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Wittenbach (Social service centre of church) / Sewell
No more raw rice issue
p.m. Raid warning
a.m. Heavy bombers over
Canteen draw for S.G. fl., salt, peas
35 cigs. ¥5.25 (packets handed back)
To Mr. & Mrs. Ian Heath, a son (Guy)
a.m. outdoor roll-call
Rice bread baked again
Internees allowed to be away from Districts up to 8 p.m.
Play-reading - G.B.S. "Capt. Brasshound's Conversion" (Colledge, W.Cox, Blair, Smalley, Billingham - MacNider (c) )
((I've only the names where there's a single match. For the other names there are several possible matches.))
am outdoor roll-call
4.30 - 5.30 pm to stay in rooms, not to look out of windows - order was cancelled at 4.20 - apparently Europe ????? ((unclear - written in shorthand?))
Brown / Ream (moral disease; inveterate sin; deliberate sin)
7 pm service in Club resumed Heath (SS)
Deputation saw J. authorities about food - J. said "what children want - raspberry tarts"? Another woman said raw rice went further - said bought it from workers' extra rice!
Sandbach (quoted from “Invitation to Live”, “Out of the night” / Myhill
Meat pastie & stew
((following text undated, but on page for July)) J. only allowing 2 concerts a month.
No playing of gramophones or other musical instrument during roll-call, otherwise they will be confiscated
B.M. Onions ￥200 lb, cigs ￥31 for 10
Death – J.J. Osborne (57) formerly of H.K.G.P.O. (typhus)
Boy scouts disbanded
J. draw attention to misdemeanors on roofs, say “OK between man and wife but…”
Outdoor a.m. roll call
Doctors to report on mental condition of camp
