Mabel Ferguson to William Mackinnon. Yachting acquaintance, whose husband has gone bankrupt, informs William Mackinnon that unable, a middle-aged man, to find any work, intends emigrating to Australia; hopes William Mackinnon can provide purser's position on the Australian run instead or at least for the voyage to Sydney, though almost as difficult to find work there, for a middle-aged man. (Envelope note; requires reply)