Overview
Thurs. Sept. 3
Lovely day. Rode over to 100 ac[re] p[addock] fence + put in posts + stays down to edge [of] Ohau Flat - cleaned out one of the small drains near by. Retired to whare at 3 pm + worked at dagging-pen in sheep-yards. Home for night - Hodson up for evening. To-night Father told me that until I am making a pound stg [sterling] per acre (375 acres) on North Block he intends charging me only 8/- per. ac[re] - this year the rent is only 7/6 per ac[re]. He considers I will, later on when place has cleaned up, make 27/- per acre, ie. £506.5.0 per annum. Desperate fighting is taking place between the Alies [sic] + the invading German forces along a line from Amiens to the fortress La Tere [sic]. As
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previously the Alies [sic] fell slowly back after inflicting terrible losses on the enemy.