15 Aug 1942, Harry Ching's wartime diary
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Sat, 15 Aug 1942
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Eurasian meeting. Arranged relief rates. To pay for flour in yen.
To town for flour. Flour 50 sen catty. Oil ration depots to open. Reportedly 9.4 taels per head per month at Y1.40 a catty. Eggs 80 cents each. We get 70 cents from neighbours. Little house paper quite a problem. Buying cho chi at 70 cents catty. Lane Crawford selling siege biscuits 70 sen a pound. Sealed tin 28 lb for Y18. These were intended for distribution in anticipated siege.
Basins of water appear at doors of official places for entrants to wash hands. Upstairs lad fails wash going in, and slapped. Trying to be correct washed coming out. Slapped again for insult.
All Third Nationals must register again before end August. To town to register.
