Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [‎22r] (44/669)

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and at the time of the anniversary of the British tro
entry into the proviuse when dii^i^Mnoes might have been
expected not one incident waa reported.
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Thera hag however been a nnmher of thof••
burglariee in the town, and garagen belonging to
Consulate, the Jj’inans© Department and the Tolegrapt Department
were broken into on the nights of the $9to and 80 ih August*
All the garages are in close proximity to th© Folio© itatlone
At Dasht-l-liishan the (Bheikhs arrested five robbers
led by one Samrnon, who has been captured fwioo during the last
year but has been released by the Amnieh on paymevit of
unofficial fines.
An unkewn person found loitering m^v a British
©ilitary oarnp was arrested by the ililitary Foil?© and handed
over to the civil police who could lot est^Dlinh his identity
owing to language difficult is s* Tho Fus^iUi noniulol© m®
invited to assist and it appears that the man w-a- found to b?
a deserter from the.Knees an Army* Tho man in retained in
custody ponding his liquidation.
6, Csneral,
There 2s general diaoont^nt at th©
Dlvaribegi, the Ctovernci .lenoral, apparently enlisted too
oo-operation of thr Ohi of the if ; ; ^ li - iv
been demanding iU fe " ia
to pay results in
or other.
the UiWii tor-i
from ivory -ba^:-
ha shop bring closed
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Hials 100,000 won devaandcf frem the manager ef the
town Electric Supply Company ignmai prmissiion Lo more a so the
cost of the supply. The manager pentpvned a deeisisn on the
ground that as they wera a Company he would have to consult the
other Directors. Later in the month a notlee was gubliehid
announcing an increase of SDf! in the coot of the current
supplied to the public, Tha Finance Department ? being a
shareholder, has objected on tht ground that the profit of 30$
made by the Company last year was two and half the
profit allowed by the government and that (in the oiroumsfanoes
the Department !§aw no justification for any inorea^a in
present circumstances, The debate aontinui®,
Agha ©ani'oe, the Director of th« Pinano© Department,
seems to be the chief opponent of Mvanbegi in official oirolei
and it Is not unlikely that his present attituea over the
electricity ramp is merely an attempt to deprive the Civ /ornor-
General of the spoils, Divanbegi's attempt to wrest
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the whoa.
is probably it the root of
less objects to losing ®tuh
control from the Pinanoe Department
their bad relations as Sani’ee doub
an easy source of revenue. It is amusing to boar that '• m
has written to the Minister of Finance and to Agha Ardolan, the
Director of Food Supplies in T%?<rm ; . arm? ng th^ir §».t teat ten. to
irregularities affecting other :?ffl<5iaxs in’ 'the pro v 5 nu %
whilst he has been the most suioessful of all in the province in
providing for his old, age.
The Co ve rno r- 0-sno ra 1,
Director of Finance are '•sty ^a :
with the contractors employ
authorities. They are of /
employ the wrong people atu
that undesirables could oe
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The.Police have r a o e i v o o instructions from Tehran
to refuse sxi^t visas to British subjects leaving thu otent,
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