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The latter lost and the party, whose ex
penses were borne by the Kerman Munici
pality, returned to the Capital on the 29th.
During their stay in Kerman, different
notables and merchants were asked by the
Governor General to entertain the foot
ballers by turn. It may be mentioned that
though the house of Arbab Surushian, a
wealthy Parsi land-owner, was equipped
for the party’s stay, the owner Refrained
from giving any entertainment to them !
40. Misses Eardley and Birt and Messrs.
Gassen and Haythornthwaite of the C. M. S.
Ispahan and Miss Aidin from Yezd visited
Keiman in the latter part of the month.
Miss James of the Kerman Mission arrived
from England of! leave at the end of the
month.
41. Satisfactory rains fell during the
month and the hills have for the most part
of the month remained covered with snow.
The prospects for the winter crops are
therefore hopeful. Unusual frosts during
the latter part of the month and early
strong winds have however caused consider
able damage to the fruit blossom.
• Bandar Abbas.
42. Local Government. —Mirza Ismail
Khan, Bahadur, Governor, Bandar Abbas,
accompanied by Sarhang Baqir Khan,
Amir-i-Nizam, and a number of other local
officials, proceeded to Jask on the 9th by the
Persian Gunboat “ Babr ” which came to
Bandar Abbas for the purpose the previous
day. This tour is said to be in connection
with the misunderstanding prevailing
among the representatives of the above
officials at Jask which is believed to have
been amicably settled.
43. The Governor held a general recep
tion on behalf of the Municipality on the
15th to celebrate the Anniversary of the
Shah’s birthday.
44. Dr. Kaikobad Dumree, formerly of
the British Consulate-General, Meshed,
and now a Persian subject, arrived from
Kerman on the 15th February and has
since signed a contract with the Munici
pality to run their dispensary at Bandar
Abbas, vide paragraph 247 of 1932, Bandar
Abbas Diary.
45. The Persian New Year was celebrated
bv the local authorities on the 21st.
46. Military Authorities.—Yaw Arab
Nejad. Officer Commanding Troops, was
promoted on the Nauruz to the rank of
Naib Sarhang (Lieutenant-Colonel).
47. Sarhang Baqir Khan, Government
Inspector, and his party left Bandar Abbaa
for Tehran via Kerman on the 11th. J
48. Reference paragraph 234 of Bandar
Abbas Diary No. 11 for 1932. Yawar
Safar Ali Khan, Nusrat, after handing
over the command of the Bandar
Abbas column to Sultan Tayer, arrived
from Bashakird via Minab on the 1st and
proceeded to Kerman on the 6th. He
brought with him from Bashakird 4 prisoners
who are now detained at the barracks.
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49. Conscription. —Sarhang Mushar, in
charge of the Conscription department,
Kerman province, visited Bandar Abbas
between the 6th and the 11th. He was
one of the party that proceeded to Jask,
vide paragraph 42 above.
50. Coup d'Etat. —At the reception held
on the 22nd February to celebrate the
Anniversary, the Military authorities
invited H. M.’s Consul, the local officials,
Persian merchants and the members of the
European community.
51. Condition of the country. —During
• the month several shocks of earthquake
of little duration were felt at Bandar
Abbas. Slight showers of rain also fell
during the period under review.
52. Aviation — British. —Three British
Moth planes, G-ACCS, G-ABWZ and
G-ABZK, with the Most Hon’ble the
Marquis of Douglas and Clydesdale, Air
Commodore Fellowes with Mrs. Fellowes,
Flight-Lieutenant MacIntyre and Messrs.
Charles Hughes and Sheperd of the Mount
Everest Expedition landed en route to
Karachi to refuel on the 6th and took off
three hours later.
A Moth aeroplane No. G-249/G-EBUZ
with Lieutenant I. MacGregor from the
London Air Force landed at Bandar Abbas
for want of petrol on the 23rd afternoon.
After re-fuelling it took off an hour later.
53. Russian. —Russian Steamer “ Nogin ”
from Odessa arrived on the 27th and after
discharging 5,003 bags loaf sugar (big cones),
239 cases matches and 4 cases locks, left for
Bushire two days later. j
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