Eric MacNider's wartime diary: View pages

Septic tank queue Bl. 18, I.Q.

Issue curry powder


C.of E, Passion Play “The Upper Room”  (Mills, Clark, Cox, Hughes, Garth??,  etc, AC. Brown)


Issue of 1 tin corned mutton (4)

R.C. Passion play

Jap Roll Call


(Good Friday) 3-hr service (Short)

C. of E. Passion Play

B.O. 


RC Passion Play

Rec'd letter from Gwen (8.9.42)

B.O.

Goodban


(Easter) (P.) Short / Sandbach / Martin

Easter carol service (Rose, Short)

Drown / Jenner

B.O.


Tea, sugar, oil issue.

Hatori gone to Tokyo for a month

“Workers remuneration to be in cash”

No prospect of S.P. outings ((or “cuttings?)) from gaol”

B.O.


1 Fish for evening meal.

Weighed 121 lbs.

B.O.


(cigs, 4 pkts, Y1.80)

Classical concert (Talbot, Drown, Bicheno, Goodban, Heaseman) (Club)


Wittenbach / Dow (“chastened and subdued moods”) (Psalm 4-2)

Death of Mrs. S.M. Henson (65)

Drown / Jenner


Rec'd 1 pkt. Cigs for worker

Electricity off 11.10 am to 2.05 pm

all electric bells removed from districts (gongs in place) 

Jap. count and police interrupt ((spelling?)) concert ((spelling?))


Rec'd Y5.91 from Jap., as worker


Issue of oil, c. powder, tea, sugar.

((undated comment at end of line, not clear to read:)) Internees working in Jap. Gardens to p?????? ?????? ???? ????? office ?????? ?? ????????? 


¾ lb salt at ¥1.35 issued

Heather


Sandbach / Martin (St. George’s Day)

Jenner 


Ballet “Temujin” (7 acts) from book “Earth is the Lord’s” by Taylor Caldwell (p. Carol Bateman; costumes, Dick Olive; Stage, EMB Dyson; Music, Betty Drown) (Harry Tyler, Lydia Hutchinson, Peggy Hunter, Hugh Goldie, Johnny Martin, Al((?? unclear)) Farquhar, Diana Dodwell, Wallace Kinloch, J. Barnett, Harry Talbot, Steve Mo((?? unclear - maybe J S Moring?)), Viv. Garton, Marie Barton, Richard Mills, etc.) (Synopsis read by Raymond Hughes.)


Ballet “Temujin” ((for details see 26th))