Wellington, 26 November 1940-09 November 1941

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File 3
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Subjects include: visit to Orongorongo River; climbing Mt Matthews; war news from England; examining MA theses; sinking of Australian and New Zealand ships by raiders; loss of mail; Christmas Day, 1940; broadcast tribute to Professor Bergson; sending tins of sheep's tongues; social activities; academic duties; Noel Coward in Wellington; comet; holiday at Paraparaumu Beach; blackout enforcement; Japanese intentions; WEA lectures; degree ceremony followed by social evening at John Beaglehole's; sending tins of food; registration of married men for military service; birth of second daughter; meeting of New Zealand Vocational Guidance Association; proposed study of Maori community at Otaki with Ernest Beaglehole; accompanies Ernest Beaglehole to Wellington Prison to lecture on Maoris 'prison audience is at present a very intelligent one - in parts - as the prison holds a number of persons who have been holding pacifist meetings in the streets against regulations'; advising Tootal factory at Christchurch.

Includes: press cuttings. (212p.)

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