We have the mattress.. hope it's not got bugs in it. How lucky we've been in acquiring things - suitcases ((which Mum was given when at Queen Mary Hospital)), camp-beds, mattress, hot plate, Mabel (!) and FOOD.
News about Java landings, local bombings, things happening in Burma.
We may go swimming on Sunday.
Readers of the Shanghai Times are assured in an editorial that Hong Kong is 'an earthly paradise' under the Japanese occupation.
Source:
Bernard Wasserstein, Secret War in Shanghai, 1998, 170
It is still rough going and quite cold when the sun is down. Sunsets are perfect and moon rise is also very pretty. We sat and looked at the beautiful starlit sky last night. Also heard Mrs. Roetz’s most exciting experiences during the war.
Letters for S’hai + Red Cross forms for Europe, etc., to be handed in.
Better day but humid with some rain.
4 Junks, 2 small ferries & a small coaster anchored off Stanley Pier. Junks overloaded with Chinese from the Prison (Persons of no fixed abode in HK) where they had been since Wed. afternoon. 4 bodies dumped from 1 junk in about 10 minutes. The Chinese were eventually herded on board the 2 small ferries & after the junks cast off 2 more bodies were dumped.
(130,000 troops under Gen. Bailey landed in Java)