"ملف 8/16 ملخص استخباراتي بشأن البحرين" [و‎‎٧‎٢] (٢٠٦/١٤٣)

symptoms of bein^ drunk. As a result on Friday
^vnen ms Highness attended pul lie prayers in the Juma'
hosque^the Sunni Qadhi spoke so feelingly of tie evils
°i drin-: and the reproach attached to the Government for
allowing the sale of intoxicants that the following day
ms Hignness issued an "uhlan" prohibiting the sale of apple
cider to the puMic. This wrs not -he occasion,'the oadhi
mus o -ic ve decided 5 go speaK also of the evils of prostitution
is a nouse o^ner and several of his houses are rented to
prostitutes,
' ii) During
K h. a 1 i f a h family
t v e period under
Sheikh ,.11 1 in ,
report a
.hmed bun
member of tb e
Alio who was
driving his own car. collided with t; c- car of Muhammed
Salih
She. ikh
.sh Siianirj the Secretary of the Manamah Municipality,
■ i -li dc.s considerably under t’ e influence of liquor
andnad a prostitute in the back seat of his car. He was
arrested by the traffic police and his Highness was asked
Tv7 h r ;t h e h snould do with him,. His Highness replied that Shaikh
Sii °uld to detained in the police fort for t■■ e niglit.
ln_e next morning he was released and ordered to confine him
self to his house for the next six months,
been posted over the house and Shaikh ,.li is
•Hie difference in treatment meted out to one
and to the ordinary Bahraini ? who would have
months rigorous imprisonment for a like offence,
unfavourable comment.
No guards have
only-on parole.-,
of the A1 Khaiifah
received six
has caused
210, SHIPPING
28 ships (10 Panamanian, 5 Japanese, 4 American,
1 Dutch, 1 Italian, 1 Norwegian, 1 French,
and
4 British,
1 Spanish) called at the port of Bahrain during the period
under review, Imports we: e 987 tons of general cargo for
Bahrain and 622 tons for transhipment to the mainland
Exports were
products.
248,100 tons and 32,000 drums of petroleum
211, METEORO LOGICA L
Maximum temperature
Minimum temperature
Maximum humidity
Minimum humidity
102.0° on 1-9-1948
77,0° on 11-9-1948
88/1 on 1-9-1948
501’ on 5-9-1948.
KV,
(SOD) C-J, PTXLY
Political l-entj Bahrain.