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Friday 24 September Temperatures | 6h00 - | 17 | 12h00 - | 33 | 18h00 - | 28 workforce . 31 workmen + 1 + 3 Fe . Contrary to his assurances , I have received nothing from Lapierre and with a view to the pay , he means I must once again go to Nicosia for this financial problem . In Nicosia , nothing has yet arrived and contrary to the promises to advance me money in this case , the ambassador has me told by Lapierre that he considers having done his duty by sending a telegram to speed up the matters and that he can do nothing more . Here I am unable to carry out the pay of tomorrow , and even worse we have left less than one pound in all and in total . Telephoned the Barclay's Famagusta branch to obtain a loan . Without result , this is not possible for them on a foreign account, but on the other hand the Manager informs me that there remains £180 on the Famagusta account and that by him leaving on deposit my cheque for £1000 , he
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