70 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries
Shows diary entries from seventy-one years ago, using today's date in Hong Kong as the starting point. To see pages from earlier dates (they go back to 1 Dec 1941), choose the date below and click the 'Apply' button.
7 - 17 Oct 1944, Tom Hutchinson's Wartime Diary
Submitted by barbaramerchant on Sun, 2013-09-15 18:02Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sat, 7 Oct 1944 to Tue, 17 Oct 1944
Notes:
7/10/44 - 20 Tins Mushroom Sauce 160.-
(10 tins for Amy) Our a/c 80.-
10/10/44 - Drew 1 bot Peanut Oil (15/16¢) ((Catties)) from Lim.
13/10/44 - 2¢ ((Catties)) Dried Small Fish for Gris.((elda)) + Amy ¥26.-
16/10/44 - Sold B. ((Bea)) 3 eggs @ 3-60 ea ¥10.80
17/10/44 - Bt ((?)) for by James for Guests' ((May Guest?)) - 1/8¢ ((Catties)) Ginger 1.-Supporting information:
07 Oct 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2014-11-20 21:29Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sat, 7 Oct 1944Warm, showery NW wind.
Carried bricks 988lbs. Chopped wood.
No lorry or news.
Steve came up tonight and we listened to Heasman play some Beethoven.
Cigs can be forgotten it seems. Some very inferior ones are coming in illegally still via Formosan guards and the camp traders are smacking up the price.
07 Oct 1944, Eric MacNider's wartime diary
Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2016-09-05 12:23Book / Document:Date(s) of events described:Sat, 7 Oct 1944
