Monday July 8th

Frank and I were all ready when Ham came with his ram soon after eight this morning but by the time we got ours loaded and our team hooked up it was about none when we left for Jarvis. We didn't drive very furiously on account of Ham's tires being loose and it was about eleven when we got there. There was a not a sign of any one around the place but after waiting for about half an hour Mrs. Ross drove in with the inspector who proved to be the Mr. Henderson that Aunty and I met up at {Penner's?} five or six years ago. We put our sheep in the orchard as it was so near noon we thought we might as well accept Mrs. Ross's invitation and stay to dinner so put the team in We had to wait about an hour for dinner however as they seem to work on the old time down there. We were entertained through dinner by Mr. Ross's denunciations of the Union Government and especially the members of it who had been followers of Dr Wilfred. According to him they have wrought their own destruction by "oppressing the farmers" the way they have and that the time is coming when the farmers will rule the land and have a news paper of their own which will tell them the truth. I could hardly