GALLIPOLI DIARY

Greymouth Evening Star, 1 November 1920, Page 8

GALLIPOLI DIARY

- SIR lAN HAMILTON'S GIFT. TO TURNBULL LIBRARY. I Per Pleas Association.) WELLINGTON, October 29. Observing some weeks ago a cabled statement that Sir lan Hamilton had presented a portion of tire manuscript of his Gallipoli diary to the Mitchell Library, in Sydney, the Hon. W, H. Triggs, M.L.C., wrote to Sir lan asking if he would confer a similar favour on the Turnbull Library, Wellington. Sir lan Hamilton has now sent the original draft of a large portion of his second despatch on the Gallipoli campaign, together with an accompanying letter, in which he. says:— “Nowadays, when so much must be done by shorthand and typing, it is by no means easy to meet your wish. However, I have dug out a bit of my second despatch, which might be some day interesting to the historical bookworm. The way these h: . T 4- .xll

things were done was: I first of all dictated the story, then corrected the typed sheets. The whole of the portion of the MSS. I send you was done at Gallipoli and all the marks cuttings out and writing arc by my own hand.” Mr Triggs has handed the manuscript to the Minister of Internal Affairs, with a

request that it be placed in the Turnbull Library, adding: “I arn sure you agree with mo that Sir lan Hamilton has made a most generous and valuable contribution to the store of original records in which the Turnbull Library is already so rich.”