13 - 25 Dec 1944, Tom Hutchinson's Wartime Diary

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Tom Hutchinson's War Diary - Page 59

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18/12/44 - Rent   10-00
                - Race Tic.   5-00
                - St. Teresa Poor   5-00
19/12/44 - Fix pot   7-00
                - ((Shorthand is not decipherable))
20/12/44 - Took delivery from Lim 60¢ ((Catties)) Rice (¥24-50 p. ¢)
21/12/44 - Lamp Chimney   1.00
                - Shoe Horn for Girlie   2-00
23/12/44 - Wong's Sister gave ¥50-00 to buy Sugar for Amy
                - To HK with 1 tin Fish, 1 tin P'apple, 1 tin Cookies + 1 carton home made sweets for Colledge. Ferry to HK + back  1.-
                - Girlie's salary for this month from Dr Lum ¥300. Gave me ¥200.-
24/12/44 - Bot for Amy 1 1/2 ¢ ((Catties)) Slab sugar  45-00
                - 2 Haircuts   5-00
25/12/44 - Between Saturday 23rd + today (25th) Xmas. Lim gave me ¥570. - Had Lim + 4 kids to Tea, also Doc.  Y.C. + Bea

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