[First 4 pages on single folded White Star Line note paper, continued on 'Homeric' postcard and thence continued further on 9th November (see next letter) Postmarked London W1 Nov 10th 1924 7.15pm]

White Star Line
S.S. "Homeric"
3rd November 1924

Dear Mother,

On an ocean liner again on our way to London this time and we hope to reach there on Saturday next 8th if lucky but this trip has been rough crossing for quite a while now I am told and the big ship "Berengaria" was a day late coming into New York on Saturday last as we were leaving instead of Friday as scheduled.

This is a big lump of a boat as you will see from the card I will enclose. It is only a week across so we are going second and it is not too bad in fact nearly as good as the Tahiti's first.

I am sorry I have to revert the old pencil again but the pen was beyond me. The vibration of the boat combined with the roll and pitch is too much for a median penman like myself. Well since last writing we have received no more mail from you so suppose there are no more boats in from Aussie so have left word at the [American or Wells, Fargo] Express Co to send in all on to the Wales [Bank, now Westpac which, sadly, appears to have no interest in its history online even though it was the first bank in Australia in about 1820] in London for us and by this time you will have had word from Mrs Treloar to the effect that we have left America and will be sending your mail on to London.