"ملف ٠١٩٠ مذكرات إخبارية من الساحل المتصالح" [و‎‎١‎٢‎١] (٤٠٨/٢٤١)

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127. LOCAL AFFAIRS.
(1) Reference para: 121 (i) of Pews Report No. 17
of 1948.
The Shaikh of Umm al Qaiwain declined to mediate
in this dispute as the Shaikh of Fujairah had demanded that
the mediator should stand a guarantee for the Beni Qitab.
(ii) It is reported that Shaikh Saqr bin Sultan,
Chief of the Nai'm, has refused to come and meet H.H. the
Sultan of Muscat at Sohar after the ’Id as previously arranged
with Sayid Ahmad bin Ibrahim, Minister of Interior to Muscat
Government during his last tour of Buraimi.
(iii) Obaid bin Saqr, Director of Dairah Customs,
Dubai, and Muhammad Hafidh, a Customs clerk, were charged with
the embezzlement of 5s. 48, 000/-. They were imprisoned for
a week and then released. The movable and immovable property
of the former, upto Rs. 24, 000/- i.e., half of the amount
embezzled, has been confiscated by the Shaikh of Dubai.
(iv) On the 8 th His Highness the Nawab of Bhopal,
accompanied by Her Highness and entourage, arrived at Sharjah
by a Dakota aircraft. The Residency Agent met His Highness
at the aerodrome. After a stay of 40 minutes His Highness left
for Dhahran on his way to Jedda#
(v) On the 6 th October 37 men, subjects of Mukalla
landed at Sharjah from s.s. Barjora. These people who were
travelling to Hyderabad were refused permission to land in
either India or Pakistan. They left for-Musbat by car.
128. WEATHER REPORT.
Maximum
temperature
99
°F
°F
on
6-10-48
Minimum
H
67
on
7*10-48
Highest
humidity
98
%
on
26-9-48
Average
n
64
°k
at
1200 GMT
m
♦i
75
%
at
0400 GMT
Rainfall:
Nil.