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to shore and there was Jocelyn Crane, green dress and all awaiting us at 12 about, with Mr. Flemming from stn. as well as another reporter, who also too picture.  Then through customs, & arrangements for [[?Alchol.]] with Jocelyn.  Then to hotel to find no rooms vacant & a free rum punch (on house) and sample of rum on table.  Lunch, 12 Amer. (20 B.W.£.)  Fruit [[?desered]] few old oranges & bananas.  Went after lunch to Alcoa people where [[?mention]] of [[?Frauths]] name & my card, and [[strikethrough]] back [[/strikethrough]] to Freelane to see Desmond re alcohol to alcohol people with check & directions given us by Jocelyn Crane.

Wednesday
Lunch $12 Amer.

[[underlined]] Thursday March 8. [[/underlined]]  As matter of course & respect went by consulate at 9 am.  (Found it opened at 8.30 though.  Consul had seen morning papers & it was with that that we opened the conversation.  The building is brand new on the site of the former one.  Very, yet quite tastefully modern, [[?two]] iron legged tables in reception room.  Only magazines were "Sports Illus." (a pile) given to consulate by staff member subscriber and a copy (one) of Max Ascotis "Reporter".  After to look to meet Jan & Linda to give them a bit of sight seeing, Fenner hired car.  3 B.W.£ the hour but first she wanted a jewlery shop.  After that to Yacht Club to visit Freelane briefly, and then merely through town;  by steamship agents to pick up mail which wasn't there, to liquor store to by liquor for here to take home & to see those off to ship at 12.00, we went back to Bretton Hall Hotel where we're stopping for lunch.  In forenoon had a phone call message from a Miss [[strikethrough]] [[?Pet]] [[/strikethrough]] Ambard.