Wellington, 12 November 1939-27 October 1940

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File 2
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Subjects include: examinations; weather 'the wind is certainly the worst feature of the Wellington climate'; working on house and garden; Centennial exhibition; visit to Museum; Christmas Day 1939; picnic on Tinakori Hill; holiday trip to Mt Egmont; censorship of letters; social activities; new biology block opened by Fraser, Minister of Education; academic duties; death of Professor Hugh Mackenzie; death of Prime Minister Savage; Centennial Art Exhibition; WEA lectures; war news; visit to Hursthouses at Christchurch, 'a charming city of markedly English character'; 'New Zealand is gradually waking up as a result of the course of the war'; conscription; New Zealand war loan; arrival of evacuated children and adults from England; Sir Cyril Newall's appointment as Governor General.

Includes: press cuttings. (211 p.)

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