Fine day until afternoon, when rain set in again.
I have a hole in foot due to nail in shoe.
Worked in morning as Dorothy still sick.
Rumour says men standing by for parcels, but Father Meyer says a Formosan said 2 weeks at latest.
Pat Cullinan (TB patient) not allowed to come to final night of plays which went off very well; not a big audience but most appreciative; Even Dr. H. Talbot said he liked the 'sketches'. Mum and Father Meyer there.
Three one-act plays ((see 22nd for details))
Overcast, cold. Strong wind all night. Brightened up 11am. Overcast pm & drizzly.
Bulletin very good.
Chipping gully in Mosque.
All Bonins seem to have been taken. 130,000 seasoned & fully equipped troops in Yunnan. Four hundred odd war vessels in Bonins’ vicinity. No Burma or Euro news in today’s paper.
Lorry with wood 2.30pm.
Rec. letter May 44 from Marj bless her. She says Happy times ahead & sure she’s right.
No parcel news.
Lighter loaded yesterday in HK with building materials unloaded at pier 6pm to 10pm.
Some face slapping today, among the Water carriers, the Building material gang & Mrs Flaherty.