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29 Jan 1942: RE Jones Diary

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Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2011-12-24 14:08
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R. E. Jones Wartime diary
Date(s) of events described: 
Thu, 29 Jan 1942

We are to have a general store & an allowance of 200Yen ($400) per month. Fresh milk will be available too. Things no doubt will buck up with time. Our Camp Comm. (Sir Atholl Macgregor) could not tell us the home news tonight because of Japs knocking about but he says it is 100%.

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Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2014-02-10 10:40.

Barbara Anslow writes:

Re Mr Jones news that we would receive Yen 200 a month, this proved to be a pipe dream!

There was a small supply of fresh milk, but it was only for babies, toddlers,and deserving hospital patient - not for ALL internees.

But a canteen did materialise , for those who had money, it functioned once or twice a week; arrangements were made by our committee to ensure that moneyed internees could only buy one portion of whatever was on offer.