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'File 0190 Trucial Coast News Diary' [201r] (401/408)
The record is made up of 1 file (202 folios). It was created in 24 Dec 1946-8 Feb 1950. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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COUfflIKKTIALi
Tmcial Coast Nev/s report 2 of 1950
for the period froir the 24th to the 8th February I960,
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10♦ Shirring,
(i) On the 26th s.s. City of Evensville arrived
at Dubai from London» discharged 4507 packages> left for
Bahrain on the 30th.
(ii) On the 27th e.s. Barala arrived at Dubai
from Bahrain, discharged 705 packages, left for Shar.iah
and, ha'ing discharged 271 packages, left for Muscat
on the 30th.
(iii) On the ?nd s.s. Star Alcyone arrived at Dubai
from Basrah, discharged 1451 packages, left for Muscat
on the 3rd.
(iv) On the 6th s.s. City of Norwich arrived at
Dubi i fron London, discharged 4023 packages, left for
Bahrain the s^me day.
1 1. Movements of Government Officials.
(i) On the 26th the Political Officer, Trueial
Coast, left for Jebal Ali to survey the boundary between
Dubai and Abu iambi territory and returned the same day.
(ii) On the 6th the Political Officer, Trucial
Coast, left for Khor Ghanadhah and Ras Sadr by road.
He proposed to continue his journey to Abu Ihabi bv launchf
but owing to engine trouble in the "Trenchard Fowle" he
returned to Shar.jah on the 8th by car.
12» British Interests.
(i) On the 30th Mr. E.Innes Pocock of Golden
Valley Ochre arrived at Sharjah by sea and left for Bahrain
by air on the 2nd.
(ii) On the 30th Mr. J*P* Ford a new accountant
for the British Bank of Iran and the Middle East, Dubai,
arrived by air. Oving to sudden illness he was obliged to
return to Bahrain for iroirediabe treatment by a special
Aircraft.
13. Royal Air Force.
F/L. R.J.F. Dickinson, Officer Commanding, .^.F.,
Sharjah, having handed over to F/0 E.J. Lewington left
for Bahrain by air on the 2nd.
lisa Desert Locust Survey.
(i) During the period, the Pakistan anti-locust
team left for Ajman, Uirmal Qaiwain and Ras al Khaimah areas
and returned to Sharjah.
(ii) reference para: 5 (i) of Hews Report Ho.1
of 1950.
Mr. G. Popov returned to Sharjah on the 26th.
on the 6th he left for Abu Dhabi and thence to Qatar by car.
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The file contains confidential news reports from the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . The reports were prepared by the Political Officer (in winter) or Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent (in summer) and sent to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain. Each report covers a range of matters and is organised in short sections under a sub-heading. The latest news relating to the following is included:
- civil aviation;
- shipping;
- US and Royal Navies;
- movement of British officials and Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. shaikhs;
- Royal Air Force;
- local affairs;
- anti-locust operations;
- red oxide extraction at Abu Musa and Sir Bu Nai'r Islands;
- weather.
The file also contains some correspondence between the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Sharjah and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain relating to Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. affairs.
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- 1 file (202 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged chronologically.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 204; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-191; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- IOR/R/15/4/15
- Title
- 'File 0190 Trucial Coast News Diary'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:53v, 54v:203v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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