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Outdoor am – roll-call

Kadowaki addressed internees on “raid by American plane" & on subject of bowing ((sp.))

Hot, humid, one or two showers.

Outside roll-call & speech by Jap Lieut. 1/c Camp re “US plane” bombing camp & importance of saluting & bowing to the Japs.

Hosp. Cookhse. floor.

No soap, salt, sugar or toilet paper for days, lots of people all [adirt?] ∴

Clifton on 'bomb disposal squad', 11 bombs. The Jap experts say they're harmless. ((None of them exploded on impact, the damage was caused by their crashing down.))

Rumour that landing in Shanghai imminent.

Eileen Grant came home from hospital today.

3 bombs were extracted, one 200 lbs, two were 100 pounders.

Les Fisher in Shamshsuipo:

We are all feeling weak and 'gutsless' (sic). I cannot even show any interest in the fact that Labour has got in at the election and by an overwhelming majority. It would seem that something has taken place about which we know nothing, beats me. When the belly is empty concentration is not possible.

Hot, showery.

Hosp. Ck’hse floor finished. Thimble for Betty, shoes for Stone. Y250 for V.

“US” plane over again today, no markings thereon & no opposition. 3 – 300lb bombs &  8 100lb unearthed from St. Stephens area.

Lorry arrived with meat & veg & bran for Canteen.

B.M. stuff arrived too & it was distributed at 9.30pm. ∴

Worked in afternoon.  Then went to St Matthew's group party in Maria's room.  Benediction in evening.  

Meat.

This has been an exciting week. On Wednesday 25th at noon a large plane passed over St Stephens and dropped a large parcel of bombs or depth charges or what have you. I heard the plane and rushed out to the veranda but on looking up to see I was blinded by the sun and then suddenly there was a terrific Swish as if bombs were falling, actually one went through' the roof of Block 8 and landed on Henderson, Keen and Goodwins room but didn't go off.

C.S.H. Dow / Brown (baptism of Heath baby)

Alert in forenoon. One high flyer. First alarm in many weeks.

We had a bit of excitement on Wednesday last, 25th.  We were mostly in our blocks at midday when we heard the drone of an aeroplane. It sounded at a low altitude and had the somewhat uneven and tinny sound of a Japanese made or tuned engine. It was coming from West to East and we went onto our balcony to see it when it had passed over our blocks. (We face East). As the drone grew louder we suddenly heard a distinct swishing and whistling noise which I took to be the shrieking of the wind in the fuselage and the propeller which you hear when a plane passes close overhead.

Very hot, odd showers.

Fed up to hell am until G. appeared. Nice afternoon.

W.T. 600Y 1lb. Soap 60Y per cake (inferior).

(Churchill elevated to Peerage & now in H of Lords. Attlee Premier. 4,800 planes raided Jap. in 2 days. Japs shortened lines in China, they think invasion imminent. Kwong Chow Wan, & Nanning evacuated by them)

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Olive's 29th birthday - I gave her a dress hanger and hankies which got yesterday from Eve Hill (nurse) for 1 packet cigarettes. Mum gave Olive a pair of her voluminous pants to make a blouse with.

Hot, cloudy SW wind.

Odd jobs. 2 rings for Webber. ((Probably fellow prison officer W E Webber, though there were several other people surnamed Webber in the camp.))

(Kongmoon evacuated by Japs) ∴

Mrs H had stillborn baby.

Worked in am.

C.A. Meeting.  

Two lots of bridge, first, Peg & I v. Dick (Cloake) and Philip ((Appleyard?)); second, we played Dugdale and Sewell.

To Mrs. Hansen, a girl (stillborn)

On this day, the British mini-submarine XE-4 and its five-man crew cut the undersea communications cables connecting Singapore to Saigon, and Saigon to Hong Kong. This forced the Japanese to communicate via radio, which was easier for the Allies to intercept.

Adam Bergius was one of the divers who did the actual cutting. This extract from his obituary in the the Scottish Sunday Herald explains:

Hot, SW wind.

Odd jobs.

German lesson.

Bran order 26th June issued.

Much conjecture re Japs evacuating HK.

Bit of sunbathing aft.

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Showery, overcast, hot.

Odd jobs.

Saw Dr. Smalley again. Heart OK more Dig. & Strych.

Tea 1.4oz & Shark liver oil (1 teaspoonful for 10 days) issued.

Toothbrush to G & ground salt & beans.

(No reply to Peace Terms offered to Japan, Gov’t still debating same) ∴

Mrs. E. Byrne, whose husband died while grinding rice last year, had news that her only son has died.

Firewood cut 25%

News circulating round camp these last few days is that Labour Govt. has got in at Home with a big majority, Atlee in charge. It's said that Churchill and Atlee flew to Potsdam. Churchill also said to have resigned from politics to write a history of the war.

Joan Wilkinson came for shorthand.

Humid, overcast, showery.

Finished Sewing shop window. Repaired “A” Bungalow roof.

To lecture on Phycology with C. ∴x aber nicht mehr? [but no more]