Tom Hutchinson's Wartime Diary: View pages
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Bottom of page: Expenditure averaged ¥3.71 per day at this stage.
Sunday 10th "We had each 1 egg (own hen) fried for tiffin". Evidence that they were keeping chickens on their verandah.
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1 case Soap ¥35.-
Sold Mido ((a watch)) ¥480.00
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16/8/43 "James School Fees 4.-"
See main diary page for discussion on schooling during WWII.
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P.M. Guests.....Certo. To tea with bowl custard each with cherry, and then tea with pancakes. ((Shorthand reads “Gave them bowl(?) of custard for Joyce who was down again with malaria”.))
((Most likely to be May Peveril Guest (nee Fincher) and her children))
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21/8/43 "Newspaper .10" This would have been the Hongkong News, as the family could not read Chinese.
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27th "Filter Candle 8.50". ((This was the filter inside a domestic stoneware pottery water filter.))
"Transportation Bea Hosp .60". ((Presumably to visit daughter Bea who was in hospital.))
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28/8/43 - 2 cats Berries (made Jelly with Certo + 3 lb ((?)) Sugar) 1.25
((Certo is a gelling agent made of apple pectin.))
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31/8/43 - 4 Pass Photos for Sarah 1.20
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2/9/43 - Ferry + Bus .50
- James School Fee (Sept) 4.-
3/9/43 - Rickshaw 1/2 share .60
- Sarah to see Bea in Hosp. 7.-
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5/9/43 - Chicks weighed: Buffalo, Peanut, Brownwings, Cowboy, Camellia, Bullneck, Mangy, Fawn, Big Wings
((Chicks weighed again on 12/9/43 but Peanut and Brownwings are no longer listed))
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6/9/43 - Killed Brownwing - Stew with Yam.
7/9/43 - ¥100-00....YSB.....Vic ((Undeciphered shorthand; Yokohama Specie Bank; Vic may be Victor Lim))
- Ferry .26
- Gas Bill - August 9.12
- Rent ---"--- 10.-
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9/9/43 - Sold Old Brass 8.20
Bottles 4.50
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12/9/43 - Sunday - Market Shamshuipo with Mrs G + Eric ((May Peveril Guest and her son Eric))
13/9/44 - Received ¥35.00 for 2 Pick-ups and g'motor. ((Sold gramophone parts))
- 2 pces soap 5.-
16/9/43 - Sold 15 Cats ..... ((Shorthand probably says Flour)) @ 6.20 ¥93.00
17/9/43 - Beattie check ((medical checkup?)) 12-
+ Elec Bill 5-00 = ¥17-00
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17/9/43 - Water Bill (16/9/43) 2.60
- Sold Clock + 11 pce Rattan Set to Ishida ¥250-00
Have his girl ((?)) Vase + Table Cloth
- Lent Sandy ¥23.50 for Rice
18/9/43 - Sold old Mags ((?)) ¥8.50
- Sold 3 armchairs + Rug ((?))
Table + 4 stools ¥55-00
- Sold Mags. 27 1/2 Cats. 3.50
10 1/2 --"-- 10.40
owe 1.50
- Sold Side Table to Bea 15.00
19/9/43 - Sold old Pots ((?)) 2.50
+ 2 Kerosene stoves ((?))
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20/9/43 - Rec'd for Life's ((Life magazine)) + Pics ((Pictorial Review?)) from Al. Sum ¥4.80
--"-- from "Shop Mongkok" ((?)) 2.50
21/9/43 - Sold Old Bots ((?)) + 2 Fishbowl ((?)) 1.80
24/9/43 - Rec’d from Fred CRB 2000 = ¥ 300-00 through Miss Grace Kwan, 4 Leighton Hill Rd, top Floor
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- 25/9/43 Market Samshuipo
- 26/9/43 Bought off 2 women in Tung Choi Market 20 Catties red rice.
- 28/9/43 Tuesday - Camie laid 18th egg. ((I think Camie was the chick originally named Camelia. Camelia and her siblings are listed at their weighing on 5/9/43. They were weighed again on 12/9/43, and 10/11/43. Brownwings met his fate on 6/9/43 in a pot stewed with yam, and Buffalo was bought by Bea for ¥32.00 on 23/10/43.))
- September Rent 10.- - Cfd ((carried forward)) 384.07
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