GALLIPOLI DIARY

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160794, 30 October 1920, Page 5

GALLIPOLI DIARY

SIR lAN HAMILTON’S MANUSCRIPT. PRESENTED TO TURNBULL LIBRARY. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Oct. 29. Observing some weeks ago a cabled statement that Sir lan Hamilton had presented portion ,of the manuscript of his Gallipoli Diary to the Mitchell Library, Sydney, the Hon. W. H. Triggs, M.L.C., wrote to Sir lan Hamilton asking if be would confer a similar favour on the Turnbull Library, Wellington. Sir lan Hamilton has now scut the original draft of a large portion of His second despatch on the Gallipoli campaign, together with an accompanying letter, in which ho 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 sonic day interesting to the historical bookworm. The way these things were done was that 1 first of all dictated the story, then corrected the typed sheets. The whole of the portion of M.S.S. I send you was done at Gallipoli, and all the marks, cuttings out und writings are by my own bands.” Hon. Triggs has handed the manuscript to the Minister of Internal Affairs with a request that it bo placed in the Turnbull Library, adding, "I am sure you will agree with me that Sir lan Hamilton lias mada a most generous and valuable contribution to the store of original records in which the Turnbull Library is already so rich.”