"ملف 8/43 نشرة الخليج العربي" [و‎‎١‎٨‎٥] (٥٧٠/٣٦٩)

PERSIAN GULF NEWS LETTER .
7th April, 1948.
1. The stormy weather of the month of February lasted
on into March and there were several severe gales during
the month as a result of which several sailing boats were
lest at sea, and aeroplanes were unable to travel in the
resulting dust storms.
2. Many important officials in the oil world have visited
Bahrain during the last month. Amongst them were Mr. R.G.
Follis, Vice-Chairman of the Standard Oil Company of Cali
fornia, Mr. T.L. Lensen, Director of the California Texas
Oil Company, and Mr. H.R. Ballantyne, the legal adviser to
the Bahrein Petroleum Company Limited. All these stayed
at Awali, Bahrein.
3. On the 2nd April, Miss Witherspoon, the daughter of
Mr. Witherspoon, Vice-President, Operations, of the Bahrain
Petroleum Company Limited, was married at Awali, Bahrein,
to Lieut. Commander Chase Porter, U.S.N.R. Lt. Commander
Porter has been stationed for a considerable time in Bahrein
and is popular there.
4. The Bahrein Petroleum Company Limited have presented
His Highness the Shaikh of Bahrein with a cinema projector.
5. The Political Agent, Bahrein, visited Kalba, Khor
Fakkan and Fujairah during a tour of the Trucial Coast during
March.
6 * Mr. Wilfred Thesiger, an English Traveller, arrived at
Abu Dhabi by camel from Hadhramaut after a journey which had
taken him over four months.
7. At the beginning of April, all the Post Offices in
the Persian Gulf were handed over from the Indian to the
British Government and the stamps used in future will be
British stamps overprinted with Indian Currency.
8 . His Highness the Sultan has returned to Muscat from
Salalah having made the journey in a British Tanker.
9. The Imam of Oman has taken his first drive in a motor
car belonging to Shaikh Sulaiman bin Hamyar, and from driving
from Nezwa to Tanuf, has given his blessings to this means
of transport.
10. Shaikh Saiyid bin Shakhbut al Yasi has brought his aunt
to Muscat for medical treatment and called on His Highness
the Sultan.
11. The Hon'ble the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
visited Kuwait during March and dined with His Highness the
Shaikh and had lunch with Shaikh Abdulla Al Mubarak.
12. Another visitor to Kuwait during March was the Chinese
Military Attache in Tehran, accompanied by his wife, who visited
the oil fields.
13. B.O.A.C. flying boats are now landing at Kuwait and one
of the recent passengers has been Mr. Southwell, Managing
Director of the oil company.