Subsidy increase; the financial support by the government for the old and sick people on the station; the necessity for a person to run the cashstore, but the mission has no money; the ongoing drought; the Haasts Bluff issue; building roads out West; the weather conditions in Hermannsburg.

People, objects and/or organisations mentioned: Mr Chinnery, Brother Gross, Mr E. Droegemueller, Mr Fitzgerald, Mr Bowman

Places mentioned: Haats Bluff (NT), Alice Springs (NT), Hermannsburg (NT)