مجموعة ١٢٠/٢٨ "بلاد فارس. الأهواز - اليوميات القنصلية." [و‎‎٢‎٦‎١] (٦٦٩/٥٢٢)

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(i©; turwc buLc^cvsa w. .o UiVc c*;cu.t*c- tiie
;n^ it '.'onopoly in .Ui^vna are said tr Tie paying hani.s»©ely
t# retain it. The #ther "butchers rf the town are
complaining bitterly* and indeed such a monopoly is rnsst
undesirable, hut since the Governor General himself is
rmoured to he doing handsomely from the existing arrange
ments, one fears it will not Tie changed*
(l?) Markets continue t# he extremely quiet.
Prices are falling pretty steadily, with retail prices als»
declining. The bazaar rates of interest have als« fallen.
A supply #f shoes is reported tr have come in from Oair«.
Gold is not moving very much. Bazaar prices at the end
ef the month stood as follows*
Retail Wholesale
Tea per kilo
Sugar
Rice, Bizful
Beans
lentils
Eggs (each)
Potatoes
Onions
Mutton
Beef
310
65
IQ
11
S
2
7.50
6.50
28
18
300
58
8 .
9
7
1.75
6.50
5.50
(18) Rain About an inch of rain fell during February,
mostly on the last day of the month.
X AW & QRDISR
(19) The latter half of the month has been undisturbed
by labour agitation. Attarzadeh has however announced
that the Tildeh deputies Iraj Iskandari and Fedakar will
descend on Khuzistan in tiie near future accompanied by
Dr. Sheikh %f the Ministry of the Interior, who will
investigate labour conditions. Consideration is to be
given to deciding on the Tudeh candidates fcr Khuzistan
in the Majlis elections that are due this year.
(2Q) ^It is reported tha'& in All Gudaiz > two influential
members if the Tudeh party have arrived to ensure election
•f Tudeh candidates there.
(21) The Cotton Spinning factory in Ahwaz are now
giving tc their employee free rations, whereas before,
the emp' 1 *yees had to pay for then, at about a third af the
bazaar price,
( 2g ) -SAA^^lty Reference para 21 of Diary 3, it is now
understood that the first reports of the attackers being
armed Arabs were incarrect, since they were not Arabs and
only had sticks. It is possible that they were iribesiitn
returning to the hills after being discharged fram employment
at Bandar Shapur.
( 2 ^) There has been mare interference with the
A. 1.0.0. telephone line in the Gach Saran area, Mathis
time by Saardat Alavi of tne Boir Ahned Sanhaddi. The
Persian Military Commander, Oapt. Saqafi, has been taking
energetic steps against then.
There have been reports of parachutists
in the/