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This was one time I felt justified in opening a tin ration box of Horlick's malted milk tablets and we each had one. Mrs. Clift had given them to me before I left her home. This reminds me that the day before we had the order to assemble at Murray Parade Grounds a boy had come to our door wanting to sell a 5 lb. tin of malted milk. I had not been able to buy either powdered or malted milk anywhere. It seemed the equivalent to manna in the wilderness. He only asked $16.00 for it, which is £1 sterling or $4.00 U.S. The nights were cold at Stanley and so were the days when we had rain or fog. George made a little oil lamp out of a bottle and a shoe string. This was all right so long as we had a little oil. Later we had electricity. We were most fortunate in our little bungalow. There were flowers and a few vegetables growing in the garden and a verandah and lawn overlooking the sea. The view from the back was especially beautiful-hills coming down steeply to the water's edge-a white dwelling which was "Chillon." Certainly all about was food for the eyes if not for the body. The first morning more people began to arrive "house hunting." Our family were at the entrance of a double room about 12 ft. by 26 ft. There were eleven of us. The central room was a little wider and had a circular verandah at one end which the three police took. There were 17 there. Later a family of four moved away to other quarters and another lady moved in making 14. Stanley has a modern gaol, but we were not put there, although it would have been quite comfortable compared to where some were. We were told that for the sake of "Face" we could not be housed in the gaol. The largest community were in the former married quarters built for European wardens and their families . About 700 were in the quarters built for the Indian wardens.
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