S1 Shortland, called with, his wife ~ ohild in his .car. He paid me nine pounds for the trailer, & I gave him a reoeipt for l He i;hen took t~e '~railer ,away.' ; I

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~ Dl(···-49 .• Thur. June 8, 1939. This .morningI received the following lett I' from Bro'ther Bob:-. "Lismore street, Abermain •. Dear Joe, Your letter to hand rec­ently, & I was pleased :to hear from you .. 1 "as sorry that I was unable to write ·:down to you from the hospitaL Mostlyi t was because I was undergoing ~ hot ..... air treatment; consequently ~ Inwas kept wrapped up in -warm blankets. for roost of the ,t.ime. That being so, I could not wel.l wr;i:te down to you. However, I might say that hot air won't cure rheumatism. As a matter-of fact I donI t . know what will.; yet after· all I came home a lot better than when'!, went into the hospital; but I stillsufferwith:it; You will be surprised to hear that Gladys is also suffeting severely with the same complaint. Bob has to rub her back ever night & apply mustard plasters to her back. ahe has just told me that her back is in b.listers with the mustard. I was well cared for at the hospital: they all did their level best for me dovm there. I was· sorry. to [lear that you are not too well yourself. These cold days & nig11ts 'will test eV8'l'¥One If your doctor,or anyone else,tells you that your heart is bad~ don't you believe him. They fooled me'that way when I was in the Newcastle hospital 10 years ago. When your doctor calls again ask him to arrange an X ray test for you in at the hos-. pital. Or you can test yourself by having a look at your aukl s. If your heart is bad, both of your ankl~s will be swollen up every morning; if they are not there is nothing wro~g with your heart. It is. all boloney to think anything else. Yes, I still have some unfinished reading matter here, but y you can save up what you have until,ll later on, as I shall always be pleased to recei·ve them. i . . I was pleased to hear about your new typewriter;. you ought to feel proud of it. The same appplies to.·Jinny. She, I am sure, will benefit to a large extent. I think it will not be long . before we will all be able :to si t down & touch a button, & t machine will do all· the rest for ·us .. It can do nor cooking, sewing, washing, wringing"ironing, sweeping & shaving. It can cut coal,fill it into a skip, & tip it into. a ship. Well, . now, in conclusion, give my love to all the. family- & accept. the same for yourself. Frbmbrother Bob.·. .' <\ We are; . with the exception of myself & Gladys, all well- here. The 2 boys & Dorothy are in. the pink of health. Bob is gOing( strong down at his Job on the sewer. He likes his work and is quite p.leased to 'be in constant employment. II '

fr1. June 9~ 1939. Florence is at home to-day,as it is her day" off. This morning I recei ved the following letter from brother. Bob:- II June 8tn,'1939. Lismore Street, Abermain.}: ' . Dear Joe, Just a few things which, I forgot to mention in'my t'er to you yesterday. The first is, I want you to know that si'

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coming home from :the, hospi tal' I haye been, using dry bran for my back "with wonderful results. That being so~' Iwant you to try 'the same for yourself. This, is, how you go about it: - Get as much dry bran-as will f,il;t a large roasting-dish; then put it in the ,oven & make i"!i ,really, hot.. Then, Just about when yo u are 'going to bed, empty the~ran into a pillow~case & sleep on it. all night. You will besu+,prised how nice you will feel every morning when you ge~ up. The next is a request from Gladys. She has asked me to ask you would you, by some means, get her, a program for, the forthcomin g eisteddfod to be held ,in Tighe's, Hill sho,rtly. She does not know the price of i,t down there, but up here they are three pance. Howe,ver, Gladys w~11 send ,down the price of it when she finds out. Gladys is going to enter Dorothy in2 or 3 piano­forte pieces. Gladys will be much obliged if you will procure a program for her. From broth~r Bob."

Fri, continued. This afternoon we received the ·regl.stration paper of the trailer from Arthur. The only communication was

" Wr1 ting to-night~.

Mon'-June 12, 1939.,' This mor~ing .w~ ,rece;i veSi" "!ihe, following Ie t ex from Arthur,: - ' ':. .,' ("

," As Usual, Friday. pea.r»:olk" If I'm not a Jonah man I've , yet to meet one. I No, I haven't a fit of. the blues, as a matte

of fact I see some humour: in the s1 tuati,on. i r Number 4 spark -plug in the car has' been filling up with oil &

the cylinder block was W'Orkingloose, ,so" I thought it time to have things seen to--, to get the valves ground in , & new rings if necessary. I suspected Ihad,,~ .brQkeJ~:.\r.1n~: so did the garage people. I,.. ?U;t the .'c,arln~. the, ,~arl?-ge C. ni~( agreemen:t ,wi th .. ,La,rke. Hoskins wont; allow rne.t,9 dotbe,joh myselJ) & fO'll;nd that, the

pistons we're, ,a' littl,e bi;t 's~~ck.",~~ving done about, .,~FOOO miles. I deemed it wise to getbot-h the above Jobs done. The rings, of;

'. course, were obtained from Sydne'y'~, , ': '. , " To get myself to school on Wednesday & Thursday I bor;rowed the family bike, a nondescript old bone-sh~.kerthat was ",bo;rn'" a ; Speedwell. It certainly isn't, aSpe~d.we.11 ,by e,du,cation. All' went well all day Wednesday, & yesterday morn;i.'n'g I averaged 12 miles'. per hour & quite enjoyed the ride. A few' spokes were missing froi the back ,wheel. There ~re,nowmany more:'.bl'o.1~e~, ,p.ot by .ny out- i,

side injury, butnie.re'lysnapped ,'by the' 'a v()irdup,oi ~;Q;:f, y'0l+~ i truly~ Yesterda~,'I h,ada. nic,~ ,little ~O mo+e, hik~ ,:qome,:doing

!'t' the stroll in 3 hours', & getting hOlne at apout 7~JO~.,:rh.e, boy,s,

from the house had rung up about me, & 'were waiting'for"me'on th outskirts of the·:town. Per~,aps they feared I. might. :be added to

the score of'murde'r victims out this way.' (0' She,a.camped at Gin Gin,you know). Anyhow, I appreCiated their interest in my welfare-- such interest has a scarCity value out in the west.

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promised .. They had broken 2 rings putting.the block back on. They are running me out in a de luxe Ford to-day.

More of th1s anon. Arthur. Dea'1'" i~um & Dad. ·l.nreceived a letter from June to-day, telling

me what a nice letter Dad wrote, concluding with,1I he has won my heart, really". Thanks very much for it. You never know (. I

dont t either )I might happen to marry her' in a couple of years time. If you I 11 let me I'll bring. her home for you to look her

o ve r, some fine. day, Afthur."

Wed. June 14, 1939 •. Walter has bought _ the cre~m .colouredcar that he has been anxious to puy, & he brought· ~t home yester­day. The price was 158 pounds ,',&. his old. car was taken as part

payment. I went to do<BdJor Bourke yesterday, & 'he. s.aid I am. anea­ic. He began a new cburse of treatment by inject~ngsome l~ver tract into my left arm. I have to have another injectmon next

GFriday, & 2 a week until I have had six. The whole course wi cost £1-1-0.

et Mon. June 19, 1939. Last Friday I went to Hamilton & received I a second injection into my arm from a yOHng doctor who was in .

doctor Bourke's place as he had goae t9 S,dney. Last Saturday . .8r afternoon Walter took Mum & me to i corl~tte street,' ~Ookts Hill,

where we were introduced-·to Miss Ragner, & we rode with her to Stony POintafter visiting·Wallsend. We saw the week-ender that Charlie & Fred are building, & the one that Fred built. Charlie

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was putting the magneto ,of Fredlsboat. into working order, & Fred was 'working at a window. We returned, to Oook's Hill be-fore dark, & came home. Mi~s Magner had little to say, for she

, 'Was suffering from 'SOme t"onsils trouble; & did not get out of 3 :the car atS§tony Point. , f

Wed~ June 21, 1939. This morn~ng i went'to Hamilton , ~ Dr. Bou.rke injected another dose of ·stuffto cure anemia. I paid -42/ - to Miss Watson, the secretary', for the course of treatment

t consisting of b injections: in '3 weeks. Wal~er e'nded his employment; .at the B.H.P. drawing office yeste

pm He is now wai ti,ng fora' few days . befOre starting in the Sydney I G.P.O~ drawing .office. :To-day Johnny Rose is overhauling Walter'

s· car. Florence expects to leave her employment at the Mater nospi tal, W~ratah,'soo:n, as some. new nurses are to start worki there shortly •.

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Wed, June 28, ~939.'Yesterday walter left'home to! go to Sydney to start work at his new job. He intended to take the 2 Mag­ner girls to Sydney in his car. I visited doctor'Bourke & had

the 5th injection of hepisol into my blg,od. In tl:1e' evening Jac & May came & stayed a few hours., ", "

This afternoon we received the following letter from Art4ur:­lI)'ost Office, Tra~gle, Friday, Dear Folk, No, I.'m not dead,or ~ick, or anything like that; I just didn't know what to write ~~out. Nor do I now, but here goes, " , Tlie first piece of news is by no me,ans pleasant, but I'm not ve worried about it.' I have reluctantly come, to the conclusion that either one of t:ne boarders or the landlady here 'is' a rook. Lately I thought I was, cashing ,a few too many cheques; & far t often. True, I have ha,d q~i te ~,few expenses' with the car, but that doesn't by any means explain the amount of dough I've gone through. For instance,recently I paiS. a car bill'for about 5

t"quid with a ten pound cheque, &' then went away for the week­end.Week-end expenses, Illl bet mY,sqcks, didn't amount to an where near:-a fiver. Yet! have been unable to traoe any change. On several other occasions I have felt,inolined to think that I should have had' more 'moneyin my poc}cets 'than I found after I hadn't been to my clothes for some day,s. Not being used to loc ing things up, & being a trusting sort of bloke, I thought I must have been mistaken, at first. But figures don't lie. Thi morning I examined my passbook & found'that my" expenditure con derab;ty exceeded my inoom~ for the past b weeks or 2 months. When one has a current aooount, he hasn' t'his passbook 'all the time, you know, so that'I oouldnlt notice how things were goin before. I may be wrong', butor oan't see how a non gambling, non smoking teetotaller like myself oouldspendsp muoh. Nor oan I see how my roommate can pay the 'same board as I do', '-:pay more for washing, smoke pretty hea:vi1y, drink a Ii ttle', ,gam~ , ble a bi'4 (not, muoh ) , be al:ways well ,dressyd, ~',' go to, every-! thing that's on, on an inoome of £, 2-~O~O •. , If ·he.ha..~ b,e~n.thr~

'gh my pockets occasionall'y ,.J. really, hav~ ffiyse:lf" to blame".: tor I,

I have taken 110 p:rec8;utions. Jf he were e~s~ly, t'e,~Pte~, ~y met~ odof loo~ing after my ,o~s,h wo~ld be ~,:opeIl lI;vJ. t.:atl.on to I him. However, tl10ugh I think I must be a few qu~d, ,perhaps ten~,

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s~ 5~ out, I'm not yet broke by any means. I'll take care that not

ing of the 'sort occurs again, although suspicion is neither p t 'of my natur~ nor education. Oh, by the way, Chip,will you postpone the purchase of the sax

e,. ophone for a whi Ie. , l' I could bur i·t· now, but ~ would .rather s 'ox save up a bit first. It's .about tlme I sent a blt of money home

I'll do sO after next pay. Things continue to go on as ~sual 0 i ' here. I purpose going to Dubbo to-:morrow to ,he,:-rthe Army cad-,

ets. A few of the young bloods of Welliington wlll be there too ~6:In a way, I'm sorry that I told you of the money.problem. It's

a case of "shame on me". I'm still O.K. except for the fact that if the bike doesn't arrive soon I~ 11 ,be too fat ~o ride it

;: Yours Arthur. , P. S. I received that letter after the holidaYI3_ I get the paper

1 regularly. Than1cs. Art." .

. ' Mum received a phone message from Miss Magner, to- day to tell her that Walter's address is:- Commonwealth J)epartment of

-/ Public Works,Mail Handling Branch, Phillip House, Phillip .' St re'et, sydnEry". Dick Hugo's address is:- 81 Regent Street,

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Wed. July '5. 1939. Last evening Charlie brought Ron Latham! home from Stony Point, Warners Bay, & he slept· here last night/ They have gone qack this morning. This morning we received thj following letter from Walter: - ... '. "39·Queen Street, Ashfield, Ju1y.1st '39. Dear Folks, SSrr~ for the de]ay, but I've been very busy; in any case Berfss has apparently rung you. Spent first 2 nights at Dick's, the came to this address on, recommendation of chap from Newcastle. The lady here, Mrs. O'Oonnor, is quite good, & is a cousin of Aunty May's. Started at Jft> on Thursday. Hours 8-45~h·m. --- . 1. p.m.; 2 p.m • .;..-5-6 p.m •. First inspeoted' existing gear 'in G. P.O. Job should be O .• k. Good crowd, very friendly. Required to work Monday, Tuesday, & Thursday nights till 10-30 p.m. This , netts 4t hours at time & a half, but I would p'refer mOre , " spare time. Each 'night will be worth about 327-. Mrs. O'Oonnor's plaoeat ,25/-& 2/6 garage is very homely, bu

· rather old. ,I .. therefore fulfilled my intention of advertising. · Yes 12/9 for hursday & ,Friday's papers, in oase I got. too · few replies. During lunch hour on Friday I called at the .'

"Herald" 0:ff1ce. Ii Were there any :replies ? T·he· girl fumbled. a little, then tumbled a bundle of 39 on the desk. It was har to keep a straight faoe. I was receiving fan mail for the 1st .. time. ~rprlsing, you say? Yes, sO I called. a.gain on my way home ,to nett another 24. Now you,understand why Irmbusy. I called again this morning to get another 18. Graild ·total now is 83.' Where will it finish? I have had to develop a system of marking. I spent most of morning looking,for a.few of the most promising addresses~ This afternoon at "tennis at

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Ashfield. T-morrow i~ booted, house: hunting probaOl;' on the North ~a&:P&-Shore. ,I might yet havet1me to get to the pic­tures to-night. Received cheque for, £. 40-6-3 from B.H.P. pe yourself o.k. Address as given is right except please alter Dept. of Works to Dept. of Interior'. 'I don't--know when It 11 be home, I might be able to getup on night of Monday 10th fG prize distribution. If you want to ,oontact me in--hurry the phone number isB 5126. Otherwise ~Just readdress all letters 0/0 Phillip House. orry for sorawl, but in big hurry. ' Yours Wale n

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Sat. July 8, 1939. Jose consulted doctor G.ardiner last night & was told that the growth that alarms, him is practi ly harmless.' M~ went to Newoastle yesterday , but Flpr~nc stayed at home .:; Ivy has given Florenoe. a wool~n' garment like a coat & jersey combined, as a birthday present, & M gave her a pound. This morning my head feels queer, but I think it will soon be right again. This is a lovely morning Yesterday I read the Wide, World Magazine through, & that may be -the oause' 'of my ·head bei-ngout of -ord~r.

Walter's addressis:--Be~a:l't- Oommo:awealth Dept. of Interio Mail Handling Branch, Phillip House,.Phillip Street, Syd-

new, N.S.W. , .

Sun. July 9, 1939. To-day'Florenee is 32 years of age, as sh was born at Wall$end,N.S.W. on Tuesday, July 9th, 1907. Heith

Mum nor, I went out to-day. Florenoe came home for the night. I have been reading II The Great Oop.troversy Between Ohrist and

Satanll ,7l8 pages, by E.G. White. ,

1[. Mon. July 10, 1939. Walter came by train from Sydhey last even­.. ing to attend the prize-giving 'me'etlng of s'tua.ents 'at' the

I,' Newcastle Technical Oollege. He has p'as'sed his final exainihati in Oi vi l' Engineering with cr,edit J.&' was 'given his large Diploma

i & a prize of 30/- ,or rather 301- as part payment for a prize ~ to be selec'ted & purchase~ by.himself. He reached home ,about " "midnight, & left home again by taxicar to catch .the train for i bydney,as he has to go to work this forenoon. Hi.e address is:-

Mr. Walter P. Oocking, % Mrs. O'Oonnor, 39 ~ueen Street, Ashfield, N.B.W. Telephone:- U A 1460. . '

, Oharlie also came home, but is returning to B'tony Point this morn ing. He & 'Fred have almost finished ,'the house they bave built t

re, & now have an order to build a. house at ,Belm,?nt. Ool,d weathe I

'rues. July ~1, 1939.' This morning 15um received the· following' , f letter from Mz:s. Elhza Morris:- "8 aratah street, Li thgow, ~ ;,,1 July 9th, 1939. My Dear Mary, I recei vt:d your ,loving letter J Il some time ago, & was' so pleased to get the same. , Was glad you "I

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muoh improved ere this, for, like mine'f he has beeri good to yoti I am glad to say Harry does seem better than he was. Must-be ve

oareful' of himself: & I am glad to say I am not to'o bad. God is ' good to us. I must $ay we' had the flu; but Lithgow is full of

~ 1 t, & everywhere else, I think. 1 t 'is the cold weather. My word . it is bitterly oold here-- fr~st & snow, & a keen wind blo~ing; it tusks you UP. I don 't like to move from the fire, & Harry' is nearly as bad. ,

How is Florr1e, & is she still at hospital? It should be a nioe plaoe. And we were glad to Qear Walter was doing so well for hims

" self; & thathe..,may improve is our best wish for him. With God' E;1

'help he will. D 0 you ever see Dot? She is still in Newoastle, & she likes it v~ry m~oh: it is not as oold as here. And Jaok is at Port Kembla. oes he like being down there ? We were down ther one day for a run. How ma:q.y in family has Jaok; also Jose ? I must ask, as I often think of them as boys. And you have Charlie & Fred at home. ' , '1

, Well, now, Mary, you said I,mus~ not grieve so much about my '~ poor brother. I try; but God wanted him, so I must let him rest.~-. And so now Mary I must olose. Love to all & your dear self;, from your old friend, E. Morris." .,

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11/' NOW'~39. Secondary Industries

I 'TECHNICAL SlUDENTS , ADDRESSED

actions in the, future, !twas senilible to realise that each man waEl, only' a' COil in ~e wheel., , ", '

'PROFIT BY EXPERIENCE.

He urged ,the students to profit by their , experience'at' the college, ~ndwhe!1,they

left to ,suggest improvements liB the , necessity arose. Young men.' with 'diplo!itas could tell educators many things' about

"th!! ,sy" ; If they cooperated, 'th~ next , geneffttj6 lof students would be even more

efficient" n they.' " , ' It would' not be long before they re-

alised that· there 'were' other courses of instruction' which would' assist ' greatly

, Night at the City ,Hall ~~inTn~ki~~ei~ra~ffi:,ti~~c~~i1en:t~acfe~t ~.:~~, " " " , ,," ; settled down with smull: satisfaction ,,at hili ,T~e day ~ad gone wh~n Au~tr8.lians had 'own ,position was not using hi~ .talents to

ow thel!' '. when th~:it talked 01,' 'advan. tage. ,During the past 12 months/ , . ""aId ,the Super- one of the new courses, at thecolJlljte haa Tec,hni~'nl 'Edu'cation' {Mr. ,made itself very pQpulat. ,It., Was so

the !in~ual. jireeentnti,on • P?pul,ar in Sydlley that two ,courses of prIZeS In the cIty I dlffermg standards .. were, .estabhsned., , would have' t40ught '''Weare looking forward to the time one wOrry be,- when you will ,have here an allliembly

, tomnke ha,lI andsllveral meeting halls. in which that'thl! to ,gather' to discuss t~e ,probl<!iJls, of, in­

acompeti~ dustrY.lmd ,the State,' Mr. Hiob said, ' , , ' "Yoll caD' use t/JIl" knowle<!ge yOU bav!!

Education {Mr. D. gained ,at ,the ,college not only 011 behlHf to have been of the college itself but on 'behalf of' tb~

not attend. State;", ",," " "', ," articles now ,The diplom!! wOlt1d be: a ,relllinder ill

:qualitr. Mr: I the future of the re!!ponsibilit:y its holder were many artIcles ot pore t,o thecom,mulllty. I~ wOI~J,d be an

, still not' the hest. ~ncentJve to, nrge young' men to try to made better' by all Improve the w9rId. Complacency should

to' ,with t~at intebtion. be avoided .at all costs., When people r,~~~~}~~~S advocated the Ideal of 80"ill,l " began to thmk .that there was no more I the mat! eng4ged ,in indu~trY.' need,t~ ;worty, the city ,would_1!ti back;

,'a, n~esslt'V for men to inter- The 'effICIency of the oollege at N ewclIstle 1 'the,llIselv,' e& I~ mOre tha!l one ,aspoo~ would 4epencl ~n the ~hougl1t, ot the '

h~ claImed, T~e Ideals of jus-: 'lommuDlt.y and Its work,foI: ~lle,. be!1efit, ~ fairpla:y bred Into young men I Of411mamty. .'," ";'t

,a ,~)g par~ in guiding ,their ' ,,' ;G:a:EATDElIfAN~$¥ADE, ' ' ";;>; ,{

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'~,o, !, ~10P~ t,o succeed unle_ 'pes~~~ u~~Jol~~~nV~)i~~e,t(eld):, 0, J. 1>\Iltdl!l ".,,,,,"/':',.7,' ",imself,' with' the latest (special, carpentry and Joinery ,dower' tra ~ J.reat demands were mRdCl J I " , of .'industry, The studen~{ cO~~~c~.tle Master Plumbe~' Aajoclatlon: ,~', "J.' his' goal to equip himseh' I Taylor '(lsi. plumbing r.), N. l1;;: F~ter (1st",

):'El proper discharge of .hi~ du~ie.. pltJmblnli' II). W. Smith (lst, pluJ;llblnll: IV". ' "nEll who had np' fidelity tP Ius beli\!fs', Briscoe and, ,Cpm\Jan,v Li'liltedJIt., ,1.. Teudt,

th Ost, plu!Dblnir V.). " ,reL',:":ous' ',or social. was not a wor y 'North~rll. Pollerles proprlet4ry'Llllllted: R .. G, ,specimen. III whatever field a person'l! Lamb (lst. house dralulnll:)', J,',F. ,Bradford (lIn4. , ,talents, were ,used they wer~ not wl\sted hou.e,dralnage). ",;' , ' if cmplQy~d, for a,conatrllctlve end. ' Sorby'. C,lmited: J. J. RalU" ,(lat, ~h~et ",etal ";Mr. ~icb eOll!!~atul!lted tl!l!. studl:mt~ I.), G. B. Boyes (2ud; oarpootr,i' aIIdJolne",

011 t.e e;x:cellent IItate of repair pftb,e n·l'~edc. 'A.~ Limited: 1'.' M. Oiveilil'(lI!t, Ih~e~ .,Sir Edge'll'Qrth Daviq _ ¥jllllOril\l. BniIdiPg" i 'J;Iletal, II.); 0" Cousins (2nd, pluDll!'nll' II.). - The' respect 'the bu!lilmg receIved' from ElI's:L. W. Crump (1st, lIletallurgy,'dlp\oma ',fltudenti! was' all indicatiollthat t.hey, knew' I.); W. A. CoJllgun (let, mechallical' engineer. · the wor.k being ,done for the cIty. in,,' diploma I.). '.' · :Mr. 'F. H. Hawkins. ~LL.A., gave a Hunler the Statloller ,Limited;; .U6I J. flit!

S' hort address, and moved a'vote of thankq (lSi, ,commerci~l' art); MI~ Joan Lell/III (tat. M millinery and art IlL) I MI.. V. Dewar (I~,

t9 Mr. Hicks. Mr. ,1.:Jr. oon, repre· dre.awaklng and art m.); MJoa M. Boydell (11~. se'nting the Students' Umon. thanked the .~kery Ill.).' , " donors of prizes and the artiAts. ~r. '. College' Prize Fund: T. Parkln80o(lat. Pr~' R. Party·Okeden responded. The Prm· ,patatory, diploma I.); B: R; Rele! .(2nd. prt-

· cipal(Mr. P;D; Elddell) t~anked the paratory d!ploma 1;); fJ. !I. Gow (l"t, pr .. ,.: , , , , 'paratory Illploma If.); R. G. Mal"prlu (2n<!,

I 'chairman; preparatory diploma n.}; ~.J. Willard (bt, ,c1,I' ,PRIZES. PRESENTED. preparatory diploma m.); F. T. Q'Leljry (2nd,

U H' k preparatory diploma I1r.); J. L. NQnlNi "nel' Prizes were awarded by .,.e88rs. Ie 8 mechanical eriglne~rlng diploma l')d' F~ Il. Mol.

and W. E. Clegg,' They iqchlded a bronzlj 'lioon (l~t. mechanlcl\l englneerlnK jploma £I.lI ' 'medal for Diplomate Geol'geHarden T~ew, M, '.J. «allinan (2nd. me~haqlcd tnglneerlnlf who gained 16 honours out of 21 .slIb)ec,tll djpl~ma II.); Il. O. Hoskins (>1st. meoh~hlctil, .in the elEictrical engineering eXamlDatlO~s. engineering diploma Ill.); R. Crump (2nd. Tl 1 tat ' f th t wa In mechanical englnefrlng diploma Ht.); ,IV. F. ' 1e Bst presen IOn 0 e 'Bor ~ Whitford (lilt. mechanical enll:llleerln~ diploma

, ,1925. IV.); J. A. Davl .. (211~, mech~nlCal engrneerlnlr Other awards were- dlploms ,IV.); W. Cocking (lot. 10~aJ I\'pyerlf~

. ASSOCIATES. , m,ent Qliglneerlng diploma V'.); B. Martin (2nd, , Oitel'llistry: Frimcis Lovell Ward. M.So. (ad eJeotrlcal ~nI:ine.rllla diplOMa, (U.):-; 1t. S.'

k, !, 'eundllDl gradum). Metalluri'Y~ Albert T. Batty Hobertsoq' (2rid;'iilectrlllal ,engln'eerlng"=illploma r (credit). Keith SUIl (cr, edit), ~'rederick William UV;); J. A, nutter (2nd. ~lecttlCaI engineering _Welshman (credit). 'diplollla V.) l D. Humby (lat, ohernlitl'.Y djplom.l

"gleet!'ical ooglneering: Ilavid Ingram ill.); 'J. S. Ratcliffe (1st, indii~trlal chemJatry

I (hollours), George Harden Thew (honoul'a), a.nd chemical "ft1gl11eeri~g dlplol!1a; N. V.' Hunt Haroln Ernest Dill/de (credit). Alan Charles (Uit, metalhirg,r. qll.loma II.); B.G. ,Sldltoll (2nd,

I Q'Neill (credit), John Anderson Rutter (credit)! ' meWlurgy dlplo1D8 It); A. Cowling '(l~t. me. ,Charles T. Knott (pan), John Ch~rles Mitchel, Ulllurgy diploma Ill.); J. Andertol1 (l,t,melal.

[", ',1 (pas.). Edward H. Orton (pass). ' urgy diploma IV.); D. J. Burne (~t .. l!ttlng

, 'Local governmellt engineering: Walter Cockln~ and mllchinilll!' I.); G. Jordoo ($nd, l!tting and ., (credit). Leo Douglaa F. Geer (credlt),.ll~ machining 1.)1 T. Millar (lat. 6ttlng 3Dd mao _ '

,'" Lister McLlntock (puBS). i' chilling 11.); Q. Booe (2nd,', 6ttulg jlnd lIIac,hin .. i .. I Mechanical engineering: William A. Hanna. Ill/!, II.); 8. Buckman (2nd,',Jlttln!( aP4 lIIac/JI1!, , ford (honours), WUllalQ' ~rancl8' Whitford Ing m.); E.'" Daviee (2nd. nttlnll' and lIIaohlll', \ (houours), Joseph 'Willl~ U. Beeston (credit), Ing tV.); P. 1'. Colquhotin ',,(~d, 6tting and, I' James Ale.xa&lder Davies (credit). Francis Leslill ttta()hlnhig' Y.); E. Oate. '(lat,' motot Qon~ttuc. r Bradford:"(p~.). Eric R.OA'le (pu'!&). tioo I.); ll:.F, Nlmer (2pd, llIatpr canattlictloll

, Sl,'ECIAL PRIZES., r.); J. Llimertoll (Uit, ~lacJUllllthing,trado , :' H. J. Scarfe Meniorlal prize: R. Donaldson cour •• ), H. 1 ",. Johnston (l~t; l1Qil~rlJla"lng I.) I ~ : (highest aggregate pa .. for full trade course In A. Robb (2nil. bat\enn~kln8' I;) I B, ~. F~old

"ngh,.erlng). (Uit, ,boliermaklng' II.);, J. Lott, , ,204" ,boll"l" The Institute of Engineers, Australia. New. maklpll' II.); L. J. BFowne ',(2nd."oollerilWtlnll

, I' 'castle divi6lon: G. H. Thew (1st. engineering III.); n." L. "ericka<!i!' (lIt,' Irilnfoundlng' I.); ! i diploma course). A. 'Wf,lgh~ (2nd. irollfOlll)dlnlt I.) I 14., Oook " !.: The Amalgamated Engineering Ul)ion. E. ,J. (tat; roofound,ng 11;): O. K'li1bk' (2n~i' lro!). I ;" ,Taylor' Oft, tittlnJ!' and machinlm: ut.). ,0undl11, g.); ~F. B. Dal"J' (181;, .;elec.rlc arc

t',,; Moore and Wright (Sheffield): G. R. nUBBelJ 'weldltig ;G. 'HamiltOn :(lat/'Qlt,,' acet,ylene I" . (most Improved student in fitting a.nd mach.lniuJ>:). : welding; 1t._Buclianan (~Ildl,e~"t,rj~, 6ttera V.~; I The l!ollermakers' Soplety of Australia: Q. J. Bllw (2bd, , catpeq!ry apo JolllerJ I.) I R ....

r· ':Elklngton (lat. bo!lermaklng III.)., Rodg80n (lSt, , brltik4jYlhgI.): D. J. !laid (2nd. :'; New South' Wales District Feqerated Moul4e", (briQkjaYI~g, I.): K. W. GIllI/I'I!on (2nd, I'IUillbIDr:' '

I "I, (Metals) Union 01 Au .. tralla, Newcastle br4Qob: ' I.); R. H: D""r<l8 (tat. IlIUiJ!blnil' .,In.); , fl{· A. Ingle (1st. ironfoundlng Ill.); Bradley' (2nd, p1tuIlPln!! :rr~.):J. K.' Reece (2n • , Tboe. McPherson and Soo: E. l!PJl:1(1 (lst,,6t· 'I' plumbing IV.);"I!l. McLean (lst, cQllllllning[.); I ' tillll: and' machinil\j( IV.)., R. R Harvey, (l8t; coalrlllning II.) { W •• 0. ~ The OOUllcll of the City of Greater ~~w· I Andetson (t.t, ,co~lmlnlllg II.); B. A len (lat,

"castle: r: A. Balks (lst, electrical epglneerlng , mi,ne surveyID!!'!.); MUis, ,H',J!1lnIll8', O,t, dress., diploma I.), I. ~'. Henderson (lat. electrical making' and ~rt .); Ailsa ,M. HQIIl~le(20d, dr,.8. engineeriog diploma. III.). ,A. :H. Stevenson (ht, m,klng and '1IrI, t.); Mlss'M;' I'IItIJOIl!l' Olt., dr_ ,electrical engineering diplollla IV.). G. H. TheW I,I)Il!ilng 8fIq art' U;i; MIM '.J!J. , )(00r8, '(~<I' dre .. ~

, (lst electrical engineering diploma V.). W. R. making /Uld art n. ; MI"" Y'. 'Ii:; Woodward (ht, Thomas (lst. electrical fttter~" I.). F. DUlck millinery and art, .)1 "MJoa D. )'.ew~ Clat, mil, , (1st electrical, Htte~, II.). R. S. laidler (at, Une, ry and art tr.)i Mi6a J. ,BoQrkQ (ut. cook. ' electrical flttereUI.); P. M. Gould (lst, elec· ery t, day), Mi811 M. FI8h~r (lat, oookery'., trlcal flttete IV.)" R. Alexander (l8t. eleQtrlc~1 evening); Mias ;y. Sadler (lOtt

k c(>l!lcerr I~.,da:r) l

flttera V.). . "A t 'II Millll M. Pendl~ton' (jat. c;oo ery II .• " :eV"!inJII1; The Electrical Trades Uplon () us r. s, Mrs. J. l...,rd (1st. nome lolel)c& oOllne) , 1111 ....

New South Wales branen. Newcastle ~J(elley: P.' 'Fu9le1l (20<!. home oclence cou~); )II" M. C Mascord (2nd, electri04I fltter. t.J. w. R. Turvey (l.t. commercial day cOUlwe); MI~ O. Attwood (2nd ... leotrlcal !ltter. If. ),' N. o,omw, Kamprad (2nd. cQmmerclal da,!' cour.~); W. ton ("nd electrical fitters III.), A. R. aalll,,!!' Muir (lit, aoooont8l10y It.); E. '0. SQtI!.h(1it. ton, (2nd: electrical fitters IV.). " ' ") bookkeepilJg a'Qd' IJiJalqeu prillciple. r.); lIlAs , The Mllster Builders' AssocIation ~t lielv South, ,n. Jlellth (ht,' Ilhorthand and tYP!lwrl,tlnlr' I.); Wales. NQwca.t1e, branch:: .R. H. WaddinghaDl, 'F; J. l'urvl8, (l,.t. patternmsklng I.); F. J.

,. '(lst. carpentry and Joinery 1.). C. Baldwin (1ft, Drake {Uit, , patternJ;llaktng, Ill.). carpentry and joinery, U;). E. 1l0l1en (lIt, Qarpe11try and jOiuery'IfI.), A, Ba.te~ (ht. car·

__ "I!imtry and .!olnery"lY:). H. SIllJt~ (1st. ,04r,

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Thur. July 13, 1939. This morning I walked down & goto~r"p'en';'l,!J sions, & renewed Fred's wirelass lic~nse & paid £. 3-3-0 'to . lear 'off the telephone bill. I walked home with very little .. rouble fom' my heart. Fred & Charlie have quite finished the . !"

ouse at Stony Po in t, & are now at home, preparing a plan of a ' ouse that they may build at,Belmont. This afternoon I received the folloWing letter from Selina Mur-phy:- . > • •

. Kadina; July 9, 1939. Dear Joe, Wife, & ,Family. Just a few Ii es in answer to your very nice &.welco~e letter I received a

few months ago. I know it is a long time since ~ did hear from , you, & sorry to keep you so long, but it is only neglect, I am

'sure. I do such a lot of letter-writing to 9ne & another of my ohildren, & sisters'& brother; & I have been down to my son's . place for a month to look after his wife & family, as she has bee n in bed with a little daughter; & I forgot to, take the address of your letter with me: so I Just could not write while there., I came home a day ,or 2 ago as my daughter-in-~aw is 'quite well again. This is 4 childredflow-- 3 girls & 1 boy. Well, Joe, I hope you & your good wife & ~ons & daughter are quit well, as I am pleased to say I am keeping very well. this last few months, bar a crook back, & I very' often g~t a very bad back I & more so if I don',t rest. I had it bad the first week my dau­ghter was laid up. But .now I am home & can rest more; so I will 1

I be better again .' ' Well, Joe, I see by your letter you had a rough spin getting ba back through the bush fires. Wasn't itawfu~ ? And you did have the luck to find'Mr. O'Grady. Joe, I forgot, to tell you ·when'you were here that Aunt Lizzie Vercoe is still alive & living'in Adelaide for many years. but Uncle Henry Ve~ooe is dead this years. He died out at Magill & is buried~at Magill cemetery ao­cross the road from where he lived. But unty is living with her youngest son, Henry. She is well ovet 70; I am expecting her up here with me, any old time now. She came up' about 3 years ago & stayed with me. You see we had such a lot to talk about I quite forgot. And Mary Terrell lives in ,Adelaide. That is uncle Steve Giles' oldest girl. She buried her first husband, Sam Terrell, & then married his brother Fred. And Charley Giles" her brothe died at her place with a cancer. Her mother & father died year ago. And there is one sister-- Char~otte-- living in Sydney. I think she has 2 or 3 old-age-pensioners living with her. Then there is Eliza Giles--. another girl-- in Adelaide. She is my age-- a widow. She has been in the' asylum 2 or 3 times. I see her when I am in Adelaide. And then there is another bOy-~ Steve Giles-- in Broken Hill somewhere. Of course Ollie,Giles

died at Broken Hill. She was a good-living Army woman. She died inchildb1rth, a change of life baby, but her husband & children are in the Hill. I saw Bess White the other day, & she is still,keeping frisky; & Dicky & Oharley are still about, ~ Vinq White is still keeping 110-qse. I saw her at the Army Har-

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.-~ 58. ">'--.. vest festival, & she cut the birthday cake at the 56th an'ni vex sary of the Army. Vina was the oldest one here in the Army. She , must be a ripe old age now, as Bess is no .chicken. 'Vina was disappointed in marriage; she had everything ready to be marrie to Mr. steve pollard, & he died. Aunt Maria's daughter Annie often comes here to see me. That was Annie Dalbywho is Rie

A.llan's step-sister, A dear old friend of mine was buried, las :Jonday-- such a dear old lady, a neighbQur of mine-- a honest,

upright, good Christian woman. She has been taking the Army War Cry for 50 years. I nursed her for 2 weeks when she was ill, & tben she was taken to a rest home last February, & she died ther

She was called Mrs. Thompson. My sister's only son was married last Sat. week in Town; & my eldest brother's son was divorced

from his wife She turned out a fair bad one; & Roy had a lovel bome for her too. It has broken my brother up a lot, & my siste

-i n-Iaw too. You see, Joe, even when the;y are married you sti 11 heve your worries. My 2 sons are out of work, but my youngest

80n is still working away at Curramulina & I am still a lonely old woman on my pat. '

Well, it is 'raining now, & talk about cold I It looks like no church to-night. I am sure I am not going if this rain,keeps up I will s1 t by the fire & read till bed time. I often wish I had

a wireless. I may be rich enough one day. Well, Joe, I hope you son will get on very well with his teaching. Is your daughter married yet? I had some visitors here with'me from Walla Wall N.S.W. last March. They begged me to go back with them in the car. Well, Joe, I don't think I have any ~ore news I can write

just now:; sO lots of love & good wishes to you & your wi'fe & family. So cheerio. I remain your true. cousin, sel~na Murphy." Joe, I am sorry the snaps were no good. Write soon."

Fri. July 14,1939. Charlie & Fred are at,home. They cannot go on with their expected new building: job at Belmont, until th

plan of the hose is approved of by the Greater ~ewcastle Counci Florence is at home to-day. She will prob.ably leave th,e Mater: hospital for a while, if not for ever, ne,xt Tuesd~y, as she

cannot endure the tantrums of.one of the nuns there. If-~lorenc leaves there finally she expects to go away from this q,istrict

ito find work at nursing. ' The great, burning publ1c question now is shall we sign Menzie national register cards ? Several bigun10ns have. declared tha

they will not sign the cards, although they will be liable tob fined heaVily & perhaps jailed besides. There may be one of th

: biggest ~stralian strikes over the matter, for many unionists I are greatly opposed to the national register, which is for mil-

:LI, ': ftary & industrial' conscription. Not one parson, preacher, nori

.::: priest that I know of has publicly adv~cated a national boycott I I:: of the new conscr1ption law. Some of the so-called Labor member~ ~:" are also silent on the matter. : J r ~,--- ::_::_--_: -

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Friday, July 14th, 1939~ To Mrs., Selina Murphy',

i.d' Newoastle, N~S. w. 41 Digby 8treet, Kadina, 8th. AU8.

Dear Cousin Selina,' We really thought that you had d"ecided to IS wri tenomore to us, but I am delighted to find that we were

mistaken. Your reason for your long delay' in writing is quite sa.tisfaoto7:,Y, & you may consider yourself discharged without a

stain on your character. I am exceedingly pleased with your

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, long & interesting letter, for you have told us many facts C~U\j~ -rning our people that I have wanted to know'for years past. I glad 'to find that you are able to gt?t about. & attend church se

vices &'Army meetings despite your frequent aches &-pains. You will be pleased to know that, with the exception of myself,

our family enjoy good. health., I am slowly reco vering from ,the attack of Bright's disease, but I am still. a ,.long way from being

V quite well. Recently dootor Bourke gave me 7 injections of a fluid that is extracted from livers, as he said that I am in ' . need of more blood. The injections cost 42/ -, but' they are well' worth it to me for I feel much better now & am able to take a

· walk of a mile or so without so much fluttering of my heart as I 'formerly' suffered. If I continue to improve I should soon be as_ well as ever. ~ It is very pleasant to' find: that-bB:i-fH!i-&- Aunt Lizzie ercoe is 'living, though it is equally asAsad to learn thefaot t at Henry' has gone into the life beyond. Although the'y never corresponded with our family I have always remembered them & felt interested

· in their welfare, & I am pleased to know'that AWlt Lizzie is likelytb visit you. I hope she is quite well & that she is not in want of anything. Under our exploiting sooial system it is

I :,not easily possible for wage earners to amass much wealth for . :'old age.; Anyhow, she will banish your loneliness, & will be able, ,to attend to Vou if you become ill & helpless. I have Just been looking at the old photograph of Aunt Lizzie' &qncle Henry, & it revives the memory ,of old times. I would like to have a more

9 reoent photo of them , & of their family. It is also pleasant to learn that, cousin Mary Terrell lives in Adelaide. We have her portrait 'in a group; but I have forgotten which ,is which of the others. in the group. I would also like to,

· have later photos of all of them; & would like to have Mary',s . . present address. I well remember poor Sam Terell, for he wqrked with me at Kurilla,on the picking-tables, & he always seemed to? be a very delioate lad; but I do not ,remember his brother ]fred. Their old home is still fresh in my memory, althou:gh it has gone like the other houses. I also remember young Char~ey Giles, &:.

am sorry to find that he, beoame a victim to that world scourge- .', ancer. Very often I wonder why suOh incurable diseases 'were put',. to the world, for surely poor people have. enough of many other;;

60. diseases to contend against. Some day some clever sCientist may find a cure for that terrible disease, or may' discover what· causes it'. > •

Your news that cousin is living in ~ydney surprises me; &: • raises' hopes that some fine"day I .may have--thepleas'ure of vis­iting her. If you have her address will· you please send it·to . me,-'Selina, so that I may know where to find her if IvisitSy dney. Poor cousin Eliza Giles is to be pitied, but I suppose she is made as comfortable & happy as possible in the' asylum. Perhaps you could give me young Steve Giles'present address so that I could send him a few lines. If the rain had not forced u us to leave' Broken Hill in a hurry I would have searched out 111 of the family. . ' .

i:' Some years ago I had a let,ter from cousin. Ollie Giles •. She sent me her photo, & told me that her married name was Slone ,

& mentioned the Salvation Army. Opinions &: beliefs· differ much concerning the state of the dead;'but one facti is certain-­

they are eternally unconscious, or e.14e they have simply passed from this short life into a spiritual world in which life is

everlasting. Your news about the White family is very pleasan for it is good to know that they are allalive.& w.e.ll. It is ne

I to me that Elvina was about to be qJ.arried) but robbed by Death of her intended husband. The Po11ards were fairly well knOWIl.t me at one time, but through the lapse of time I have almost

forgotten them. Nor can I c1'3ar1y remember the.Dalby's , but i is sad to hear of Mrs. Thompson's death. As .she lived a goodlif

I there need be no fear that her future will be unpleasant. ' Some day Roy may meet 'a good woman'who will make his home very

pleasant as hi s wi fe. May it be so. . , Your news of your sons being out of work is not pleasant, but I hope they will soon find an employer who will giv~them regular

work at a good wage. Where IS O~ramu11ina, Selina fUy atlas does \ ' not show where it is. You say you wish you had a wireless. Wel

you could probably buy a little cry~tal set & earphones;for two pounds,that would enable you to listen in to 5 0 L Adelaide & Orysta~~took. If we were living near YOU I would give you a 5 valve set, but you would need to buy 3 electric'batteries &

pay 21/ - per year for a listener's licence.' Then you would have , buy new valves from t~me to time. But I thing that an,.y.radio

dealer in Kadina or Wallaroo would gl?-dly supply & inst·all a crystal set for::you for about .40 shillings.

I Yes,! Selina, Arthur IS getting on well Wi th his teaching at Gin Gin.( This name is pronounced like the gin in 'begin). He is a lot happier there than he was at Kickabil--his first scho.ol. . We do not expect him home at his next' vacation, for he. intend

to go wi th a tourist party , by steamer, to Papua a,nd back •. ' . . The trip will take almost all of his time, so it will be so~e

,months before we shall see him.However, the trip should b~ ve·ry . pleasant & instructive to him, & the 'knowledge may help him in ;teaching the children. Walter left home on the 28th of last mont~

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& went to a new job- in Sydney. He is helping to desie:;n-& draw plans for machinerybto operate the sorting belts in the general post office-~ a 2 years job. The salary is £ 504 a year. he, works from 8-45 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 5.;..6 p. m.'" On Monday , Tuesday, & Thursday nights he has to work on until 10-30 o'clock, but be getspaid time & a half for the overtime; so each night will be worth about 32/- to 'I him.We are afraid, however, that so much night work willbe too great a strain on his eyes., He was at home for an hour last Monday night, as it was prize-giving night at the New-castle Technical College, where he has been studying for , years. He got a aredi t pass & wou, a' prize, & received his --', big diploma for i viI Engineering. So now he has finished his j studi'es--for a time at least-- & is now reaping the reward of J

all his wearisome poring over ponderous books till all hours. I

If Walt's eyes can stand up to tbe work & his·healtb remains I good he will probably do well in' his new sphere. Of course i we miss him, for this is the first time he' has worked away fr; from his home; but possibly he will not miss home so much, fo~; he is boarding ,with a very nice woman who is a distant re- 1

lative of ours. His only trouble is tbat'Ashfield-- where he i boards-- is too far away from the city, especially when he ji has to work late. He will try to find a sui table place to II live & to garage his car on the North shore. He will be able I to drive home oocasionally; & aS,the telephone is installed .!

where he lives, & we also have a phone, we can speak to him i at any time after he has finished his shift. Walt is a very quiet' young man, &balthough at present I don think that he is a member. of the Salvati.on Army nor any re- , ligious body, he does not swear, drink, nor gamble, so far " as I know. He is one of the most imperturbable lads in the world. If things go against him he never disturbs the calm­ness of his mind; & if thi~gs go with him he does not make ~ny jubilant demonstration about it. He very seldom manifest any. affection for man or maid, nor does he shownany violent disl,ke towards anybody or anything. His mind seem~ fully taken up wi th study; yet he is gentleman.lY &. ObligJn,When .... -asked for a favor. Walter has been the mainstay of 0 famil for years & has been very liberal in his contributio to: the home sustenance fund. i'· - "' Of course' yo well remember brothers Jack & Bob. Jaok lives

- JI with his wife & daughter Matilda in Mayfield East.l,!'hey are __ members of the S' army , & so _ are some of their sons. Jack"ha retired from work at the steelworks, but he will not stop - -. working, & he goes about mowing lawns, clippiu,ghedge@, & . doing little jobs like that. But between'you &-me, SE3l1na,I don't think be is without a few pounds, & has no real need ~.:. to continue working.He was born at Kadina on th¢ llth'of Jul 1864, so it is time he gave himself a spell. , : .•• I must let this suffice for the present, & h6p~ you will n be too long in replying. Yoursrwi th love, Joen ocking •

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. 62 •. ,62. G>"i.. Sat. July 15, 1939.· Oaptain. Olive Worley paid us a visit yes­

terday, & she & Florence' were together nearly all day. Ivy also came down & stayed a fe"hours. I have'posted my letter to-cou­sin.S~lina Murphy, & ~ent the v v1ew of our house taken. from the

hut~ I. added a postscript re, Florence,: in reply to Selina's que stlon ln her letter.. I was' abl~ to do a little wC)rk in our gar­

den to-day, ,for I feel a degree better. Mum'went to Newcastle yesterday & bought herself a'new handbag & a new'shopping bag This is a lovely, mild day., •

, . Thur. July 20, 1939. Last Tuesday I went to Dr. Bourke, &' h

said my heart is ~ight. He prescribed some medicine,'& told me to return in a month', s time. On Monday I did some weeding in th garden, which I have not done for some months past, for I felt

much better. I also walked much farther on Tuesday than I hav done since my illness began. Florence finally left the Mater hos pital on Tuesday; but she was called to return there on the sa~ evening. She was too tired to go back then, &. she has not been called there since. Charlie has been typing out speCifications yesterday & to-day •. This afternoon we recei ved the following let ter from Artb4r:- .

"Post oifice, 'rrangie, Saturday. Dear Folks, I am not deceased, defunct, or anything like that. I wrote to you before but the letter ran in such a melanoholy strain that I wouldn't send it.

i" The day was cold & dark & dreary" the day I wrote it, & the glo i miness of the weather seemed contagious. Now I can write of it ! without rancour. The winter out this way is" certainly nothing t ; write home about, but I must talk about something, so here goes. ~ I like good old Gin Gin very well in the summer, when I can go !swimming daily, but the sight of the river flowing uselessly by i '. winter irks me somehow. The cold wont let me swim & the law won

let me fish •. However, it has its advantages. I have no rows,with the parents for the simpie reason that I very seldom see them. I

would have very little ;n common with them anyhow. They're a di. ty indolent lot. There are no improvements you'd expect in such naturally pleasant spot. Nor is there much attempt at gardening

! a;thougb there is an ample supply of water: By the way, the kids. iLhave taught each other several thi9gs about floriculture. It's i bee~ a bit costly, because of the ravages of grubs, aphides, &' , frosts, but it was worth it. I think we will have a very fair

ii showing in' a few weeks' timli ,although there are few flow'erf3 at i present: I told you I became village carpenter & built the kids I a sand tray, didn't I? It's amazingly useful, even for senior

,! history & geography. I now. have to fit back rests & shelves kind ,'I supplied by the department aft~r' much importunate begging by you i.~ truly. I forgot what I was gOlng to write about now. Oh, I have (; , it. I have just concluded an economic pact with 2 of the locals, t.~~nder the terms of which they agree to JOintly supply 3 imperial '::::: ' ..... ~-----------

---,-' los 6 }.,., ,. ,gallons of· petrol if I take them to Dubbo' to-night. The arran ...

~ .; gement is to apply almost every Saturday night sine die. That ~' should very nicely pay for my passage as well. Both the fellows , 11 ve in Dubbo, but work at the local post office. This a:rzatLtget;ex Y 'xmenx agreement should be mutually satisfactory. - ! My next pay has arrived, so please find enclosed five smackers •

. : The bike has arrived in good order & condition, thanks. I wi "oon be able to get the old muscles into trim again. I'm sorry to : ear that Mum & Dad are so often alone. I ,recently sent in an app

I ,lication for Wellington, Dubbo, or a suburb of Newcastle in that 1e rder •. It 11 send in another for Newcastle, Wellington, or Dubbo. e' erhaps I have Buckley's chance of getting either, but at the end .le is year I will have completed 3 years as a "headmaster"-- suff-t; ioient time to get used to it, tired of it, used to it, & tired of ire t again. I am now in the 4th stage. I feel sorry I didn't take the ~ , chance to go to Dubbo when I had it. They say opportunity only ... .2~ks once. 'Yours Arthur." i·

~ Sat. July 22, 1939. tast night Florence received a call tomgo to ~tVacy to nurse someone, but while she was preparing to go she got

a message telling her that she was not require~ as ~nurse had . been found t'o go to Vacy. This afternoonnWal ter came home in

i,)' his car. He had started off for home on Friday evening, but : ,had only gone 2 miles when the engine broke down, & he had to wa

til it was repaired. The job cost 1 pound 17 & six & he gave 10 ;a mechanics 5/- extra. Walt looks well, but he h~s had some

• ,trouble with his teeth, 'Which had become septiC. He also had 2 ;0' ~~eth ~xtrac~ed. Bariss Magner is ill in the Newcastle hospi t

W~ th dlpther~a. ! I in I ' Mon. July 24, 1939. Yesterday afternoon Jose took· me in his It .. car to-He:l!.'t~ tslington park, where there was an anti national , .; register meeting. There wereabout 300 people, mostly men, list .... , i !:' ening to 4 or 5 good speakers who urged them' not to sign the r ' national register cards. No resolutions were put to the meet-a ing, and no questions were asked. The.' speakers used an amplifie

, that could be heard a great distance away. A collection was taken and amounted to 14/1. . .

'. Walter left home for Sydney last night at 7-3°, forhe has to pe::,: ,; back at work this morning. He was to pick up Harry & Mrs. Worle

at Broadmeadow. ) . On the way up from Sydney on Friday evening the breakdown made,

·them go baok home for the night,J. & they could not resume thefr '., ' Journey to Mayfield until 9 on ijaturday morning.' . " 1 TO-day I finished writing.the following verses, which I have . r, (sent to 1\ Common Oause & to the " Workers' Weekly Herald", Adel I ' .;laide:-I" : ' 0 .... " OamoUflaged Oonscription.

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Come, all ye unemployed & tramps With those who starve in pauper camps, Fill all your conscript papers: Give Bob. & little Billy th~nks, But shun d'isloyal rebels,'ranks And Communistic capers~

Congratulate--heroic Bob : Who did his masterst dirty Job By means of bluff&,bluster~. Though Bill, the t,abour tra.itor, failed, Bob's threats & camouflage prevailed To make their conscripts muster.

Remember, ere you sign your name~ That Robert wore, sans fear or shame,

War's trappings & regalia, ' But when he heard ,his country's calls To play the game of stopping balls, He cOivered in Australia.

Remember,too, that little Bill Declined the chance to rush & kill O.onscripted foreign brothers:· . His garments were not "rolled in blood II ,

He dodged wild Warfare's .drought-& flOOd, But tried to conscript others.

Remember alsoo that they send Pig-iron cargoes to their friend,' The murderous mikado. To help his baby-bombing war They send,supplies of iron-ore With impudent bravado.

Then come, ye paupers, from the holes Where infants starve on paltry doles, With parents disregarded By thieves who caused your hopeless plight And.trampled ev'ry human right--Come forward & be yarded.

! Don't disobey the sacred law L, ______ D_e_s ... i_g_n-e-d-t-O----..... ~-il-l~:a~t 's h~_r_y_m~w, . ____ ~ __ _ 4#

10 !J- 65. For Jingoes have commanded: Like lambs come meekly & obey

. The gang, that loves to rule & prey-­Come quickly &- be branded. -

Come forth at Chamberlain's,command And sign to save your native land Of ' which you own no portion; Enrol to save the stolrn wealth Amassed by trickery & stealth And legalised-extortion.

Be meekly dumb & wholly blind And have a tame, submissive mind When threatened by~he faction Whose guiding deity, of course, Is Chamberlain, & who endorse His eV'ry word & action. -

S~, c?me with comrades,-pals, &, "pards, Flll ln this gang's conscription cards

.-W'ithout a pang of sor,row; Come, sign your: rights & life a,way: You've little freedom left to-day-­YOU'LL HAVE NONE LEFT TO-MORROW' " .

To "Common Cause,lI, & IIw.W.Herald lf , 24/7/39.IfB.~,Uner"25/7'39. 'Printed in nO.Cause" 27/7/'39. .. (

Thur. July 27, 1939. Pension day. Also Fred's birthday, as he born on the 27th of July, 1909, at ·Wa11send.· N.S.W • . I met Mrs. Webb ( nee Florrie Smit~h) on my way to the post off­ice. She lives beside Maitland road. I feel better to-day than

.I have for some months past. This is a lovely day.xxxx.

Mon. July 31, 1939.Last evening Florence came home sufferijg an attack of influenza. She was too ill to continue nursing

Boyle, so she got a nurse to take her place, & came home & t to bed. ahe has, all of the symptoms· of influenza. Keith has.

been ill with measles ,about a week. Yesterday afternoon I went Is1ingt.on park & ·listened to several speakers address a large ence on ·the Na6Jiona1 Register. Among the speakers were Mrs.

gworth, Miss Dean, &' Mr. Patterson. No Labor members spoke. ast Saturday I _sowed ~ome carrot seeds at the top end-of the

.Oool,.c'loudy weather. Fred came ,home this morning. He has Latham's job.

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"Thur."A.ug.3, 1939:' Florence has been 1: bed until to-day, when she W!tS up for a

__ ._ ' _tIe' whH:e;"'as'~she . ~~~~~~ __ ~.~~'~~~~~~"~'~~-]'+'~ getting better.

-~-'camOUnag~~'Con~CriPtiontr(; . 1~ ~!~~ ~~~i~~~dV w , ,( " ',' !.,' I,' ,ing the garden; bu

" 't#'; Amassed~y' tri~kery and ,stoa,l,th as rain has fallen Come, all ye unemployed a.nd tramps, And lega,Used extorti"n. " d i h I With' those who starve In pauper· ,-, ur ng teas t

camps" " Be~ee~i~ dumb and wholly blind. days the g'round':" ,Fill all your conscript papers, And have, It tame, submissive mind 't t

Give Bob and little Billy tl}anks, When threatened by the fa~tlon ' 00 we to' sow any But shun disloyal rebels' ranks Whose guiding deity, of course, seeds. Almos tall

And Communistic capers! Is Chamberlain, and who, en~orse the uni ons have v Congratulate heroic' Bob, His ev'ry word and action." ' foolishly taken Who did his masters" dirty Job So c~~ewith comrades, pals and Ou rt in' s advice

By means of bluff,. and bluster; "pards"i ' " b h Though Bill, the Labor traitor, failed, Fill in this gang's conscription cards, a andon t e i r boyc Bob's threats and camouflage pre- Without a pang of sorrow. a f the National Re

vailed Come sign. your rights and life away • t To make their conscripts muster! I You'';e little freedom left to.day- 1 S e r. ,

. II You'll have none left to.morrow! , Remember, ere you Sign your name", ,-"Capsicum." , J That Robert wore, sans fear or shame, '. ' 1 Sat., Aug. 5,19

War's trappings and regalia; _ _ . '" ' -But when he heard his cou.ntry's calls Las tnight , at 9~15 , Walter arrived in

,To play the g~me ~f stoppln~baJls, his car from Sydney He is quite well He stayed right In Australia.' • •

, This morning he cut my hair, & has gon Remember, too, that little Bill , t t hi n ut This is a sunny d Declined the chance to rush and kill 0 ge s 1i wn C •

Conscripted foreign brothers; but a cold 'esterly wind is blowing. His garments were not "rolled in Florence was~up all 'day yesterday, as s

blood" , 0 'S Hedodged~ildwarfare'sdrou9htand, is almost quite well agaln. tevens, t

flood, , 'N. S. W. premier has resigned, & his Bucoe But tried to conscript others. is' riot· yet seleoted. This morning WaIte

Remember, also, that they send I drew, some m'oney out of the bank & repai Pig-iron cargoes to their friend, Mum £. 30 that, he borrowed to help to pa

The murderous Mikado, To help his baby-bombing war for his oar; & he gave her £. 6 beside They send supplies of iron-ore Thi s afternoon Wal t took Mum & Florenc

With impudent br,~~aQo. , to Oessnook for a rq.n. "Then come, ye paupers, from the holes Where infants starve on paltry doles,

With parents disregarded, By thieves who caused your hopeless

plight, . ' . ' And trampled eV'ry human right- ,

Come forward and be yarded! 'I_ 'Don't disobey the sacred law

Designed to fill Fat's hungry maw, J For jingoes have commanded;

Mon. .Aug. 7,. 1939. Last evening Walt left again for Sydney by car. He ]ook set of golf clubs with him. This After

noon ~im Cocking c~lled on the way to Ab ermain to see his Dad. I gave Jim a "Wi , World, Magazine ll • to take up. We hive

oe.ived the fqllowing letter from rt:-I Like lambs 'come meekly anq obey The gang that loves to rule and prey- II Weemabah ,St., Tr~gie, Saturday. Aug • .5, I Come quickly, and'be branded., 1939. Dear Folks) Flo',s letter woke me

up to the faot tnat I owed you a lett "Come forth at Chamberlain's com' I I suppose I overlooked wri tlng becau6

mand,. ' And sign to save your na~ive.land, ,~there was simt>ly nothing to write to "'1-

,Of which you own no portion. about. Nothlng happens la~~ly. I con , Enrol to save the stolen wealth _,,-_~ , __ ._~, __ , ,h __________ ~_ .J,

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{of 67. to grow fat , comfortable, & sedate • .r go to Wellington 00-

casionally ( Iwent last week end 1 but, since, I have desoribed ~rips to Wellington several times before, I oan't go through a t~hatagain. I don't think I described my visit to Narromine re­

tly. All teachers out this way had a day off to see a physi training demonstration, that is to see modern developments in

eaching the subject. A young lady· (who looked a bit of all ri t, by the way )was the demonstratress ( I hope there is suoh a word). It seemed rather significant that whenever she had rPlanations to make she made them to the young men present; the '~~rl teachers there could find out things fox themselves as far ~s she was conoerned. It was a pretty easy day. We loafed about until about 10-30 a. m.' ,& then saw how to form a peroussion b • I am thinking of trying one out at the two Gins-- it should Just suit my white niggers. In the afternoon we played the sup-erprimary boys baseball, to our mutual delight. When we had

.hed a score of 6 all they declared the game a draw. Not bad getting paid for playing with the kids,is it ? Of course I'had

. to do a 40 mike trip &' rec1ived no expenses for it • . Yours, not so gloomy this time, Arthur. We are to go down to see ,an art demonstration on Thursday next. The holidays start on ,Thursday. fortnight. I'm sorryI'm so slow in replying to your I

letters. I'll write the same dai as· I reoeive your next letter. ! Yours Arthur. II

Thur. Aug. 10, 1939.Yesterday afternoon Florence went to New­cas't1e, & while she was away there were 3 telephone 'oal1s for her to nurse people. She went to one p1aoe last night. Fred has set 3 paokets of seeds in the vegetable garden. There has been a snowfall on Barrington Tops. This is pension day.

Sat. Aug. 12; 1939. F10renoe is nursing a woman by night at the mater. She is re00vering from an operation for tonsilitis, & wants someone to be near her at night, so Florenoe has t9 be , on night work, Yesterday was a remarkably oold day, & snow on several mountains in N.S.W. & Queensland. To-day has been sunny, but a oold west wind is blowing. Florence is, well again,

,but Keith, Daphne, & Noel all have measles, & are at home. Art sent a letter to F10renoe in replybto the' one she sent to ' him with the guernsey that she· leni tted & gave him. He is well," but "BOred stiff"· at Trangie & GinG1n. Fred has advertised hi boat for sale, in to-day's Herald, prioe £ 32 •

Wed. Aug. 16, 1939. Florence finished nursing Mrs Riokard, tor's Wife, this morning. Mum went to Newoastle, & bought a

ermos flask, 2 glass fly-traps ~: ad' for herself.r,.; e are making a cabinet for sotfteone, ieR«ve been at hom!f,

they finished at the lake. We are expeoting Bella & Uti:. s to visit us shortly .;~)

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'r .. Tues, Aug. 22, 1939. yest~·r~ay w~8:ceived the :rOllO:1~g 1ej ter from Arthur:- I

"Trangie, Friday, Aug.18, 1939. Dear i'olks, There's only a we' k more to work, so that I'm looking forward to the o~uise. I'm

making stren~ous efforts to reduoe &: to get into reason~ble 00 di tion by doing wi thout .dinner . daily, &, playing a wild &: wooly

kind of hookey with the kids. We haven'~ p~oper hookey. stioks,y you know, just bent boughs. -It's quite,a thrllling game, even though we. do get a few whaoks oooasionally. fter all, w~at I need ( pleased don't be shooked) is sport, sport, sport, sport &: then a bit more. I don't Just meani,t,physioally-:-.-it's t,err­ibly important ,sooially &: mentally. Out, h~re it doesn't matter

if you're Einstein in disguise, if you ha~e,no sport you need some exouse for your existenoe. If I had been a tennis enthus;i

ast I would have got to know people,.~ made friends in, Trang1e. as 1 t is I have, done neither., I'm neye,r invited to anything th that's on. 'and it's not the fault of the Trang1eans--it's mine.

I should have woken up years ago. Then I wouldn't have needed to go away a~ week-ends to ge,t out of it., If I hadn't gone away at week-ends I would haye been better off f1nanoially. Again,

i had I been a good tenniS, player my work would have been better. A feeling of inferiority &: uselessness ean' t, help showiUg 1 tsel in a fellow's speeoh'&: wa~k. I want to be a B.A. some day. but 'I'm SURE I'll be better off physioally, mentally,f1nanoially, & morally, &: so01ally if I concern myself with winning a tennis oup first. I know Dad wont approve of thiS, but', having seen both points of view, I'm positive that a'deoent sportsman ( I

mean deoent morally, too , )is more of a suooess in life than an asoetio absent-minded professor. Believe it,or not, I'm oonvin­oed sport will help me" to study. But I'm starting to regard sport as something important about 10 years too late.

I I'll give you all the news later when I'm on board shiP. About i " the dough. I f you hadn't suggested it'.r .. d pe aV8Il more asl1amed i than I am Of asking far the loan of a fiver. Perhaps I wont ne I it; I don't think I will, but I may. loan pay baok with intere t during the holidays. If you' . wire it to Tran';gie pest offioe I I'd be obliged. Thanks. 'Next ter~ f'm staying here ~t weekend

I! 11 then manage to sa ye &: to send you a few pounds now &: the I I th~nk I'll be home the seoond Thursday in the holiq.ays. !'You'll be pleasedmto learn that I've oonquered my former sleep

. iness -- I' ~ sooiallY,'lslow now. If visitors arrive now I beat hasty retreat to my r09m. I have nothing to say ,if I s'tay.

Fanoy me at a,loss for words, Anyhowm I wont be in the West al my life. Arthur. p.b. Mervio is O.k. He sends his kind regards

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. loC! . 69. ,Tues. oontinued. . This morning Flo'renoe was oalled· to goto Singleton to nur­

se a man named Goold who has a paralytic stroke. He lives at View Street". So she went'up, & haa to be ,met at the station & taken to the house • '.- . , is morning I went to Hamilton by the Waratah tram, & consulted dootor Bourke. He examined my heart, & said that it is good. He

presoribed some medioine for the soreness in my right side • . From there I walked to the OO-OPe store & got 3 typewriter ribbonl

I' I' 2/6 eaoh. Alf Oooking & Lola were here onxMmmdaJ Sunday , . afternoon. They live· in Sunderland street,. Waratah. Kei th,Noel,

& Daphne have almost reoovered from the measles.

Thur. Aug. 24, 1939· ••. T.b,is . moi'Ili"ng Florenoe returned by train ;a from Singleton, as her unfortunate patient,. Mr. Goold, died. He

was an Israelite. Florenoe liked the relatives of Mr. Goolq, as i. i they are also Israelites and are very nioe people. " I !

Charlie has,bought maple planks to build a boat with. Last Tues. we sent £ 5 by telegraph to Arthur. My right kidney has been I. tender & sore sinoe last Mon.,but it is getting baok·to normal.

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"Publio Notice" to "Oommon Cause ll , & 1 to the ,II "Workers' Weekly Herald", this morning. I drew our pensions as

~ usual this morning. A oold, westerly win~ has been blowing for o weeks past, but it is not quite so cold to-day. .

It is reported tha~ the Russian Government has made an agree- I

ment with Hitler & his gang,so the papers are full of excitin£: news & oomments oonoerning the alleged pact. i

We have just received the following letter from Jack's Gladys:~

.' "1i'irst Avenue, Warrawong. Deal' Grandma,How are you all keeping I

'. I hope you are all well. We, are all well, with the exception 01 of John. He was getting through t,he fenoe last Monday week to ohange 2/- for his bus fare to school when his foot got caught & he fell & broke his right arm in 2 places below the elbow.

Jaok was at work, sol took him to the 'doc.tor at Warrawong, & \ he was' out,; so I got a taxi' & took him to the doctor at Port I

Kembla.. He only put a sling on it & told me to take him to Wol-.ongong hospital to have it X rayed, & wait till he arrived. I

, They X rayed it tWioe, & dootor told me' they would give him an 'J

anaesthetio at 3 0' olock in the ·afternoon. Jack saw him at 5 0' Ci

clook, & he hadn't come out of it: he didn't know Jack was ther; . e. They X rayed hie arm on Tllesday & dootor said he wasn't sat-1sfied;the bones weren't meeting.· So they gave him another an­aesthetic on Wednesday & reset his ann. They Xrayed it on Thursd ay & said they were pleased with it, & 'that he could come home. : It's set in plaster of Paris. I have to take him to the doctor a

. again to-morrow. The doctor said the earliest they co.uld start J' , to knit is 4 weeks: some take 7 or 8 weeks. .If he makes union

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, 70. 10 in 4 weeks he'll have to ~ave the plaster ta~en off, & ~nothe put on. Jack & the children- -have had sore eY,es; they are al

better now. How are all the Oarrendotta street people: we pop they are all well?,. Love" "from Jack, the ohildren, & myself. Glad Oooking. xxxxxxxxxx." '

REMEDY FOR RHEUMATISM.

The. following remedy for rheumatism was given to Ivy at a Home League meeting:- One ounoe of Sulphur; 1 ounoe of oream of tar tar; half an ounoe of thebe~t rhubarb powder; 1 dra.chm of gum guaiacum; & 6 ounces of honey. '.

Mix well. Start wi th 1 teaspoonful in hot water ,& increase as time goes on.

~ .., Mon. Aug,' 28, 1939 •. Walter came home in his oar,with a friend, I on Friday ,night ,late, On Sat. afternoon he, took Mum, Ivy, & the children to Toronto. Yesterday Walt went to Stookton to see Johnny ROSej'& last night he left again for Sydney. Walt is still boarding at Mrs. O'Connor's house, & he likes his work

,very well. He has reoeived 2 lett~rsfrom the B.H.P. oongrat­ulating him on gaining his 2 diplomas. He brought home a Thorn~ Piokard shutter for me, forwhioh he pa~d 8/- in Sydney; & I spent most of Saturday in fitting it to my half plate camera. I have handed him 10 pound~ to buy an enlarging oamera in' Sydne for me. Florenoe worked 2 shifts at the Mater hospital to rele­ase.sister Hays. The oOld westerly wind has stopped blowing, & thiS morning the weather is oalm & warm. . Before Walter starte to come home on Friday he saw Arthur at the wharf where the 0 ranto was berthed, Just before she, sailed away for Rabaul. Ivy, Jose, & the 3 children we+e with us yesterday. The papers are saying that Hitler is .likely to make war over t return o~'Dantzig to German rule. Almost every country is pre paring for mass-murder again. Will the workers ever awaken?

iW' 'Tues. Aug. 29, 1939. This morning we reoei ved the' following letter from Arthur:- "Orient Line. England Australia.S.S. Ot­ranto. All at sea ( Near Byron Bay). Dear Folks, We are now somewhere nearly opposite the Queensland border, sailing on a sea' as smooth as glass. Fate & the weather have been extremely

. kind to us so far, & th~re ha~ not been a dull moment sinc~ I came on board. This 'latter .has been somewhat of a disadvantage for I was as tired as the proverbial old dorg las.t night yet di

'. not go to bed till afterll, &, having been on the go all day to day making my debut at deck quoits & several ~tber games sucb as circles & ping pong,' I am a lit~le on the weary side. .

. However, although itt s about half past ll,(at night of course) I must continue writing for I want to post this to-morrow in Brisbane. Owing to the exoitement of the situation my thoughts are topsy turvy. I' should have followee the logioal sequence

'71 71.- ,- -I telling you about my trip down. At the l'ast minute ,& somewhat ainst my better Judgement, I deoided to bring the oar'toSyd-ney. I,had as passenger the garage man fr9m Trang1e, whom I i

.lrneoted to drive, about half the way, but in this I was disapPoini

He drove for about 60 miles , after which h,is eyes gave out, Muggins to aot as ohaffeur for the res~ of the trip.

implybeoause I wouldn't let myself give in, I didn't feel at sleepY, despite the faot that my offsider slumbered & slept.

rabout 100 miles. He left me at Burwood, while I continued o Town where by a rare stroke of good luok ~ managed to'obtain

·a bed at the' People's Palaoe. I retired at about 3-20 a.m. , You will notioe I did not describe the trip in ,rich & loving de­tail. It was uneventful to the'point of monotony. My partner slept; the engine roared; the. mountain gale blew; while I drove,

" drove, & dro.ve. That's the whole, story. '. By the way, I recei ved the money o. k. Thanks,) As Wal has '. old you, there was some talk of the ship not saili,ng., but no .

seemed to take the rumour seriously. By a remarkable stroke of good luok the passengers are not mainly pot-bellied pluto­rats & superannuated school teaohers, which Iat the same time

. against yet dreaded. - .. are a nioe, sooiable orowd, known to each other even now

y stian names. One's surname never seems to be mentioned' ere. It isn't even thOught of. The tuoker is exoe1lent J altho.

menu (eno10sed ) is a little confusing at first. To ou-t a long storysh'ort, 1 t augurs well to be a' pretty good ruise. I don't think we'll either get seasiok or sick' of the

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s.continued. Yesterday Mum & F1orenoe were ready to go to ewoastle, when F1orenoe got a telephone oall to go to Newoas­le to nurse Mrs. Hooker, who is suffering from blood pressure. o Florenoe went ,nursing while Mum went out' alone •

. he menu card sent by Arthur is as follows:-Orient Line. Luncheon. Potage minestrone.

raised steak & tomatoes.' Macaroni au gratin. Boiled leg of '!,

mutton, O~per sauoe. Oreamed & steamed Jacket potatoes. Boiled .' onions. OOLD-- Devon.sausage. Roast lamb,mint sauoe. Lettuce

.& tomato salad. Piokles. Semolina milk pudding. Chester sandwich OEEESE--Cheddar, Gouda. Biscuits. Butter. Rolls. Tea.Coffee is •

'served in the publio rooms.s.s. "Otranto", Saturday,August 28th 1939." . .

• Sep.2, 1939. This morning'S papers say that.the Germans invaded Poland and started aother European war. What the

liOC)me will be no one. oan say, but it must lead to verJ great ohl '"~'~.S in many oountries, & a suooessful revolution may make . hanother Soviet oountry.Australia & England,& probably

o t e British empire will be involved in the war as the litarists will have the ruling power. t

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72 •. ' . '-11.. , Mon. Sep. 4, 1939. walter oame heme by oar on Friday evening & I brought-a seoond-hand enlarging oamera for w!1iohhe paid-C£ ,6-,10

to Mr. small. Sydney. He visited Hooker's family on sat. & ,was astonished to find Florenoe there nurs~ng Mrs. Hooker. Frank Oooking visited ,us on Saturday, & promised to bring-his fam~ly up here some day. Menzies has deolared that Australia is at wa against Germany, without oonsulting-the'Australian people.

'Lately I have been oopying myoId diary & old letters'from 188 to 1895. Walter wentbaok to Sydney'last nigbt with a friend.

Wed. Sep'.b, 1939. Y~sterday Arthur telephoned from Sydney& & sai that he intende,d to go, out to Lionel Oarpenter' s plaoe last ni~ ght. Fred is preparing to alter our baok poroh to' make the, '1'100 level wi th the ki tehen, floor. The paper, is gi ving muoh promin to news of the new Europe~~ war of Britain, Franoe,& Poland aga' st Germany. ¥enzies is now threatening to introduoe universal military training. ,-

~hur. Sep. 7, 1939. Art oame home late 'last night & brought t following unpostedlet~e~ with him:- , '

"Orient Line. 8S Otran~o. Near Lizard, Island, Tuesday night,29 the Dear Folk, The time, is now just after llplm.;the moon is .' shining brilliantly, there is soaroely a ripple on, the surfaoe

,of the sea, the saxophones of the'band above are sounding faint & plaintively: in faot things oouldJl't b~ qlore romantio nor pio

turesque. I tlave just left the soreening of " Pygp1alion" & a silly symphony. Days are spent as be~ore, playing darts, quoits, eto., & in what we young bloods Qlaim is singing, ' a1though : so

of the other passengers may not share, our views •. There's quite reasonable library on board, too. Tuoker is exoellent in quali rather than quanti ty.: whioh is a good thing, :for I want t'o re­

duoe while I am away. Osoar & I ,had areasonab'ly good & ob.eap trip around tne oity while we were in Brisbane. I mentione4 the word "oheap", beoaus~ 'most'of the fellows were mug enough to ta girls with them on their day out. Osoar & I oompromised by re-

o .turning to the boat for tea, & then going baok into Brisbane's botanioal gardens to hear the band at night, on whioh tr~p we t a oouple og young ladies "living" .near us. Osoar had his ,eye on one of a pair of'mates, so'Muggi:r>.s had to help himoutbyaotin as esoort· to 'one of them, a jeb whioh I. oonfess I didn' tfind i some,espeoiallyas "my" seemed·nioer than his, although he did the pioking. Perhaps it was due only to the setting, but I. thou it was' the best band I had ever heard •••••• A Bit Further Nort I shall pass over the trip from Whi tsunday Pass~ge, for .nothi,ng really happened. Since steaming through the passage the, water h been even oalmer than before; it is now as level as Lake Uaoqua ie is on a windless day. It is diffioult to feel that one is on

a boat, somehow, for there is little noise & praotioally no vi bration. ·As you know. there are somewhere near a thousand is

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" mountain chains. We have seen very little bird or marine life, although to-day we saw wha't we thought was a whale being att­acked by killer sharks. For some time we were afraid that we ( I mean the ship )would have to turn around & return to Brisbane, where it would be com-mandeered for defence work. Owing, I suppose, to the danger of negotiating the reefs by night, we are anchoring near Cook's Passage from 2 a.m. til 8 a.m. to- mo.rrow. I understand we took on a special pilot at Brisbane. The night is pretty muggy, & i'm pretty sleepy, so I think I'll turn in. More news later. Arthur"

Thur. continued This morning Art took me in his car to the post office for the pensions, & on to the Co-op. store, where I got measured for a new blue-black suit to cost £ 8-8-0. Art drove on to Cook's Hill & mat Florence at Hooker's house. He brought me back after dinner, & then went & brought, a plumber to alter the water pipes that lead to the concrete tubs, as Fred is b~sy putting in a higher floor of the porch. Thisis a lovely calm, warm day, but I do not feel very well.

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74. Mon. Rep. 11, 19)9. Thus mornilig at about 6-0' clock Art ,left in his little brown car for Trangie,via 1-Tewcastle wher~ he 01 wa.s 'to pic~>{' up Miss Johnson, dauGllter of Commandant JOlHlSon . Welli:n~ton, :'or 011e is ret l.lTl1ing \1Ji th Arthur.

Fred is boardinF up the be.ck Dorcil

Wed. Se:>. 13, 1939. Yesterday afternoon I went to the Co-oPo: store &'tried on my new ooat. The suit is to be finished by §a urday l)th. Last :londay the Newcastle' Herald contained the. fol owing'n~ws item :- "The committee of the Newcastle J.)ivision,thE Institution of Engineera,'Austra1ia, has been advised of the a mission of Messrs W.P. Cocking and G. Burrows as Associate Mem~ bers (A.~M. I.E. ,lust.). The transfers of Mr. J.Q. Dunbar, A.1.i.I. Aust.,~) Canberra Division, and of Ur. W.J. Mayne ,A.M. I.E. Aust· from Melbourne Division to Newcastle, have also been arranged. 1I

Y 3S te rday Charli e paid 16 pounds :fo r a pi ano , fo r Mum, to ~Jr. 'iJI. ... ua penzar, whohas to send it shortly. Fred & Charlie are

working at~he __ .1;>~qf_ y.~:t:@.!j!!.,Or..I29.:t:qh.&Juwe uut_in theilnor,' t~ey ,are ~ boarding up the back, & makingl'eady' to have the

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wash-tubs put into their places. Floren'de is still nursing at Hooker's place, but she has little to do there.

The committee of the N ew.castle Divi-sion. the Institution of Engmeel's •. A;U& Thur, sep. 14, 1939.Yesterday after-' tl'alin has been advised of the admlBslon of M~ssrs. W. P. Cocking and G. Bur- noon e received the "Victor" iano rows as AS8(lciate ~iembers (A.M.LE., W . . P Aust). The transfers of Mr. J; Q. DD~I!-- from Penzer's place, & last night some bar A M I E Aust., to Canberra lVI- f Ch 1i I .p i d & tid th sio~. a~d 'of Krr. w. J. Mayne, A.M.LE.. 0 ar e s .l.r en S oame r e e Aust .• frorn Melbourne Division to New- instrument. This morning the Yater

• easUe. have also been ananged. ~'t''''' h 1 t l' u t t d F1 b . _ _.. -' H, :.iJZ· asp a s ~14a ron wan e orence, DDT'T'l'" ~---- - ---- - u waare infarmed that she is still engaged at Newcastle. Charlie & Fred are working at the ,back verandah, & have nearly complete.d it. This morning the paper announc.es the death ~of Will Robertson.

'rhe funeral notioe is as follows: - " ROBERTSON. The relatives & friends of Mrs . MERCY ROBERTSON & FAMILY are kindly .invi ted to attend the . funeral of their dearly beloved Husband~Father,

Father-in-law, & Grandfather, William Robertson (wally J, .to move from bis late reSidence, High Street, Belmont,to-morrow (Friday) afternoon at 2-30 o'clock,' for Churoh of England oemetary, \Va1lsend. (Motor funeral). R.M.Evans & Sons, funeral directors." I worked with Wally & his late brother Jim in the Wallsend pit for they :were croasmatea of Bob &me for many months.

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. who has returned from England, nrrived ,in Newcastle on Saturday. Bellpent !lOme, time ill Scotland, and visited the Continent. Mr. Jeffriell' health has been completely restored. Mr.' J. Fallins, one

. of the company's managers, with whom he voyaged from Australia has· left Eng­land for Australia, and will return shOrt-

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sion; the tnstitution of Engineers, AIUfo traIia, has belm advised of the admission of Messrs. W. P. Cocking and G. Bltr­rows as Associate ~eil1oers (A.M.I.E.,

fAust). 'J.'he transfers of Mr. J. Q. Du~· , bar. A.M.LE., AI/st., to Canberra DiVI-sion, and 'of MI'. W.J. Marne, A.M.t.E. Aust., from Melbourne DiVision to New­castle, ,have alsn been arranged.

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& 0 Ac~ident 11 Alma 42. Adamstown 6. Alfor4 6. ,Adelaide b. ~0:·-3 Art t e, Sltart at Gin Gin 16 • Arthur 60. 2. 4:, ll. 5.50.44. 16• 45. 46~ 15. lI~nzac Oelebrations" 35. "Anzac Day 40. 39~

BarringtonTo~8 67.Byron Bay 70 • Bourke 62. Brown l.Bel:ra 44. Brother Bob 1.4B.~9. Bobs (Mr~ )42.44. Barwon R. 11.

Bega 6 •. Belmont 6. Bairn8d~le ~~~~h~~~~b~~: ~~~8;~!~h 4~3. Broken Hill 6. Bro~~hto45 A Banni~ter 15 Belmont 54. Bradr 29;;. B BOY,~couBousr're 38' BourJre Street 11. Berw~ck o. ega .. -"'- .

. ~ .. : 110h l"e 20. 53.28~ 29.42. 58. Oorangamite l~ . ~~oT • ea~ lOann River 6.13.00nne1 23. Oabbage Tre; • 0 u ~~r:~al Brook 9. b. Cathundral 6: ,_, Oobar 6. 00 burn 6.9. 6 YOolac 6 Oolecat b.Ourramull~na ,8. Oobargo 6.Oharlestow!2.58. . Orystal Brook 60. Oharlle 62.0arpenter 72. II OamouflagedO Oonscription" 66. Oessnock 66. Oabinet 67. Oavalier 1. Oarlin 4~ Oar stolen 18. II Oamouflaged Oonscriptionn63. ,Oharlie 33.42. 5B. Cowra 42. ;:lOlive.5. Christmas presents 5· Oambewarra Mountain 42. .

Dandenong 6. Death 5. Dapt~ 42. Dixo~ 3l.Daphne 34. ~ubbo 6. Dartmoor 10. Dalziel 23. "Disarmament"26. "Do You·Know ?" 28. 34. Davies 15. Death of Mrs., Seymour 18. Di tto MrB-WllllktllK Watkins 18. Dandenong 6. Diploma 54. Dubbo 63. ,ean 6. Drouin .xll. Dark day 11. liDo You Know?" 36. "Disarrnament39.

45.48. 30. '.' Eden 6. Ely 42. Ewers 44.Ede 42. Emu OreeklO. Ell 45. Ethel ~:', ' Footscray 11. Flinders St.l1. Fowler 20. Fred 20.29.35.30.2. 16.42. 65. Florence 4.6.10.11.1.9.15.23 . 27.39.54.42.30.3l~­,62.66.67.69.71.73.20.49.B5.65.Fowler ,46. Furey 46.

" ,60 G:awler 6. Geelong 6., Genoa 6.13. Gin Gin 13.16. Gildon 15. Gibson 16. 15. Goodwin 15. Gardiner 54.,Gladstone 6. Glenelg R. 10. Gosford 6. Greenwell 45. Giles 59. Goold 69. Gladstone 9. Gladys 44. ,

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Influenza 65. Israe'lit,es 69. Ivy 5. InJe'ctions 51.

Jose54. 23. J ensen 5. Jamestown b. Jack l4.Jim 66.Jose 44. 25.

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Kadina 6. 10. Kingston 10. KiokabilbO. , Kiama l3~ Kilmany' 11. Kurilla 59. Kangaroo 6. Kembla 14. 3l. Le1;~r from ~"orris 45. From Streeter 15.From Ede 30.Fm,DixQ

Letter from O'Grady 17.30.From Art to Boys 12. Fro~ Art 40. 50.1~.47.62. 71.72. 22. 27.29.35.13. 52.18.66.68.36. Letterf:": fm Websters 20.3.43. From Walt 53.t\.Frorn Murphy 57. Fm Jack & Glad 15. 16. Fm Morris Morris 54. 31.31·From Bob 23. 34. 49.1. FM Jack 32.33. 'Fm Walt 11.Fm Gladys 38.Fm Ewers Letters to Websters 22. To Boys 11.13~To Bob 20. To Florence 20.To ,Anvil Bookshop 44. To White 46. To Ely 42. To Ede 42. To Peaoe & Freedom 42. To Walt 14. To~'" ~ 7. To MUl'pby: '59. To Tre\vren 17.To Florenoe 20. To Webst;.,~fb..,j2. To' BOb 4().ZJ.9.

To Holman 23. Fm YU§tyn 46. To Mostyn/4o'_: Latham 20 53. Luoas 15. Loan repaid 66. lb. Lithgow 5. Longworth 23. .

Menzies 29 Maryville 27. Murray Bridge 6~10.Me~iDgie 6. Mea13 Melbourne 6.l4.!,!oe 6.Moss Vale 42.May 5.Murphy 6.l0.Mungeriba Millicent 10.Marriage of W. Worley 20.Musswellbrook 6.Mudgee 6, Manna Hill 6.7.Moonta 6.l0.Moruya 6.Mayfield 6.14.Methuen 7. M.xxX Merri R.lO.Mu~ 66.Menu oard 71.Mullengudgery 7.Mater H 58.Magner 63~Mooni vk.15.Mayfield 15.Medioine oupboard 16. Magill 57. Matthews l7.Magner 53.Moyne R. 10.Melbourne 11. Miorosoope 11. Mum 11.Milton l3.Mostyn 51.Mt. Gambier 10.

Nowra l3.National,Register 58.63.Narromine 7.6.,Nevertire6. Nyngan 6.Narooma 13.Nowa Nowa 13.Narrabarba 13.National,Insur anoe ~. 29. New sui t 74.

Orbost 6.13.0'Grady 6.9.l0.01ary 9.0bituary 46.0tranto 70.73. Overooat l5.0'Oonnor 54.53.

Port Fairy 10.-Plummer 20.pu.noture 15.Prize 54. 55. Paterson 65. PcDllard 60.Papua "Public Notioe" 69.Po land 71.Perth 23.

, Pens,ion inoreased 22.Pennant Hills 6. h~a::x:i:CllIfx}t:kx:x45. :. " Pennant ,Hills ,6.Paramatta 6. Peat's Ferry 6. If Pilgrim Father" . Pettigrew: 5.Paratoo, 6. Peterborough 6.7. Port Broughton 6.7.

Pio,ton 42. Port Maoquarie 44.Primus stove 5.Pambula 6. Pt.Fai 11.Pember 39., Packenham 6.Paske.ville 10.Pirron Yallook 11.

·Piano 74.Penzer 74. Quaama 13. . . 20. retread 11.Riohardson l3.Roels 24.Riokard 67.Rees67~Russia 6 t ,emedy for rheumatism' 70. Rose. 27. 35. Robe 10. Ragner 51. Rose Hug 52. Redhous,e 20.Raymond Terraoe 44. . Rpbertson 74.

Sale 6.11.13. Stratford-On-Avou 11. Seymour 6. 15.16. St-irling 1 Sooialist Songs 15.Smyth 5. Salty Ok.lO.Swansea 6.Sugarloaf M 45.Smith 46.48.S.Songs 23. Stanton 23.Stevens 66.Singleton 69. Small 72.Seward ll.seymour 20.Stanbury 15.

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V1e1 t of'MY & Jack 52. . -V1s1 t of lack 42. Vercoe 59. Vacy 63. Vauxhall 51. 13.6.

Vercoe 57{erses35:.26.~~:£§:~0.64.66:~ghn 15. VOigtl~nder

Warner's' fe Oure l8.Worley 20.Walt's return 54.Warner's Bay 53. W eles 57. Webb 65. Wilson 20.Walt's exam 44. Walter 2 .16 .35.51.63. Williamson 34.White '60. Wild Hor Wellington 6. Warrigul 6.11. Watson 5l. Wakefie b. . a 6. Wallaroo 6. White 46. Wyong 6.

War at;' 6.5-,- rra 9. Washing maohine 46. Warrawong 69. War beg 71. 19u1 7. Wellington 7. Warnambool 10. Weston 5. Winohel a )l.Vlalt's addreeeS~.W.Webetere 3.Wallaroo 5. 6. Woodwar 42,Walter 52. 74 •

. YallOu~ 6, Yunta 67. Yongala 9 • ((f;~-