{"id":174,"date":"2013-05-07T04:29:09","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T04:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/warletters.falkor.gen.nz\/?page_id=174"},"modified":"2013-06-26T05:11:09","modified_gmt":"2013-06-26T05:11:09","slug":"vic-mother-28-mar-1917","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/warletters.falkor.gen.nz\/?page_id=174","title":{"rendered":"Vic – Mother: 28 Mar 1917"},"content":{"rendered":"

At Sea
\n28\/3\/17
\nDear Mother
\nThis is my second letter since we left, but it may reach you as soon as the first. \u00a0Of course you will understand that the most interesting news is not alloud to be put in letters. \u00a0We are not alloud to say where we are,where we are going, or how long we think it will take to get to the end of our journey. \u00a0The sea has been very rough since I wrote my last letter and it has been much colder than I have ever known it in N.Z. \u00a0Snow is again falling tonight and it is pretty hard to keep warm.
\n30\/3\/17
\nToday is pay day. \u00a0We are paid short from the 10th of March. \u00a0You will be able to draw from that date. \u00a0There are plenty of albatross round the ship and a lot of other birds I have not seen before. \u00a0There is plenty of amusement on the ship and I think it is far ahead of camp life.
\n1\/4\/17
\nPlenty of wild duck were seen today \u00a0They came close enough to the ship to be hit with pieces of coal thrown from the deck.
\n6\/4\/17
\nThe sea is a lot calmer now and it is not so cold. We have plenty to do during the day when the weather is good, exercise in the morning, boat drill with lifebelts on and rifle drill in the afternoon and boxing for those who want it in the evening. Five Hundred is the popular card game, they have the same rules except that tricks are not counted after reaching 450, to prevent going out on tricks. There is a brass band, a mouth organ band and an orchestra, & we have musical evenings nearly every night.
\n11\/4\/17
\nThis will be the 12\/4\/17 in N.Z. and this is our 30th day. day at sea. \u00a0I would like to describe where we are and where we have been but this is not allowed. \u00a0We have had all sorts of weather but I have never been sea sick and my health has never been better. \u00a0I will close this letter tonight so that it may be cencored in time for the first mail. \u00a0The war news is published every day, so that we know how things are going on. \u00a0The only thing we miss is the fresh water for a bath, for salt water is worse than none at all.<\/p>\n

Vic<\/p>\n