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Saturday 4 Dec 1898
A lovely day. V & W Jr gone all day to North
shore getting wood from out the river. Frank Bamford
came over to day.

Sunday 5 December
Not very cold but cloudy. Ground
bare. Grace not very well. Will Dixon and
Dick Jenkins here. Wellie went across to Millens Bay
in Niles skiff. Wall N here. Dave Mahoney
came. Evening visitors D Mahoney, Maggie Scott,
Wall Niles, Frank Bamford. A snow storm
from the North. D Mahoney goes home at 10 pm.
Maggie stayed all night. Wall went home
in snow storm. Snow and blow all night.
V built another coal fire.