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Thomas Kitching
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Wilhelm Stekel : Peculiarities of Behaviour
'I am reading "Peculiarities of Behaviour" by Wilhelm Stekel. It is curious how these psychoanalysts boil everything down to food urge or sex urge.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Book
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'I read the "Syonan Times" it says: "The era of equality for all in Greater Asia is at hand"'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
Walter Wilkinson : Puppets into Scotland
I am reading "Puppets into Scotland" by W. Wilkinson - it makes one very homesick'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Book
Walter Wilkinson : Puppets into Scotland
'I finish the "Puppets" book; it induced too great a longing for home and freedom and the end of this nightmare the world is plunged into - to appreciate it as I should have done'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Book
[unknown] : Prison Regulations
'I find a copy of the "Prison Regulations" for December 1938: European rations total over three pounds daily and Japanese 2lbs 10oz. I give this in to the Committee as evidence'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Unknown
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times" says Java surrendered unconditionally on Monday [9 Mar]'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times" also gives a list of Nipponese taking positions as Advisers in various States of Malaya except Pahang'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[unknown] : [sign]
'Notice over the bakery - "Wedding Cakes A Speciality"'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Manuscript: Graffito
[n/a] : The Changi Guardian
'A statement about the position as regards the exchange of internees is given by "The Changi Guardian" (the prisoners' bulletin): no steps have been taken yet and can only be initiated by the government concerned'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times" reports there is no resistance in Northern Sumatra. In the newspaper, there is a remarkable similarity in the wording of the various official notices, eg. "Those who do not comply will be severely punished". Thus falls the British tyranny'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times" reports that Eden, the Foreign Secretary, has spoken of the prisoners in Hong Kong and of their "wonderful treatment" by the Japanese. There is no mention of Singapore ... According to the "Syonan Times" our and the Allies' naval losses are astronomical and the Nipponese microscopic'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times" says that 11 ships have been sunk off Colombo, Rangoon and the Indian coast; also the Queen Mary with 10,000 troops in the South Atlantic. The newspaper also warns the Asiatic population that the way to happiness etc. will be hard, but they must tread it for the sake of their children! The arrogant British then come in for more castigation'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[unknown] : [marginalia in Dandelion Days]
'I get a library book, "Dandelion Days". Written on the back cover is an extraordinary message deated 15.1.42 at the General Hopsital, thus: "23.25 - what the hell has the night sister done to me? Injection refused but given some other awful stuff - made to feel like a drunk in five minutes - didn't ask for anything - or injection - God, she's a bitch. Evacuated from Penang and now a thorough defeatist - anti-everything. I feel stewed except the pain in my leg has not gone." Signature illegible.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Manuscript: Graffito
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times announces with a flourish the resumption of the delivery of letters.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times" announces the resumption of the retail sale of sugar. And they are to re-open the schools soon'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times" reports that 200 mixed British and Dutch refugees have been rounded up in Northern Sumatra. They had fled there.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times" says the Nipponese have given Hong Kong internees money and cigarettes and they allow canteens where they can buy anything ... "The Syonan Times" has announced that, by order, the first Nipponese public holiday is to be April 29th, the Emperor's birthday'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times" says the scorched earth policy in Malaya was a failure - the rubber and tin are still there!'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times" says the lack of food grown in Malaya is due to the deliberate policy of the British government, who thought of nothing but wealth for their merchant princes. And there are fewer motor accidents in Singapore now. This is due to the imposition of a 30mph limit and the superior driving of the Nipponese'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : The Changi Guardian
'"The Changi Guardian" says in the "Do You Know?" pages: "That each dawn is now broken by the patter of running feet - two enthusiasts, etc!" The editors must have been a long time waking up, as this is our 50th successive day running round the exercise yard in the morning'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times" has a headline: "European War Decided in Two Months", but I cannot get near enough to see which way! As usual, the paper vanishes in the night. Some swine does it systematically.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'I take the chance of a leisurely read of "The Syonan Times" of May 18th. The headlines include: "Decline of the British Empire Inevitable" (how true!); and "Shaping of Future Destiny of World in Nipponese Hands".'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'I inspect "The Syonan Times" from May 23rd to 28th: the usual unadulterated propaganda - in such mass and so blatant you would expect it to stultify itself completely. The highlight is: "Our treatment of the prisoners-of-war is such as to win the admiration of the world and the chivalry of our army is a by-word". Headlines include: "Day of Reckoning At Hand for Britain"; "Spectre of Revolution and Famine Stalks Through the Land"; "Britain and US Reduced to Third-Rate Naval Powers" (by the "smashing victory" in the Coral Sea)'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[unknown] : Oxford Advanced Atlas
'I start making star charts and revising my geographical knowledge generally with the aid of a very good atlas - the Oxford Advanced - borrowed from Bayley'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Book
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times" says very naively that the essay competition on Nipponese culture was very disappointing. There were only 45 entries: no first and second prizes will be awarded. The population of Syonan don't seem to have realised that Nipponese culture is the finest in the world, especially in science and engineering. This is proved by the fact that her inventions have been adopted all over the world.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
Anne Lindbergh : North to the Orient
'I read "North to the Orient" by Anne Lindbergh. I imagined they had flown over the top of the world! But actually it was via North Canada, Alaska, Kanchatka, and the Kurile Islands to Tokyo and Hunkow. The Nipponese were kindness itself. I don't think they met the Nipponese High Command.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Book
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times reports that Mrs Arbenz, wife of the Swiss Consul, has been killed in a motor accident. Joan knew the daughters well. "The Syonan Times" leader complains bitterly that the population of Syonan-To are just waiting. They don't learn Nippon-Go, they don't take off their coats and work'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'A notice in "The Syonan Times" asks the public to cooperate in measures for the suppression of mosquitoes'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times" gives full details for an exchange of diplomats and others from the US, Canada and South America and the names of the ships involved'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
Axel Munthe : San Michele
'From Axel Munthe's "San Michele": "Imprisoned monkeys, so long as they are in company, live on the whole a supportable life. They are so busy finding out all that is going on inside and outside their cage, so full of intrigue and gossip, that they hardly have time to be unhappy".'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
Malcolm Campbell : My Greatest Adventure
'I read "My Greatest Adventure" by Malcolm Campbell. While treasure hunting on the Cocos, he mentions as typical of the hardships they had to endure the fact that he had to eat a boiled egg without a spoon. This makes us laugh like drains.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Book
R.H. Bruce-Lockhart : Guns and Butter
'In "Guns and Butter" by Bruce-Lockhart (written October 1938), he says: "To anyone who knows the East, it was already clear that, whoever won the war between Japan and China, the white races have already lost it'. It is probably true in the long run, but, now that the East has seen, the time may be postponed.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Book
[n/a] : The Changi Guardian
'"The Changi Guardian", in its cricket report, says: "Kitching fought the vigorous attack amid rising excitement and, when the final two came just before time, there was wild cheering".'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
Richard Doddridge Blackmore : Lorna Doone
'I get "Lorna Doone". It is a good book so far.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Book
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times" of August 7th says: "Grow more food. It is essential. It is to be planted on enemy-owned rubber plantations. The shortage is the result of bad administration by the British, but the Malayans must take their share of the blame, as there is responsibility both as government and governed." It sounds OK, but the soil won't respond.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times" says there is to be a public holiday today for the half-anniversary of the New Birth of Malaya.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
Arnold Bennett : Accident
'I finish "Accident" by Arnold Bennett, write up my diary, and so to bed.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Book
[unknown] : [notice]
'A notice appears on the board: "The Indian policemen on duty are Japanese subjects and you must obey them as you do the Japanese sentries. If internees do not bow to Indian policemen sentries, they will be severely punished". Bow-wow."
UnknownCentury: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching
[unknown] : [notice]
'The B-Block strip of grass between the high wall and the passage is now open. It is to be a haven of peace for readers and others. There is to be no talking. So there is a notice: "B-Sanctuary. Do not pluck the flowers or disturb the wildlife. You may sleep, but do not snore. Keep your B-trap shut. Silence is golden. Gather riches here".'
UnknownCentury: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times" says that, in spite of the "evil scorched-earth policy" of the British, the hydro-electric installations are now in working order, also 70% of the tin mines.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'A comparison with other internees culled from "The Syonan Times": Manila, S. Thomas University - 3,200 internees in 64 acres, Changi - 2,800 in less than 11 acres. In Hong Kong, they are in villas. In Peking, they are in their own houses.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : The Changi Guardian
'"The Changi Guardian" reports: "The Changi Cricket League, long expected, is now in being, thanks to the untiring energy of Mr Tom Kitching".'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times" informs us that one Nipponese is worth at least six white soldiers because he fights for ideals and love of country, but whites are materialistic and fight only under the influence of rum and drugs.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'According to "The Syonan Times", the Government of Malaya says that the Nipponese will educate the youth of Malaya properly. We only did it intellectually.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times" says that M. Egle, the Red Cross representative, entertained to dinner by the Nipponese in Shanghi, said, "Your kindness (to the prisoners-of-war) has been just wonderful".'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times" says that the Raffles statue is being moved to a museum.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
[in this entry, lists extracts from "The Syonan Times" of 10 Sept]
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times" refers to the "miserable hordes of distressed humanity who were barely able to eke out an existence on the borderline of starvation in British times" and who are now on top of the world! ... You can get a lot from reading between the lines. Sometimes we wonder is this is done purposely by the pro-British on the newspaper staff.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'There is unconscious humour in "The Syonan Times". Two headlines state: "New Order Simplifies Chinese Funerals" and "Nipponese Culture - Why Does the West Fail to Understand It?".'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times" has the speech of welcome given by the Mayor to Nipponese internees who have arrived on the Tatuta Maru from India and Great Britain.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times" says the evil influences of the British education system are to be swept away completely and replaced by an education in which the mainspring in faith is universal brotherhood.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times" of September 17th contains an account by a Chinese nurse who, I think, must have been on Nora's ship'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times" is running heavy propaganda for the people to learn Japanese. They say people evidently don't like it.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times" says the Tatuta Maru brought parcels for the prisoners of war "direct from their kith and kin"'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
Oliver Goldsmith : Vicar of Wakefield, The
'I finish reading "The Vicar of Wakefield". The world has changed more in the last 30 years than in the previous 150'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Book
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times" reports that "owing to unavoidable circumstances, the Malayan-Chinese Goodwill Mission's visit to Japan is postponed.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'There is not so much bombast in the latest "Syonan Times" report on the war: "Our nation remains determined ... to achieve ultimate victory".'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
[Tom quotes the "Syonan Times" on] '"British Maltreatment of Nipponese Internees" and on how the local people "fail to appreciate the realities of freedom, happiness and prosperity they now enjoy!'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times" carries a report about Miss Estrop, a Eurasian from Kuala Lumpar.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[unknown] : [unknown]
'A quotation from a book I am reading says: "The only way to waste time is not to enjoy it." How one realises that as an internee!'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Book
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times" leader says: "today, hundreds of thousands of people in Malaya are suffering severely from insufficient food, not because there is a shortage of food, but because they have no money".'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'In "The Syonan Times" there is a very anti-British speech by S.C. Goho - the Indians are not supporting the Indian Independence League.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times" has more about the wonderful conditions of prisoners-of-war and internees in Hong Kong and Shanghi, but nothing about us!'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times" reports that a week's holiday starts in Japan and elsewhere on December 5th at the end of a year's successful warfare.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times" has an amusing erros in its leader today.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
Brian Kitching : [letter]
'I have Brian's letter. The opening words are: "Dear Mum and Dad, I hope you are all right". This fills me with gloom. It can only mean that they have heard nothing of Nora.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Manuscript: Letter
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'There is an article in "The Syonan Times" by Charles Nell about Malayan Shylocks.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
Seabridge : [letter]
'I see Seabridge's letter from South Africa; it is very interesting. There are details about many people who escaped and about the casualties. [quotes from letter]'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Manuscript: Letter
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times" gives it away: "The English who formerly lived like kings are now sighing in Changi Prison".'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : The Changi Guardian
'And now for the best jest so far in Changi: the editors of "The Changi Guardian" suddenly have their cells turned inside out this morning. They are sent for. We all wonder what the offence is. It is in Saturday's [14th] "Changi Guardian": "Sad Demise of the Sabbath Paper" - "With mixed feelings, we announce that, owing to shortage of newsprint, publication of the 'Changi Chimes' ceased on Staurday last ... From all parts of the world we have received messages of sympathy and codolence and, from these, we append the following extracts: 'your ... little journal' ('The Feathered World'); 'The orginality of the contents never failed to surprise us' ('The Dredgemaster's Weekly')" ... The Japanese open the proceedings by asking how we got these papers into the camp. (They were looking for them, hence the ransacking of the cells.) And, after the most painstaking explanations, the editors are reluctantly released.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Jap Times and Advertiser
'"The Jap Times and Advertiser" held a slogan competition.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'A paragraph has been cut out of "The Syonan Times"; internees are not allowed to see it, but, with the usual efficiency, enough of the tops of the letters in the headline are left to enable one to read it: "Allied Airmen Bomb Civilians".'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : wrapper
'I am amused by a purchase I make today: it is toilet paper and on the wrapper it says in large letters, obviously as a guarantee of excellence: "British Product. Made in Syonan-To".'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: wrapper/ packaging
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times" is again full of articles putting the blame for the war on the Allies'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'"The Syonan Times" advertises a movie in the Capitol, now disguised as Kyo-El-Gekizyo: "Love Finds Andy Hardy".'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Advertisement, Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Times
'To quote "The Syonan Times", "All houses will hoist the Rising Sun Flag".'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Sinbun
'Aha! The transformed newspaper is an accomplished fact. The issue of December 12th carries its new name of "Syonan Sinbun" (=newspaper) but this is number five. Where are one, two, three and four? There is not a scrap of news in it. It's full of banquets and mutual admiration society meetings of the Axis partners.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
Helen Ball : [letter]
'Helen Ball's letter from South Africa to James is like a breath of fresh spring air in this lousy gaol' [describes letter at length and copies extracts; Tom's son Brian under care of Helen]
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Manuscript: Letter
[n/a] : Syonan Sinbun
'"The Syonan Sinbun" publish a long interview given by the Bishop of Singapore a few days ago, which is entirely fictitious!'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Sinbun
'"The Syonan Sinbun" headline on December 18th: "Tokyo Wins War of Radio Waves". The newspaper lauds the superiority of Japanese broadcasts over those of the Allies.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Sinbun
'A notice in "The Syonan Sinbun" again calls upon all owners of short-wave wireless sets to hand them over for conversion to medium wave only, "failing which punishment shall be meted out accordingly".'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
R.J.H.S. : Diary
'I finish reading the 1942 diary of R.J.H.S. (another internee). It is an intensely personal document totally unlike mine, though we live under precisely similar conditions and environments.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Manuscript: Unknown
[n/a] : Syonan Sinbun
'The newspaper reports that the so-clever Nipponese scientists are not only going to eradicate venereal disease, but also discover its causes.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Sinbun
'"The Syonan Sinbun" advertises a slogan competition for the anniversary of the fall of Singapore: "Slogans should clearly show the invulnerable position of Nippon for the successful consummation of a protracted war". Difficult, one thinks.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Advertisement, Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Sinbun
'"The Syonan Sinbun" reports that the museum authorities in Singapore are busy translating all the thousands of explanatory data from English to Nippon-go. English is to be done away with!'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
E. C. Bentley : Trent's Last Case
'I go to the library; luckily there is no queue. I get "Trent's Last Case" - a grand book. I've read it at least three times in a previous existence.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Book
[n/a] : Syonan Sinbun
'"The Syonan Sinbun" announces that there are 18 large mailbags in Tokyo with letters from Great Britain for war prisoners in the Southern Region - that's us.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Sinbun
'"The Syonan Sinbun" reports Tokyo as saying that "the maltreatment and petty annoyances to which Nipponese internees are subjected in Great Britain and the USA are in sharp contrast to the warm, sympathetic treatment extended by the Nipponese to enemy nationals and prisoners of war." Why put this sort of rubbish in the local paper, when the inhabitants know quite well how WE have been treated?'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Sinbun
'"The Syonan Sinbun" reports that Yamashita, the conqueror of Malaya, has been promoted to General.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Sinbun
'"The Syonan Sinbun" for Tuesday and Wednesday surpasses itself.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Sinbun
'"The Syonan Sinbun" leader is quite amusing; it tells the people how changed things are for them compared with a year ago and adds in brackets "for the better" - in case there should be some misapprehension!'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Sinbun
'"The Syonan Sinbun" reports that the Nipponese Government has decided not to consider Indians and the other peoples of the Philippines, Hong Kong, Malaya, Borneo and the Dutch East Indies as enemy nations any longer.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
Isabel Constance Clarke : Haworth Parsonage
'I am reading "Haworth Parsonage" by Isabel C. Clarke. I have never read a book on the Brontes before, although I have often passed Cowan Bridge, the notorious school, which caused the deaths of Maria and Elizabeth.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Book
[n/a] : Syonan Sinbun
'The newspaper praises it [loaf made of maize flour and rice]: "Bread reappears in Syonan. The doctors are enthusiastic about it; it is more palatable and equally nourishing" (compared with that of the effete and non-prosperous days of British rule!)'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[unknown] : postcard
'Forbes has three postcards; one marked "Try Singapore, then Batavia". This shows there must be internees in Batavia and gives me some hope that Nora may be there, although I don't think much of the chance.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Manuscript: postcard
[n/a] : Syonan Sinbun
'Very neatly put is this from "The Syonan Sinbun": "With the return of warm weather, the submarine threat has become a burning question."'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : [letters]
'I receive two letters - one (undated) from Nellie [Tom's eldest sister] in Australia and the other from Amy Hallom in Lancaster, dated 19.7.1942. Both think Nora is here with me. [summarises content of letters]'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Manuscript: Letter
[n/a] : Syonan Sinbun
'There is an appeal in "The Syonan Sinbun" to stop the black-marketeering in drugs. Quinine is available at five cents per tablet - "a price well within reach of the poor". In the bad old days of British rule, the said poor got it for nothing.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : [letter]
'There is a letter from Joan, Barn Close, Milford, Godalming. It is dated 14.7.42 and addressed to both of us, of course. It is an excellent letter, with the limitations of censorship considered: "I am well and truly started on my career at last and enjoying it hugely".'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Manuscript: Letter
M Arlen : Jesting Pilate
'I see a quotation in "Jesting Pilate" by M. Arlen who just passed through Japan. He says: "It is as though there was some inherent vice in Japanese art which made the genuine seem false and the expensive shoddy".'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Book
[unknown] : Wonderful Britain
'I am reading volume four of "Wonderful Britain". It is attractively illustrated, particularly to an interned exile. What attracts me specifically, apart from the pictures, are articles on things to see around London, Manchester and Sheffield - Wansdyke and Offa's dyke, the magic of the fens.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Book
[n/a] : Syonan Sinbun
'"The Syonan Sinbun" says: 'What were considered ridiculous prices a few months after the fall of Singapore are as nothing, compared to the prices obtaining today." What a confession! And we are told there is no inflation.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
: [letter]
'A few letters are released today. I get my fifth and last - it is from Amy addressed to Nora at 24, Mount Rosie Road and dated July 19th. It contains no new news.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: NewspaperManuscript: Letter
[n/a] : Syonan Sinbun
'"The Syonan Sinbun" reports a speech made by Colonel Okabo to a meeting of Mohammedan delegates. He tells them to warn the population against the lying and malicious propaganda of the British and Americans about retaking this part of the world.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
: [letter]
'I receive another letter from Joan, dated June 30th. She had just started the massage course for which the fee was 142 guineas. And she hoped that, when the course was finished, we would have no objection to her marrying John M!'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Manuscript: Letter
Margaret Mitchell : Gone with the wind
'I finish reading "Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell - A most remarkable book. I enjoyed it very much, but what a little bitch Scarlet O'Hara is! Vic's invariable comment is: "What a wonderful book for a WOMAN to have written!"'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Book
: [letter]
'I get my letter; it is from Pip [Tom's sister, Phyllis] and is dated June 21st, 1942. She says Colin looks absolutely splendid and is fighting fit; he is proud of us. And Joan is well too. [war news]'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Manuscript: Letter
[n/a] : Syonan Sinbun
'The Saturday newspaper has part of a column cut out. As there is no war news from Europe elsewhere, you can put omission and exclusion together and make Tunis.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[unknown] : Walking in the Grampians
'I finish reading "Walking in the Grampians". If Nora's alive, I swear we will do some of them WHEN this bloody war is over.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Book
[n/a] : Syonan Sinbun
'Both Tuesday and Wednesday editions of "The Syonan Sinbun" have bits cut out - one-and-a-half columns then one column.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Sinbun
'There is more censorship of the newspaper. It is cut about all over the place.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Sinbun
'I discover a new Nipponese word in a newspaper report: "Three of our planes committed jibaku" ie. deliberately dived into objectives'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Sinbun
'An article in "The Syonan Sinbun" headed "Red Cross Says Syonan Prisoners Well-Treated" reports that the International Red Cross representative in Tokyo has told Geneva: "The representative of the International Red Cross in Syonan is satisfactorily carrying on HIS ASSIGNED DUTIES" - which is quite true, but they do not include an inspection report!'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Sinbun
'"The Syonan Sinbun" announces that Nipponese is to be the future lingua franca of Malaya, but do not be perturbed - English will be permitted as a medium of expression for some time yet. How magnaminous is this.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Sinbun
'"Nippon knows no class or racial distinctions which were so hateful under the British", says a leader in "The Syonan Sinbun". Yet a railway notice in the paper says, "Owing to current exigencies, first-class tickets will only be issued to certain specified people". Well, well! We never descended to that.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Sinbun
'"The Syonan Sinbun", under the heading "No Room for Criminals", reports on the new regime's effective campaign against crime.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Sinbun
'"The Syonan Sinbun" says the Axis have won the first round in Sicily, but doesn't explain how they let the Allies get there.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Sinbun
'"The Syonan Sinbun" reports a spokesman of the Nipponese Army Board of Information as saying Britain has sent warships to the Indian Ocean from the Mediterranean. This is good news, as it means that we can spare them.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Syonan Sinbun
'"The Syonan Sinbun" says a cable from Lisbon on July 22nd reported the arrival in London of 20,000 postcards and letters from the Pacific Theatre. I hope ours are amongst them.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
A.J. Evans : The escaping club
'I finish reading "The Escaping Club" by A.J. Evans; it is very interesting, but what a contrast to our lot and treatment. He got so many food parcels from home, plus what he could buy (his pay from the Germans was 100 marks a month), that he never touched the German rations. And when they got dried fish they threw it away.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Book
[n/a] : Pow-Wow
'A young hopeful from the Women's camp, aged five, asked what he was going to do when he grew up, said, "Go over to the Men's Camp". Comment of "Pow-Wow", the ladies periodical is: "WE can't even look forward to that."'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Serial / periodical
[n/a] : Syonan Sinbun
'"The Syonan Sinbun" says goods supplied by the Nipponese will be distributed today; the goods include crockery, glassware, earthenware, vases, beer mugs, cutlery, buckets, needles, lunch boxes, toys, stationery and trays.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Newspaper
[n/a] : Government Blue Books
'I am reading with intense interest the government blue book of documents prior to the outbreak of war on September 3rd, 1939 - four years ago. And the most pessimistic prognostications as to the world scope of the war and the wholesale destruction have been fulfilled. But it is strongly heartening to read this book.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Book
: [letter]
'AT LAST! A letter from Brenda [Tom's sister] dated July 27th, 1942, with some news of Nora: 'I expect Joan has told you of the letter she had from Mrs Noble giving an account of Nora's adventures - it upsets us very much ...'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Manuscript: Letter
: [letter]
'There is a letter to both of us from Joan dated July 28th, 1942. She is enjoying her work "hugely".'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Manuscript: Letter
: [letter]
'I receive another letter from Joan, dated October 13th, 1942, and numbered two. She is full of enthusiasm for her work...'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Manuscript: Letter
: [letter]
'I receive two letters from Brenda. One dated July 22nd, 1942, says she was just moving to London and was going to do all she could for Colin and Joan.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Manuscript: Letter
: [advertisement]
'An advertisement for the Japanese film of the fall of Singapore, "On to Singapore" announces "Syonan - City of Peace, Plenty and Prosperity".'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Advertisement
: [letter]
'I receive a letter from Brenda, dated September 18th, 1942. She writes: "We are hoping it won't be long now before we have news of your safety"'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Manuscript: Letter
: [letter]
'A note from Nic says that, if I send a coconut weekly, she will send sago pudding - very nice of her.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Manuscript: Letter
A Berkeley : The Silk Stocking Murders
'With nothing else to do, the library queue has grown beyond all bounds. It took me an hour yesterday to get "The Silk Stocking Murders" by A. Berkeley - quite a good detective yarn.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Book
F Yeats Brown : Golden Horn
'I read "Golden Horn" by F. Yeats Brown. He was a prisoner in Turkish hands for two-and-a-half years. As in all these prisoners biographies, they had much more latitude compared with us: they had money, luxuries (eg. drinks and good smokes), individual purchases of food and other commodities, opportunities of escape, and a reasonable rapport with their captors.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Book
: [letters]
'All the letters have been distributed; they have been here only two months. I get my six, two-and-a-half from Joan, two-and-a-half from Brenda and one from Pip, with dates from 2.11.42 to 29.1.43. A "Post Early for Christmas" postmark on a letter of 1.12.42 strinkes and ironic note when I receive it on 23.12.43! The gist of the news in the letters is: there is no news of Nora or me.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Manuscript: Letter
Agatha Christie : Peril at End House
'I read "Peril at End House" by Agatha Christie; it is excellent.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Kitching Print: Book
Ella Maillart : Forbidden Journey
'Reading "Forbidden Journey" written by Ella Maillart in 1936, I am interest in her remarks about our friend, the enemy: "Once again, I saw the military supreme, not only over civilians of their own country who often have different ideas, but also over the natives who are full of hatred for their brutal masters..."'
