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the matter - what an impossibility - and this doesnt settle the matter at all, or cure the evil. I have one editorial on the matter taken from a local paper.

[[underlined]] Saturday January 11, 1936 [[/underlined]] 
It began to drizzle in the morning, so Dick decided not to go out. He went to make some inquiries about going to Carriacou and I went with him. We stopped at the Post Office and bought some of the current issues of stamps. The 1/2d, 1 1/2d & 2 1/2d are partly pictorial - with pictures of king George in the corners - they are, Grand Anse Beach 1/2 d, Grand Etang 1 1/2 d, St George's 2 1/2d. The other set is what I should call a seal of the colony & King George. They are 1d, 2d, 3d, 6d, 1s (I think there are higher denominations too) 
This afternoon when we were working on stamps, Wilfred, one of the boys who works in the hotel, asked Dick if he would like to buy some stamps The local dealers pay 1d a doz. The boy brought us 40 stamps - quite a few jubilees - and we gave him 6d for encouragement. We may get quite a 

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bunch through him.

[[underlined]] Sunday January 12, 1936 [[/underlined]]
Dick was out this morning, but came back for lunch. I did little but read, and take a shower. All in all a very quiet Sunday.

[[underlined]] January 13,1936 [[/underlined]]
Dick was out for the day, but he left a bunch of letters for me to type, as the mail closes at 4 p.m. I also had a few of my own to write so it kept me busy most of the morning & afternoon. 
After tea Mrs. Garraway called to see me. We had a little chat & then went for a walk. We walked around the Carenage to the banana shed, and back. It is a pretty stretch of water. We passed the new Empire theatre which looks nice enough on the outside - and is supposed to be fairly nice in.
 
[[underlined]] January 14, 1936 [[/underlined]] I spent most of the day getting caught up in my journal. 
To day was boat day. I never knew