Eric MacNider's wartime diary: View pages

To Mr. & Mrs. W.C. Ogley, a daughter.

Rec'd letter from Stanley (S'hai). ((Was the letter from Eric's brother, who was interned in Shanghai?))

Repatriation circular

Softball - woodcutters 15 v. Kitchen 8

Cholera innoculation*

Gift of $5 per person from the Pope

Death of Mr. William Shaw (58)

Concert by Optimists (Carol Bateman)

(Martin)/Sandbach

New oven used for bread

Issue of 3 Royal Leaf $1.80

X Cox Taylor ((Not cllear which Cox or Taylor this refers to))

Stericker ("Cigarettes & Cigarette making" 32,000,000 Bri Isles 5 months. 2,000,000,000 cigt, per yr.)

Canadians met L/C - met in Simon's room

Mr. Zindal, I.R.C, visited camp.

20 people (14 Fathers) left the camp

Request programme concert (M.C. Brown). ((I'm not sure which Brown this was))

X'

Mills/Blackmore ((I'm not sure who these refer to. Usually MacNider notes the people leading the church services on a Sunday, but though there were several people named Mills and Blackmore in camp, neither look to have a missionary or church background.))

(Short - "message to Xtians in Stanley")

Issue of 1 pkt. Royal Leaf 60 cents

Wittenbach

Joined bakery

Newton "Surgical history"

124 Chinese, Malay & Annamite HKVDC men released from P.O.W. camp by Japs.

Swimming sports

Concerts

'V'

(Prof. GW Sewell)

Spence

Dinsdale

Mrs Raymond 

((As it's a Sunday, probably J R L Spence the Missionary, not W Spence the Marine Engineer. Not sure which Mrs Raymond he is referring to.)))

Dr. Macleod "African Memories"

(X) Medical repatriation list for signatures.

Death of Mr. A.E. Bush, 48.

Bread issued in p.m.

MB concert postponed ("V")

(Mackenzie Dow)

Brown.

Notices taken off M.B, & SS Boards

Smedley

Fantham

BCC went up hill for talk with Yamashita

(+) Zindal conversed with Gimson

Evacuation petition to Gimson