Box-folder MS MSF SEQ 13267 BOX 4/4

Scope and contents Jenkins lives in his cottage in Maldon. He is employed by the Shire Council to clear roads and water channels, hang gates, and other odd jobs. He comments on the hot summer; bushfires; floods; difficulty of writing with injured fingers; typhoid cases; water shortages; mining board election; visit to cemetery to read inscriptions; foot injury caused by hot water spill which incapacitates him for weeks; no wages when unable to work; influenza affecting many residents including himself; visits...