Diaries and papers relating to the Second World War service of George James Feakes, 1942-1946 - Part 20

1160      
 700
 1860
 277
 2137
309     2000
247    -1731

1175    $269

1731                     Total £26.52.

26.52 ✓         Cash taken     £12.00

13.00 ✓        Room Credit       1.52

13.52          Beans & Saka    13.00

                                             £26.52 

Appointed to

2nd Grade as

from 1^st July 1941

(aged 48 yrs + 5 months)

27^th
Leaving Se            

bought 830

HK dlrs at

14¾% discount on Se.

1,d, 100HK = $85.25 Straits

(rate 1/11.87d per

HK dlr). = $707.57
(Straits)          

Also bought £42 Aust.

for $283.92 Straits

at rate $676 = £100 A

(i.e. $1 Straits = 2/11½d Aust) 

30/11/35, Wrote Chartered Bank

Hong Kong, to send draft 

for A£20 to C'wealth Bank

Sydney
14/2/36  Chartered Bank

HK, sent £100-0-0 to

C'wealth Bank Sydney               

Transfd from F0 to HK 

CR 
                HK $          FO $        Premium

26/9     707.63 ✓       950           34¼%

28/10   557.49 ✓       800           43½%

28/11    910.87 ✓     1100           20¾%

24/12    963.20         1050            9%

28/1      818.00          900           10%

(CR) 12.55 *

26/2    $866.39          950            9⁵/₈%                           

Credit to here = $1175.00                   

26/3       916.28       1000            9¹/₈%

26/4       859.33         940            9³/₈%

27/5       875.48         950            8½% 

                                               £50A

                                                 equals

Salary                                     DR

Pay  $1011.21                       $.397.19

Pay $1044.53                           453.33

Pay   1221.82                           555.41

                       £20A, 6/12/35 = 241.91

Pay  1227.13                           *640.50

Pay  1081.91                             623.88

                      £100A, 14/2/36: 1239.31

Pay 1083.69                              623.88

Credit to here = $1175.00       

Pay 1081.91                              606.74

Pay 1077.24                              611.55

Pay 1086.61                              623.92

(Cr bal to here)

( = HK $1983.88)

CR
Transferred FO to HK.

26/6
HK   $851.75  FO $920   Premium.

851.75                920            8%

Credit as per Bank Statement

$1896.69.

27/7
$945.53          $1000            5¾%

Cr. bal to here $1200.00 ✓

27/8
HK              FO                  Rate

$916.67      1000  $950

29/9
$623.40      $650

5/10
$116.07 = (Bal of FO a/c)

6/10
Cr bal to here $1108.53 ✓ 

                                     £50 Aust

                                        equals

Salary FO$.                  DR

1081.29                        939.43 (£75)

$1091.35                      650.22

2 Drafts totalling £75.17.6

" fwdd Sydney 10-8-36.

Salary                            £50A =
" $1086.61                    650.22

" $ 967.00                     648.85
"   —                               —                                                          

(400 drawn out for CSJ) 

(Cr bal to here)

( = HK $1983.88)

CR
Transferred FO to HK.

26/6
HK   $851.75  FO $920   Premium.

851.75                920            8%

Credit as per Bank Statement

$1896.69.

27/7
$945.53          $1000            5¾%

Cr. bal to here $1200.00 ✓

27/8
HK              FO                  R

$916.67      1000 $950

29/9
$623.40      $650

5/10
$116.07 = (Bal of FO a/c) 9

6/10
Cr bal to here $1108.53

                                     £50 Aust

                                        equals

Salary FO$.                  DR

1081.29                        939.43 (£75)

$1091.35                      650.22

2 Drafts totalling £75.17.6

" fwdd Sydney 10-8-36.

Salary                            £50A =
" $1086.61                    650.22

" $ 967.00                     648.85
"   —                               —                                                          

(400 drawn out for CSJ) 

Cr bal  $1108.58

HK .             CSJ.           Rate.

25/10
484.80         $320           151.5

27/10
356.00  (remitted by post).

26/11
573.80          380            151

23/12
453.00          300            151

Bal  $834.22 ckd with Bank.

25/1
528.50          $350

24/2
455.25          $300 

Salary CSJ                Aust.

$809.86         £50      $647.49

(net
Ex.cash)
583.24          £42      $542.82      

11.12.36   £31.9.7

Insurance  $408.83

(net)
628.24         £42       $542.82

(net)
584.05           "         $541.69

 [8^th Feb A.£76.3.5 sent from

 SAIGON a/c.]

584.05           "         $543.96

[11^th March, A£34.9.9 sent

from Saigon A/c].

✓22^nd april,     £49.2.9 ✓     sent    from

✓12^th     "        £67.6.10 ✓     "          "

✓17^th    "        £36.12.8 ✓     "          "

✓25^th  May     £68.1.1 ✓       "          "

✓25^th  June    £78.14.3 ✓     "          "

26^th  July        £61.16.6 ✓     "          "

26^th   Aug       £52. 2.8 ✓      "          "

26^th   Sept      £56.7.0 ✓       "          "

26^th   Octr       £51.5.0 ✓       "          "

25^th   Nov       £48.13.4 ✓      "         "

26^th  Jany.      £106.11.10 ✓  "            

25^th  Feby      £57-11-10 ✓    "            

25^th  March    £65-10-7 ✓      "            

27^th  April       £61.4.7 ✓        "  

2¹/₅ 

COCOS : ¾  ⁴/₅  ³³/₂₀  ¹¹/₇

June 1940, sent Aust. £135

to Et, to dispose of, *

($925.00)

Send £32 Stg, to C'wealth

Bank, monthly, from date

arrival Cocos, April '40

*Et pays £50 to my

a/c Neutral Bay, Savings Bk.

& £5020✓  to Current

a/c, Martin Place

& puts £65 into her

own a/c. (TH £135)

(see 2 pages on) 

27^th July   £83.14.4 ✓    to Sydney

25^th Aug  £166.16.11 ✓   "        "

26 Sept     £ 56.11.2  ✓    "        "

9^th Jany '39 £ 50.0.0  Sterling   "

=  £62.7.11

£ 28 A., monthly commencing

end March 1939.

28^th June, £180 Aust. to 

Sydney

COCOS

Sent Et a blank cheque

on N.B. Savings Bank

a/c, August 1940 ✓

& December  "
Cocos, Septr 1940 :- Sent

Aust £80 to Et to pay into 

my N.B. Savings a/c.

($549.34)

Cocos Decr 1940: Sent

Aust £100 direct to

C'wealth Bank, Martin Pl.

($685.22)

Draft  $400

Chartered Bank, Sc

No. 10732 B

In S.B. a/c ∧Neutral Bay No.

20308, £25 as

at leaving Sydney

13/3/40.

Scrip for Q.N. Bank Shares

is held in trust for ↔

me by C'wealth Bank, Sydney. 

Investments

[* Safe Custody Receipt, No 1048.*]

War Savings Certificates

purchase price A £100,

(face value A £125)

due 3 - 9 - 1948

Nos. G-590090

N 117942/3

Z 142926/7

[* Check this at N.B. *]

31/12/41 :- Sent A £100 to

Sydney for credit, to £70 to

Savings Bank a/c at

Neutral Bay, C'wealth

Bank, & £30 to Martin Pl.

28.11.41 :- Sent A£100 to C'wlth BK Sy, 

Bank purchased 20 £5 shares

in Q'land National Bank, for

£89.16.5; & credited Current

 a/c with £10.3.7

(P.T.O)

[*See previous                 
pages*]
Investments as at 1/1/40

100 "A" shares (17/6d paid) in

 Ruggles & Ringrose Ltd.  
{In

{ETs
{name
Nos. 17873 - 17972            

£100 Metropolitan Water Board

Inscribed Stock 4½%, See

No. 2406 Next page. Int to current a/c

Int. to S.B. a/c N. BAY.

£100  Sydney County Council

Inscribed Stock 4½%, See

next page, Int. to S.B. a/c

100 £1 ordinary shares in Hotel

Sydney, Nos 116101 - 116200.

 Bought for 12/- each. Total

 cost incl. brokerage £61 - 0 - 2 
[*{→ Interest to ✓} Scrip}
C'wealth Bank} with Et}

Martin Place}*]

 £100 Fixed Deposit. No. 326928,

due 24-3-40,  2¾ %  →
[*Tranf'd to
Current a/c}*]

$105 (approx) Concession Dollars on

current a/c at Bank of Montreal,

Victoria B.C. Appln. for X'fer

To Sydney, 26.2.40 

T            T

£6.23 

150
Stock Loan No. 36
1.2.1952, 4³/₈%.
↑Int. payable to S.B. a/c ✓

No. 20308 Neutral Bay
[1^st only to Current a/c, Sydney]         

[Also see 2 pages back]
1.41
2.07✓

  .98
1.09
Check ?✓
? £28
OK 

£28.19.4
Received

fm Canada.