Coll 30/52(3) 'Bahrein Intelligence Summaries 1946' [‎122r] (245/472)

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The proceeds of the race meeting are being
donated to the Red Crescent Society.
The first race provided a popular victory
for.’Leshgarr f ridden by the young son of the owner,
Haji Mansour al Araydh, who had practised every evening
for some weeks before the race. The third race, in which
three horses contested first place in a very close finish,
was won by Miss Hay on ’Twaisa’, owned by Shaikh Khalifah
bin Mohammed bin Isa. The main event was won by His
Highness' hor&e 'Rabda* with another of his horses in second
place. The silver cup for first place was auctioned after
the meeting in aid of the Red Crescent and knocked down
to Mr. Khalid Aujan, a ],ocal merchant, for Rs.2,000/-.
(iv) Pump i ng Sta t ion .
No.18.
Reference paragraph 245 of Intelligence Summary
On the 11th His Highness Shaikh Salman formally
opened the new pumping station in Manamah erected by Messrs.
Holloway Bros, to supply the town with piped drinking water.
(v) Wells.
The wells in most private houses in Manamah
are very badly kept by their owners and are in a filthy and
insanitary condition. The Bahrain Government have been
contemplating the sealing up of many of these wells now that
Manamah has a piped water supply, and a recent tragedy may
force them to take immediate steps to this end. On the
12th a servant who descended one of those wells to recover
an eating mat that had fallen into it was overcome by the
gases he had disturbed in his descent and drwwned. A se
cond servant who descended to search for the first suffered
a similar fate. A third man who attempted to enter the
well was also affected but was pulled up in time to save
his life. The State Medical Officer was summoned and,
after the two bodies had been recovered, he chlorinated the
well and ordered*'that no person should go near it until it
had been sealed up.
(vi) Cinemas.
Reference paragraph 215 v) of Intelligence
Summary No.16.
The "Pearl Cinema" closed during Mohurram and
only reopened on the 7th of this month. During the time
it was closed a new projector and sound apparatus,which
were ordered from the United Kingdom,have been irstalled
and arrangements made for the showing of several new
Egyptian films. With these improvements it is now draw
ing full houses nightly.
Yet another cinema is nearing completion in
Manamah and will be opened shortly. It will be the
fifth Arab cinema in Bahrain.
B*. (vii) Banc o School .
The Bahrain Petroleum Company have opened
a school in which English and Arithmetic are taught to
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