Sunday School service (Ream, Sandbach - Mary White, John Keates (l) (Sandbach)
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((I guess the 'Mary White' is Margaret Mary White))
Eric MacNider's wartime diary: View pages
Death Commander T. Pritchard R.D., R.N.R. (66) Canton, Macao Steamboat Co.
"Peter Pan" (p. by Barbara Redwood)
Sugar issue
Betty Hyde-Lay, John Luke, Betty Drown
night raid 9.45
Typhoon weather
Typhoon weather
Adverse weather conditions, unable to get supplies across harbour " (no ration lorry)
Typhoon weather
S. potato tops from own gardens for evening meal
Typhoon weather
(Club - Moring, 3 Van der Lelys, J.W. Fitz-Gerald, Ronnie Brooks, Marie O’Connor, Betty Hyde-Lay, Betty Drown, A. Hutton – Potts, Dorothy Keates)
((Barbara Anslow: Both Mrs Keates and her eldest daughter had the same Christian name - Dorothy. I should think the Dorothy Eric mentions is the daughter, teenager.))
10 p.m. Block 18 "signalling to enemy" incident ????? ????? ((illegible))
NO ELECTRICITY
No bread
Pheasants from cold storage
Chicken Y42-55 per catty Veg cabbage Y12 ???? ((unclear))Y10.80
Leprosarium for TB cases
G???? ((unclear - "Garoupa" ?)) (red) Y36 (green) Y26.74
"In rooms at 9pm"
"Electricity may be on one in 10 days in month"
"Bow head when see sentries"
Classical concert (Esther Barton, Talbot, Drown, Goodbane, Heasman)
a.m. Hill conference about chatties
Issue oil, sugar, curry powder
"All produce of gardens for communal purposes" meal
Pheasant stew for p.m meal
Classical concert ((see 24th for details))
Classical concert ((see 24th for details))
Arrival of parcels ex Teia Maru notified
Ian Heath ((Betty Twydale's name is there but crossed out and replaced by Heath's))
Canteen quota increased from Y88,000 to Y120,000
Roll call at 7p.m. nightly
Death D C Edmondston ( ) ((ie MacNider didn't know Edmonston's age and left it blank)) in Prison
20 men sent to town to unload rice
Congee and condensed milk
Issue of Y12.50