Diary pages from this date

Franklin Gimson offers the opinion, in his diary entry for this day, that church service is seen more as 'some form of entertainment' than 'a species of worship'

In the evening he has a long talk with Duncan Sloss. Gimson is looking forward to post-war reconstruction, and he's disgusted by the attitude of the mercantile community - 'They cannot appear to consider any other world than the one in which they can make money and retire'. He is confident that 'the pride of the youth of Britain' is not sacrificing itself 'for the securing of (the Hong Kong merchants') ill-gotten dividends'.

Source:

 Franklin Gimson, Internment in Hong-Kong March 1942 to August 1945, typescript held at Rhodes House (Oxford), Ms. Ind. Ocn. S222

Whitsunday - Martin | Short.

Softball - Dominions v. Scotland (Cigs. for all players)

C.S.H. (Jenner/Heath)

Fine day, very hot.

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Carried B around for a while, & a warm job too. Swim pm with B & Brown came too.

((G))

Softball with Steve pm.