Wellington, 05 February 1939-19 November 1939

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Subjects include: journey to Wellington on Awateu; house hunting; situation of Wellington; 'great beauty about the place'; visit to Paremata; other members of the university; accommodation at the university; academic duties; listening to wireless news from England; earthquake; entertaining other members of the university; new social security scheme; Beaglehole family 'attractive and talented'; end of term functions; speaking at evening meetings; libraries in Wellington; Professor Hunter's knighthood 'well deserved, as Hunter has done more for the university than any other person'; tour of textile mill; New Zealand fish; visit by Industrial Psychology class to Bryant and May's factory; visit to university by Sir Harry Batterbee, UK High Commissioner; budget; declaration of war 'no alteration in the course of our days. College started normally at the beginning of the week'; holiday at Munro's bunkhouse at Paremata; problems of foreign exchange 'the college library has ceased buying books.'

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