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MARCH & APRIL 1919 31 Monday
Yacht Acacia
9.15 am Left American River for Hog Bay. Mr Hawker & family put them on board SS Karratta. Launch [illegible text] down & set sail towards Second Valley 3 pm Got the engines going. Stop Second Valley 5 pm sea orders M Hawker went on. 6 pm Came to anchor near Jetty Yankalilla for the night. Fresh ESE.
1 April Tuesday
4.30 am got underway towards Port Adelaide. Stop Glenelg 11am. Landed all luggage for Mr Hawker. 2.30 pm left toward Glenelg. Calm unbent all sails & got all gui & stowed away same. Stop alongside Portonian for the night.
2 Wednesday
Landed all gear & stored some in locker. Thursday not [illegible text]. 10.30 am shifted up to yacht moorings. 2.30 pm Engineer & Mr Hawker came on board about eingings & started taking to pieces.
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4 Friday
10 am Engineer came on board & working at eingings. 4 pm landed eingings & same. Went to town. JS gave cheque to Gray.
5 Saturday
12.30 pm paid up R Gray to date £10-10-0 + £3-0-0 = £13-10-0. 18 days to date Mr Hawker advance wages at the rate 15 shillings per day three pounds.
6 Sunday
Acacia all safe.
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7 Monday
No engineers at work on hand at moorings & at Mr Henry moorings. Glen all day at moorings 12-. Green came to work at 11 am at moorings & sundry jobs 6. Leonard one day eight hours. Engineer at work.
8 Tuesday
8.30 am Green came to work at sundry jobs.10. Glen all day at moorings.12. Glen all day at moorings & sundry jobs. Finish boat moorings & sundry jobs. Engineer at work. Mr. Benny moorings. Finish at 5 pm.
9 Wednesday
Green working on Mr Hawker boat at bilges & sundry jobs. Green work to Portonian at 4 pm.10. Charge Mr Hawker. Received one pound each. Glen wages £1-6-0. Received one pound £1-0-0. = £2-6-0.
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10 Thursday
Green & Glen painting Portonian. Each. 5 + 5 =10. No engineers at work.
11 Friday
Glen & Green at Portonian. Each 5 + 5 = 10. Received cheque from Mr. Hawker. Balance Gray wages 10-10-0 JS 5-0-0 on Acacia. Engineers work up to 4.30 pm & boy.
12 Saturday
Glen & Green at Portonian. Each 5 + 5 = 10. Engineer work up to 4.45 pm & boy.
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14 Monday
Green working painting Portonian 5. Glen away all day absent. Gone to Glenelg. One hour at moorings. 1/6. Engineer & boy came to work at 11 am. Carpenter started work at 7.30 am. 8 ¾. Caulking deck on Yacht Acacia.
15 Tuesday
Glen & Green painting Portonian all day. One day each. 5 + 5 = 10. 8 am. 10-15 am came to work. One carpenter & fitter & boy on Acacia all day.
16 Wednesday
Carpenter working at hatch on Acacia. No boy came to work. One fitter at work on eingings yacht 5 + 5 = 10. Sailmaker altering mainsail for Portonian. Green & Leonard at Portonian painting. Sent topmast down on deck ½ gallon paint oil from W Russell.