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hospital treit'Tient for women though the hospital is still not as
much used ?s the excellence of the building and the soundness of
the treatment would justify. The out-patient department is large
ly attended and there is no doubt that Ir. Grouse has made consi
derable progress during the year towards winning the confidence
of the women of the Town.
(f) Post ml Telegraphs .
Tn varch the Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department of the
Government of India took over the Kuwait Post Office from Uesars.
Gable and fireless limited.
Postal communication was reopened with Iraq by the overland
route and *essrs. the Kuwait - dubair Transport Company entered
into an agreement for the carriage of the mail twice a week
between Kuwait and Iraq and Iraq and Kuwait for one year from the
1st of April. This was indeed a notable step forward but it was
not the only one for later in the year the Indian Post and
Telegraphs Department undertook the repair of the Kuwait - '.ubair
land line as far as “tefwan, the Iraq frontier post, and thirty
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six of the sixty eight miles had been completed by the end of the
year.
Messrs. Cable and Tireless limited continued to operate
their wireless telegraphy station efficiently and during the year
installed an automatic telephone service. There are at present
seventy subscribers to the telephone service and there are many
Not ' ore potential subs- Pi but wvt conditions have made it impos-
$ 1 %}# for the Company to obtain sufficient instruments .for all the
people who have applied to have telephones installed on their
business premises and in their private houses. The system is
(Inexpensive and efficient. I
(g) Education . In July the Kuweit Government decided to dispense
with the services of the Palestinian teachers. The reasons for
this decision are somewhat obscure but the ‘iducational Department
were probably actuated by a desire to improve their teaching staff
an* at the same time save money. It sounds an almost impossible
object to attain but they h 5 ve in fact come very near to achieving