Worked all day for Col. Strickland.
Went to Canadian Cafe for cider at 12.30, then bought note books at China Products, now have a new plot book.
We are to receive Red Cross clothing.
Lovely meals - apricots, sausage, pork etc.
Invitation for HMS Vindex tomorrow, and Swiftsure on Saturday.
There's supposed to be a ship leaving Saturday, I bet I'm on it! Want to be.
Death of James Carson Ferguson at the age of 64. Mr. Ferguson spent five months in Stanley before being 'guaranteed out' to join his wife and four children. In 1944 they were all interned in Ma Tau-chung Camp. At his death he was living at Dr. Atienza's residence in Lock Road, Kowloon. He was a leading Freemason.
It's time for G. A. C. Herklots, now Director of Fisheries, to put into practice plans devised in Stanley, The front page of today's China Mail announces that a Fish Wholesale Market will soon be set up in Central. Anyone wishing to sell at this or any other market will have to join a newly-formed Fish Wholesale Association.
A letter from a disillusioned 'Essential Services' worker sent early into Hong Kong complains about the conditions they're experiencing: they don't have much to eat while Stanley's got butter in quantity, cheese, oranges, apples, chocolate and so on.
Sources:
Ferguson: South China Morning Post and the Hongkong Telegraph, 'Cleaning Up Stanley', September 12, 1945, p. 1 (Evening Edition)
Letter: China Mail, September 12, 1945, page 2
Overcast & stronger wind.
Posted my letter to Gwen.
Rec. £2-0-0. My first shopping = 1 tube toothpaste & 3 Pkts Biscuits 4/6.
My thoughts with G all day.