Our room's turn to sweep the passage.
Water-carrying day; spent a long time at water hydrant, then went down to well. ((strangely, now I can't remember where that well was!)). There's a pump now. Met Concannon there, he carried water up for me. Got most of my washing done, and hair.
Newspaper supposedly suppressed. Rumours of Canton being surrounded.
Clifton still on fluid diet (at hospital).
Lovely stew - carroty and oniony - for tiffin.
The Japanese Red Cross sends the International Committee of the Red Cross a telegram which gives us an idea of the set up in the camp medical facilities in early 1945:
Tweed Bay Hospital containing about seventy patients in six wards attended by ample medical staff and qualified nurses. Latter accommodated top floor hospital...TB Sanatorium in excellent location and presently accommodat(es) ten male and three female patients....
(spelling and punctuation normalised)
Source: Telegram 1673 in B G 17 07-069 Archives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (Geneva)
Cloudy. NW wind. Warmer.
Ground rice.
Some chow at Steves.
Took door down for Rita.
Nickel [Nicol?] saw me re work .
Lorry with nothing.
Yesterday’s papers destroyed.