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policeman. As a result of the Political Agent’s writing to
His Highness, Shaikh Ali was summoned before his father,
Shaikh Abdullah, and Mr.C.D. Belgrave, the Adviser to the
Bahrain Government, sitting as Judges of the Bahrain Court,
and sentenced to confinement to the island of Muharraq and the
nayment of a fine of Rs.4,000/-. Shaikh Ali’s driving licence
nas also been confiscated.
(ii) Assis tant State Engineer .
Reference Paragraph 3(v) of Intelligence
Summary No.l.
Mr. J. Hudson has now arrived in Bahrain and taken
up his duties as Assistant State Engineer.
(iii) Athletic Snorts? -
On the 4th, the Annual ’’Field Day” of the Bahrain
Boys Schools was held at Muharraq and drew a large gathering.
His Excellency the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , His Highness Shaikh
Salman, and most of the Bahrain Government officials ^ng ,
present. Old boys art critical of the fact that most of the
’•athletic” events have given place over the years to ceremonial
marches, drill displays, football on stilts, and musical ohairs,
but the younger generation of school boys seems to su
items immensely. Spectators who were a little bored at seeing
all thirty members of a troupe performing in turn the most
ordinary feats on the vaulting horse were compensated with a
raffle on the programme numbers, the lucky winner his
money prize from the hand of the infant son of His Highness.
On the 12th the Police Sports were held in the
grounds of the Manama Police Fort. k long programme included
sprints, a relay race, pole vaulting and a display of tent
pegging! It was marred for early arrivals by the ?P ec J abl °
number of shackled prisoners putting the finishing touches to the
sports ground, while officials bustled, prominent guests were led
to their seats, and the Commandant of the State Police puffed
contentedly at his cigar.
(iv) Nehi Saleh Tragedy :-
Jezirah or Nebi Saleh, a small island of the West
Coast of Manama Island, contains the tomb of, Nebi Sa J;® h ’ L„ inls
local Shiah Saint, and forms a place of for Bahrainis
of the Shiah sect. On the 6th a small sailing boat wnicn
loaded to the gunwales with pilgrims, the
children, was capsized by a sudden squall of wind an d a bl the
passengers drowned. Some forty persons are said to have lost
their lives.
(v)
:eiz
On the 10th a fire broke out in a barasti hut in
Muharraq and one of the two inmates, and old blind woman,
burned to death. The Muharraq fire waggon (there is, it appears,
only one firewaggon for the town of Muharraq) was very late in
arriving at the scene of the fire and two fire waggons from
Manama Ind one from the RAF station got there before it. The fi^
has revealed an alarming state of neglect and ineffici F
fire fighting arrangements of the Muharraq Municipa y. V
man, a driver, was on duty for the evening, and he could not be
found whensthe fire started.
(vi) Manamaly Murder; -
On the 2nd, a Negro was arrested for the murder of