"ملف 19/116 VIII II (C 34) موضوعات مختلفة متعلقة بالبحرين" [و‎‎١‎٠] (١٢٤/٢١)

Monday, D««ml>«r 21, 1295 3
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BAHREIN WATER
SUPPLY. T
OVER Rs. 2,00,000 CONTRIBUTED.
A WONDERFUL EFFORT.
(From A Correspondent.)
Bahrein.
The GoverDtnent here are shl' tr\ *ng
their best to better the conditionH (;f the
poor people. It recently opened two
drinking wells in each of the two islands
Altnanama and Alroahraq. Tuem wells
enable the poor pe)ple ba fr)d of er
expenpes.
1 his example made a strong impres
sion on the mind of the local notabl s.
An engineer was called on to open
many wellj in different pa<"t8 of the
country, but no agreement was made as
he asked for a big salary.
Hajt Yuief bin Abdul Rahman
Kazoo, seeing that this not be paid
without the co-operation of others coi fer-
rtd with the authorities and pointed out
that all fiobles should be called on to lick
into this case.
On December 7, the Bahrein
Government sent invitations to all
notables and on December 8 a meeting
was held. Haji Yusef Kazoo on behalf
of Sheikh H*mad and on behalf of
the British Political Ag nt thanked the
audience and stated the object of this
meeting.
The Contributions.
The result was that the following
contributions were made :—
The Government of Bahrein 150,000
Sheikh Ham^d Alkalifa 16,000
Haji Yusef Kano 15,000
Mohd. ibn Rachtd ibn
Hendi Almanai 15,000
Haji Yusef Kazoo 3,000
Haji Salman bin Hussein bin
Katr 8.000
Haji Abdul Aziz Alkasbain
and Company 8,000
Abdullah bin Isa Siyadiyah 7,500
Ahmed bin Hakim Siyadiyah 7,500
Ali ibn Sefar Aljalahema S.OOo
Ali bin Abdullah Mohd. 2,000
Abdul Rahman bin Mohd
Alziyakh 2,000
Say id Abdullah bin Say id
Ibrahim 1,000
Haji Khalil and Mohd.
Albakir 1,000
Ahmed ibn Hakim 1,000
Ahmed Ali Aldawi 500
Ibrahim bin Jamia Aldawi 400
Ali ibn Moo^a Alamran 500
Mohd. bin Yusef bin Nasir 500
1 (
2,^0,900
It is hopfd that Kowait notables
will follow this example.