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1942

Went to Awali & saw some of the camps, especially the cooking arrangements and washing places
with Hewitt, Hills & Bird, the OC gunners who seemed a pleasant fellow. Had breakfast with them at
Hills bungalow, a very good meal. Court all the morning mostly on the sugar case. Quite interesting.
In afternoon went to Jedhafs & tried a sketch of an unusual mosque, difficult drawing. Still damp &
rather hot, driving to Awali there was a heavy wet mist which made roads slippery & visibility nil,
nasty motoring weather.

Worked in office in the evening as a big accumulation of work. Mrs Snow called, he started jaundice
yesterday.

Tuesday 3rd November

Fort - office. Rode over to see the cultivation site, it was sown a couple of days ago at least part of it -
looks very good soil & water is working well. Saw various people in the office. A b M came but
didnt see him, he left later in the day.

Went to Jedhafs & worked on a sketch of a mosque, rather a difficult drawing but interesting. Went
to cinema, a perfectly rotten film.

Wednesday 4th November

Fort. HH came in rather late after Joint Court with letter from BS about his food control chief who is
visiting Bn. Cooler day & dry.

A very sad affair in the afternoon. Poor Suva run over by a car & died soon afterwards. It feels
almost as if a human being had died. Dr Doeg came round to see if she could do anything but she
evidently had some internal injury & condition was hopeless so Dr D gave her morphia.