Parcels notification (Canadian R.C.)
Parcels from town put into godown
Issue of 2 ozs. tomatoes per head from communal gardens
Diary pages from this date
Rained during night, heavy fog, damp.
10 yrs on Prison Staff today. £310. Back pay roughly £1000.
Hosp. roof.
Plenty activity re parcels. 600 parcels, 37 US Mens clothing, 21 medical etc. 1 shoe repairs 1 US cigs. 2 Boots & shoes. 5 Toilet, 2 Books & they are Canadian not US. Some 158 private US & Can. parcels among the supply.
Disposition of Internees.
- M.Qs. [Married Quarters] 561,
- T.B.H. 77,
- A1-4 381,
- Dutch 64,
- Norwegian 46,
- Ind.Qtrs. 727,
- Blocks 8-11 & Bungalows 609.
- Total 2465.
Lorry with Canteen gear 7pm.
Went to Joan Wilkinson and arranged to give her shorthand lessons. Mist curling right down on us.
Gladys and I went to Indian quarters to get people to come to social. Our efforts rewarded; Joe Lewis came, it was quite a success. Pauline Beck same as well. Dorothy Wilson won bar of choc donated by Father Hessler. Clifton ran the show and did it well. When Harold and Elsie Bidwell arrived, they announced that a loud toot from the jetty brought every one out - expecting firewood and parcels.
Later, a notice that there will be parcels tomorrow, some private ones, 600 cases comfort parcels, 2 cases books, toilet articles, men's clothes. No mention of bulk foodstuffs to everyone's disappointment. Bulletin suggests that only 2,500 individual parcels in all ((i.e., 1 each, as camp population then about 2,460)). From Canadian Red Cross. The committee announce we're to have 1 parcel each distributed at once, minus 1 tin corned beef which will be taken by Welfare and replaced by reserve tins they have.