October 10 Thursday – In Melbourne at the Menzies Hotel Sam was visited by Justice William Windeyer (of Sydney), who explained the Dean poisoning case (see At Home p.77-8). Other visitors included: Edmund Barton who later gave Sam a file about the case (see notebook entry below); John H. Wagner Jr., R.S. Smythe and son Carlyle G. Smythe; Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Sue McCulloch, and other ladies [NB 35]. Sam caught up with his journal writing and reading. His notebook suggests he was able to be a dinner guest at the Wagner’s [Shillingsburg, “Down Under” 13].

Sam’s notebook entry:

Mr. Edmund Barton called. He is going to get me a full file of the [Melbourne] Age containing the Dean case [Gribben 462; NB 35 TS 58].