Coll 28/117 ‘Persia. Kerman, Yezd – (Bandar Abbas): Intelligence Summaries.’ [‎232r] (466/517)

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ICarman. and that ha wUl taka up hi a uppointmant shortly. H# la
ths brother in law of Aqai ^haiurukh, the ^utnoAnr of Kermm
proelnoe«
lawcUi*
558 . On the 7th a lorry prooeeding frow BaAdar ^febas to 31r Jan
wee held 19 by a gang of 10 ara*d robbers about 6 wilee from Hajl-
- ft bad. They relieved the driver and paaaengara of ttteir eash and
belonginga. ^he genlaraerle are reported to be in purest*
559. On the 3rd the gena*rmtt*le poet at iahan received a re-
•pert tost a gang of o ia*f&ed *ii*UouX* had stationed thenselves at
a pi see called Chad »r-i-bulb ulu. ^ivc gendarmea were aent to round
then op and in a skirmish which followed one gendarme is re pet ted
to have been killed, one serlonely wounded and the remainder eur-
~render*d their rifles to the Baiuohla.
.qoiK 'i to.
6d0* ^he cost of cottcn piecegooda has risen further by about
owing to reetrlefeiona on ijaporta from India.
561* A eonaignmast of fresh f ra^han* amounting to X2,000
kilos which recently arrived in £onaan was bo^ht up by a few
^ardushtis and hoarded for future sale. t baQr‘han' is not easily
obtelncble locally and the price is # out riels p«r 3 kilos.
562. Kefercnoe para 931. It le rep or tea that only a very
email quantity of opium has been collected by government inspectors
who are conniving freely with the cultivators. Qovsrrstent sales
hare dropped and most eonsmi«rs procure illicit opium.
i&gflt. MfeJLCJi*
563. 3inee May ?th the employees of the Municipal hospltrl
have been on strike as they have not reo«dvcd th^lr wages for the 1
last 7 months, tfhey have sent several telep rams of proteat to Tehran.,
564. The local olneam, which has been oloeed for some time
owing to the difficulty of obtaining a regular atQ»ply of films,
re-opened on the 18th. The propraetor Is shortly going to 1'shran
to muke arrangements for regular supplies. Meanwhile films are being
supplied by this Consulate to the cinema.
965. a« the power generated by the local -^Loataric supply Co.
has long been found Inadequate Acjsi Har&ndi, the principal share-
-holder. Is cosisidering the establishment of a shirkat^ with a
eapital of 5 million rials to pur»huoe a new and lancer power plant
for tho town.
fjoiftfl TlufiftA “gnymtii*
566. Reference para 538. On the 82nd lay Aqal Melnnadeh, tlio
^artf»gffr of the Khurshid Spinning Mills, Kerman, reclgfeuid his post
in favour of Aqai ^ehaa Bm and Aqai T«heri. It is said tH t he
found his position becoming impossible owing to pressure and threats
by the Tad eh *‘arty to make him grant all sorts of concessions to his
workers.
567. At a meeting of the me^bfers of bh** Chafer of Com-
-meree on 8let ^ay a representative of the Union of Labourers (Xtaha-
-dieh -i-Aargaran) la rposted to have pressed for an Increase in the
^vers from 25/- to 33/- rlale per 100 , neshW.
ro , rou « hA - 11 representative of the ^Mon aske<
qai affari, head of the ^apartment of Industry, for a notlfleatlon
vC o firot th« lattw* 0hJ.0t«4 to an Inur.aM In wa^.a and nalc-
-taln.4 that cost of Itvla^ prlc. ahould hr br ju,^t 4o.a. Tiol.nt