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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1926-1927

Theobald (Toby) Barrett Diary, 1926-1927-59.pdf

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Friday May 21st
 
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I ploughed this forenoon but this afternokn we all went to town as Aunt Ella is here at Aunty'sand they wanted heer to see the children. She was delighted with them professed to be anyway. Marj. Harry B and I drove up town and took Mrs. Skey & Amy their eggs an dgot some meat. We then collected the other twom kids and came home as it was looking very rainy & Marj. had bread ready for the oven. A cablegram came to-day reading "Sitting yesterday & to-day Adjourned June 2nd..' Enah says theu skp next week on account of Whitsuntide holidays.
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I ploughed this fore noon but this after noon we all went to town as Aunt Ella is here at Aunty's and they wanted her to see the children. She was delighted with them professed to be anyway. Marj. Harry B and I drove up town and took Mrs. Skey & Amy their eggs and got some meat. We then collected the other two kids and came home as it was looking very rainy & Marj. had bread ready for the oven. A cablegram came to-day reading "Sitting yesterday & to-day Adjourned June 2nd." Enah says they skip next week on account of Whitsuntide holidays.

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get Harry B's counsel to agree to reasonable terms. He Mr. Gover suggested at the consultation they had prior to the sitting that Dad. should get 2/3 of the fund I should get 2/3 and Harry B 1/3. Mr. Parks would not agree to this and told Mr. Gover that he did not need to concern himself with any but his own client (Harry B.) which apparently peeved the gentleman as he left the meeting immediately saying he had an appointment overdue. Later on however he got the counsel to agree on his terms which were Dad 4/5 Harry B 1/5 and me to get the interest on H.B's share during his minority. He said Mrs. Dick is an impossible woman and had sought another solicitor, but the judge had said that there must be no more delay over the "child" question but that Mrs. Dick must either make an affadavit or they must file evidence that there was no child. That part of it is evidently in the hands of the Master again. I don't understand about the Name & Arms question. The judge seems to have adjourned the case in order to let the counsel arrange terms among themselves so whether they have argued the point or not I can't make out nor can any of us.

Thursday May 20th

I ploughed to-day but didnt get a very good day in. I had to fill up the chicken's hoppers and nail up the line fence in the gully between Dave & me. This after noon I dug a place for Marj. to plant some flower seed under our bedroom window and fiddled in about an hour around the flower garden a thing which is very easy for me to do. Marj. Harry B & the baby went up to the Harvey Shand's about four o'clock and I wheeled the baby up as far as the school house for Marj. and back up the lane. It was much harder work than ploughing. Fine and warm but cool west breeze.

Friday May 21st

I ploughed this fore noon but this after noon we all went to town as Aunt Ella is here at Aunty's and they wanted her to see the children. She was delighted with them professed to be anyway. Marj. Harry B and I drove up town and took Mrs. Skey & Amy their eggs and got some meat. We then collected the other two kids and came home as it was looking very rainy & Marj. had bread ready for the oven. A cablegram came to-day reading "Sitting yesterday & to-day Adjourned June 2nd." Enah says they skip next week on account of Whitsuntide holidays.

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