{"id":752,"date":"2013-06-14T05:56:27","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T05:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/warletters.falkor.gen.nz\/?page_id=752"},"modified":"2013-06-27T00:12:48","modified_gmt":"2013-06-27T00:12:48","slug":"neil-mother-16-mar-1919","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/warletters.falkor.gen.nz\/?page_id=752","title":{"rendered":"Neil \u2013 Mother: 16 Mar 1919"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hornchurch
\n16-3-19
\nDear Mother,
\nNo news much. I have been getting into a theatre habit lately, but I am not seeing any more now bar Beecham’s Operas which are comparatively inexpensive. I have been to “The man from Toronto”, “The naughty Wife”, “The Officers Mess”, “As You Were” and a couple of varieties in the last fortnight.<\/p>\n

I have received a mail written mostly while you were catching 54 schnapper, a king fish, and 4 sharks. Hope you enjoyed your holiday.<\/p>\n

Letter from Dad 27-1-19. Please congratulate Uncle Walter<\/a> for me. Dad didn’t mention the name of my new aunt. I wonder how many more relatives I’ll have whom I have never seen, by the time I get back. No saying is there?<\/p>\n

Letter from you 14-1-19, enclosing snap of wedding group<\/a> Vic and Norman were at Fuller’s when you wrote. I may be able to get home for the long vacation June 1920 October 1920, if the through ‘plane service is properly going; if so, I may make a third at Fuller’s. I reckon, seriously, that it is absolutely certain that when I come home in 1922 or ’23, it will be by ‘plane. It will only take six days and will be much less expensive on a\/c of the saving of tucker, etc compared with the boat.<\/p>\n

Letter from Dad 23-1-19, mostly about Norman’s prospects – I am writing Norman this mail. By the way letters to him will always be to him.<\/span> If he is away on a holiday or anything like that, don’t open them before sending them on, or I can’t guarantee anything. I shall always address the general “family” letters to you.<\/p>\n

I have heard from Tibbs. He sent me a pleasant note and a very good recommendation.<\/p>\n

A letter from 43 Baildon Rd<\/a>, 29-12-18. I’ll have to write separate letters to Gorrie now, I suppose. I am an awfully lazy correspondent nowadays.<\/p>\n

The weather broke and the sun shone for several hours last week, but it is clouded and black-frosty again to-day. I do hate these winters. You in NZ never have had a real winter yet.<\/p>\n

Our scholarship money is paid \u00a362-10-0 a quarter in advance. Reynolds has his first instalment – he is starting in May. Too cold to think of any more.<\/p>\n

Yours
\nNeil<\/p>\n

P.S. Received a photo of bride and bridegroom. (Gorries not Uncle Walter’s!)<\/p>\n

P.S. Leaving here in about a fortnight or less. May get leave then. Go to Ireland perhaps and join the Sinn Feiners <\/p>\n