"التقرير السنوي لحكومة البحرين لسنة ١٣٦١ (فبراير ١٩٤٢ - يناير ١٩٤٣)" [ظ‎‎٢‎٥‎٩] (٧٦/٤٤)

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Rs t ooo Jo/ r t h prlvate customers - Its totaI vaIue "-as approximately
Rs. 3,000, 40 /„ of wh.ch represents cost of materials, 35% cost of labour, overhead charges and
t T '} e SyStem haS been introduc '=d ^d is working satisfactorily. It reveals that
school- ramed workmen tend at first to be slow at their work and therefore costly in wages ThU is
ttlnto! — ° f . ,nStrUC ' 0rS 0n S° od sta " dar ^ 0' accuracy and finish and their neglect of speed
training. This defect is now being remedied and in the case of the older workers it is proposed to
introduce a system of payment by results for all straightforward production work.
exercised inThe ^ pzrt in contract work as soon as they have completed a course of preliminary
xe m the use of tools and methods of construction. The greater part of the production work
e^cr is done by the workman-instructors and probationers. The employment of the latter has
effectively raised the standard of craftsmanship in the shop and made possible the manufacture of a
larger quantity and variety of trade work. The general standard would be described as that
uropean commercial quality of joinery and cabinet making. It is greatly superior to most of the
work done m the local market. Some of the newer students show a capacity for higherTkm b i
Bahrain * ^ ^ training " are n0 cfaftsmanship in
With such progress in the woodwork section there comes some anxiety as to the future of the
tt r C ^ 1 TVT training ' The prices 0f Technical are much hSer than
those of the local market, first because the market work is nearly all of faulty cheap construction
and secondly because the standard of life accepted by the market craftsmen is desperately low These'
men accept contracts at prices which provide only the meanest remuneration for theTlabour
y live m conditions of poverty which are in no way conducive to self respect or pride of citizenship'
Thaf thdr ™ agmc a . COndltl0n m Which manual ski11 ^ appreciated and handsomely rewarded'
That their crude work is accepted by their better-to-do neighbours is not surprising in a backward
community with the poorest standards of beauty, comfort and convenience; but it is a matter for
reproach that others not excluding public authorities, should fail to appreciate the difference even in
material value and durability between good work and bad.
moHifi.HK 5, then, / S 41,6 eC0n0miC milieU int0 Which the ^ool-'rained worker has to fit. Unless it is
vrith ho r Sre , "Tr m the demand ' 0r better ClaSS WOrk at rea50 " able P^cs he will be faced
with the alternatives of descending to the level of the other market workers, or abandoning his craft
altogctlier, seeking his living as a clerk in an office. At present the school it^lf is m f ^ ■
demand for good work, but it is not primarily a business establishment. It will not bTfulfilhl"''!
proper function as a training centre until it can nlaro its , lulfilling its
and through them serve the'public with newTesomr and st.1 ^ rK)Siti0nS
MINORS DEPARTMENT.
This department is the nearest approach in Bahrain to the Public ,, ■.
useful purpose. It consists of a committee of prominent citizens Sunniand^h' n<l " serves a ver y
of a shaikh of the ruling family with a permanent superintend a^^
Law Courts building. No fees are charged for the administration of estate! and the 1 H .
committee give their services voluntarily. ' members of the
His Highness Shaikh Sulman was the first president but Kic ^ • i
brother Shaikh Daij bin Hamad Alkhalifah in his place with Sh^h Alfbr^r h h hiS
fah as vice president. Towards the end of the year a new commit . ! " Dal, Alkhali -
having served for four years, since the institution of this department Th/rT' ' retmng nieniberS
the thanks which they received from the Government for their v I ' nng commlttee deserve < 1
given for the benefit of the public. Their taskZ tL tlT ^ ^
committee was regarded with some suspicion and was opimscdbTthe^r " 0 ! '' It0gethcr envl a b| e. the
years the department has gained the confidence of the public and is now a firmWet br the f0Ur
capable of expansion. The people who oppose it are actuated by motives o^se^Mnterest 5 l^ 10 "
mostly persons who are grazing upon the rich pastures of widows' and orphans' ^tat s ^