90 Motor Schooner France June 1924 Tuesday 3rd Light air - squalls all around The compass Heavy rain-squall from SW at 2 am. Employed as yesterday Noon Lat 15°58'S Long 177°15'W E SV x W 81am Pm calm up to 6 o'clock Pump Lights Lookout attended to Engine ran 9 hours. Wednesday 4th Heavy SW squall with torrent rain at 5 am 8 am light NE breeze & Fine Employed Holystoning maindeck etc Noon Lat 16-11 S Long 178°27' W Co NW 72- Pm Mod ½ Breeze to SW ½ W 10 Pm Sighted Waitangalanga light Pump Lights Lookout attended to. Thursday 5th Strong squalls ½ and ESE am carried away the Port shroud of the Fore-riqqen in a squall Finished fixing temporary at 9 am 5 reefed down 11.40 am here light house NW Co SW Bar 30.18 Remained same weather right through the day 10 Pm no sail light B NW Co SW x W. Pump Lights Lookout attended to Friday 6th Saturday 7th 1-30 Am Anchored in Suva harbour Sunday 8th SE fine Bar 30.03 8 am moored to wharf in Waile Bay above SS Pioneers berth Pump and gangway light attended 91 Motor Schooner France June 1924 Monday 9th S E fine Pm slight showers Bar 30.13 Drying - unbending sails etc Pump Light attended to. Tuesday 10th Showery ½ Bar 30.13 Sent down Headstays and fore riggen etc Pump and light attended to. Wednesday 11th Showery ½ Bar 30.15 Discharging Ballast & cleaning hold and Engine Pump Light attended to. Thursday 12th Showery ½ Bar 30.16 Work as yesterday Friday 13th Showery ½ Bar 30.19 Working in hold and on riggen etc Pump Light attended to Saturday 14th Showery ½ Bar 30.17 Work as yesterday Sunday 15th ENE Fresh Showery Bar 30.19 Pump Light attended to. Monday 16th Showery ½ Bar 30.20 White washing hold & working on Riggen & Engine Pump Light attended to Tuesday 17th Showery ½ Bar 30.20 Work as yesterday Wednesday 18th Showery ½ Bar 30.19 Work as yesterday Thursday 19th NE Showery Bar 30.20 Put the ship on the lip and cleaned her bottom. Friday 20th Showy ½ Bar 30.18 Shore gang working on ships bottom & Engine Crew cleaning painting and on Riggen. Saturday 21st Showery ½ Bar 30.18 Work as yesterday Sunday 22nd Showery Squally ½ Bar 30.18. Monday 23rd Heavy rain Bar 30.14 Public Holiday Crew working in hold. Tuesday 24th Showery ½ Bar 30.20 Work proceeding as well as can be expected constantly stopped by rain all through our time on the slip Wednesday 25th Strong SE gale Bar 30.22 Heavy rain squalls Finished work on ship and got off at 4 Pm. Tripped the engine & moored above Pioneers berth Thursday 26th Strong SE with heavy rain squalls 83020 Pulling both ballast etc Pump Light attended to. Friday 27th Rainy ½ Bar 30.18 Working on riggen & replacing Ballast etc Pump Light attended to.