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1942
soon as he could and had something. See letter and invoice
in my copy books of 1942. Now he has nothing. In 1928 I
had paid all his debt in Rustenburg, two pieces of land of Vogelfontein bought with my money but transferred to his name and I took over a bond of his for ₤ 208 at only 5% interest but since 1928 he had not paid a single penny of interest but had already taken up a loan of ₤ 100 with the Landbank where the interest again was a problem. So, nothing came from the sale and settlement. I tried everything to make something of the minerals that are there, but I did not succeed and I had to sell with damage and loss: “Inspectors also make mistakes!!!” I should never have bought Vogelfontein but in order to be the boss over the first purchased piece I had to buy out others and all other co-owners so that I had to put all my money into the farm and eventually sold everything at a loss and was happy in the end to have got off lightly.