09 Oct 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

09 Oct 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary

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Mon, 9 Oct 1944

Warm, cloudy. E wind, gusty.

Carried bricks 1568lbs.

Ramp with cigs getting worse.  1 Pkt cigs = 1 tin Kam (Renny)[?] Perhaps I’ll be in a position to repay the “good turn” one day. (Page 190. Z. Grey’s “Call of the Canyon”)

Lorry in with wood, fish & some canteen stuff.

3 papers.

Russians in Belgrade 5th.

Oil 64 Yen in town.

With Steve pm.

M lent me Y30.

Tresise passed me a packet of cigs.