72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries |
- 15 Oct 1943, Harry Ching's wartime diary
- 15 Oct 1943, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
- 15 Oct 1943, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
| 15 Oct 1943, Harry Ching's wartime diary Posted: 23 Mar 2013 02:26 AM PDT Book / Document: Date(s) of events described: Fri, 15 Oct 1943 ((Following text not dated:)) Mavis Xavier into Rosary Hill. Says crowded and not enough to eat. Inmates found soldiers' bones around Mt Nicholson. People with British passports said get help from Red Cross. Grace Ablong supposedly getting but denies. Mrs Jex ((Daisy, wife of Starling Jex)) refused help when husband died. Bread up from Y1.80 to Y2.20. Fresh milk only for infants, invalids and expectant mothers. 50 sen per bottle on medical certificate. Friend Richards goes often Macao. Saw Greaves who told him collect Y180 from broker Leung Yau for us. Carl Anderson there and Kent. Dot Lo ((W.C.(Bill)Lo, later Deputy Registrar in Supreme Court)) changed to enemy pass and gets Y105 monthly. Guest ((Eurasian)) gets Y200. ((David: Is this person the "Mrs Guest" referred to in Tom Hutchinson's diary, or related to her?)) Fine if destitute or definite chance repat. Otherwise sudden internment would mean losing all possessions. Rumours more arrests including Fred Kew. Lusitano Club closed and under guard. Grace Ablong caught there, released after three days. Maude Basto also there. Relatives of Preston Wong and others told no longer take food parcels for them as already dead. |
| 15 Oct 1943, R. E. Jones Wartime diary Posted: 30 Sep 2013 03:31 AM PDT Book / Document: Date(s) of events described: Fri, 15 Oct 1943 Fine & dry. Canteen for Stone/Store [?] Concert at St Stephen's pm well received. ¼ lb lard issued free. Very welcome, so was the mutton pasty. Plenty people going sick from St Stephens. A Mrs Potts came in from town, said Hatori told her of repatriation at beginning of Dec. also that Jap paper news is at least 2 wks old. ((Brian Edgar: This was Suzie Potts, wife of A. H. Potts. She claimed French nationality through her mother at start of war, but decided to go into Camp because her son was sent to Stanley from Shanghai (he'd been at school in Qingdao but ended up interned in Shanghai with a man called Hawkins who was looking after him.) Emily Hahn writes about the family in China To Me. Source: RTHK interview with Alex Potts.)) |
| 15 Oct 1943, Eric MacNider's wartime diary Posted: 06 Jun 2015 07:05 AM PDT Book / Document: Date(s) of events described: Fri, 15 Oct 1943 Classical concert ((see 14th for details)) |
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