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of the Ruling Family, and other leading members of the
British, American, Arab, Persian and Indian communities.
(iii) On the 10th His Excellency Shaikh .ABDULLAH BIN
ISA^AL KHALIFAH, uncle of His Highness, called on the
Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. . The Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. returned the call on
• the 14th at Muharraq.
4. RO YAL NAVY .
On. the 8th Admiral Sir AR CHUR PALLISER. K.C.3.,
D.S.C., Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station, accompanied
by Lady PALLISER, and Miss PALLISER. arrived in Bahrain in
his flag ship H.M.S. "NORFOLK". C a lls were exchanged between
the political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , the political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , the Shaikh and
the Commander-in-Chief. The Commander-in-Chief and his
party lunched with the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. on the 8th and dined
with the Hon'ble the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. on the 9th, while the
Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , the Adviser, and
others were entertained to dinner on board on the 10th, the
Shaikh ani his relatives to tea on the 11th, and many members
of the British and American communities to cocktails on the
8 th.
5. BAHRAIN PE IROLEUM COMPANY, LIMITED .
Mr. G. ’"IIHERSPOON, Vice-President of the Bahrain
Petroleum Company, who deals with the operations side, arrived
in Bahrain on the 11th January. His visit was mainly to see
how the deep test drilling now in progress is getting on. It
has been estimated .that results will be obtained after two or
three months. The bore is expected to go to about 12,000 feet
and Mr. RUSSELL BROWN, the General Manager of the Company, is
hoping for successful results. Mr. BROWN when he called on
the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. on the 11th, told the latter how pleased
he would be if his Company could open a well yielding 50,000
barrels a day although he was not serious in suggesting that
such a very high yield wpuld be obtained. It is understood
that work on the deep test well which has so far been confined
to straightening the hole at a depth of very nearly one mile*
has been successful inasmuch as the former inclination of 4°
has been reduced to l-J- 0 . '
6. DUBAI.
On the 2nd January, Shaikh 3UHAIL BIN BUfl, a
cousin of the Shaikh of Dubai, died in Ajman. Ihe bazaars
of Dubai were closed for three days. The deceased was one
of the members of the Ruling family of Dubai and was expelled
from Dubai after the attempted coup d'etat in 1938. He took
up residence in Ajman.
7 * FUJAIRAH .
On the 29th December Shaikh HUMAID BIN/ABDULLAH,
nephew of the Regent of Kalba, arrived in Sharjah. His visit
to Sharjah was at the invitation of the Shaikh of Sharjah who
secretly sent him a letter and a verbal message through one
ALI BIN HAZIM saying he wanted to see him and make friends with
him. After his arrival HUMAID met the Shaikh of Sharjah several
times but it is not known what passed between them. The Shaikh
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