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the district of Minab, killing the man with his wife and son and mutilated their
bodies.
The security in Minab and Beyaban areas is so disturbed that travelling
from one village to another in broad day light cannot be undertaken alone.
Looting of houses and carrying away of cattle is a matter of frequent occur
rence.
Several thefts were brought to the notice of the local police authorities iii
the month of August 1934, one of which was that the house of 2 post office clerks
was broken in"o and all valuable property stolen. No attempt has been made to
capture tne culprits.
Condition of Roads.
Bandar Abbas.—The road authorities started widening the Tang-i-Zagh on
the Bandar Abbas-Kerman motor road in November 1934 and since then the
traffic and mail services on this road has become very irregular owing to con-
stunt land slides. Sometimes the mails are transhipped at the Tang with great
difficulty bv means of camels and donkeys, thus mails from Kerman and vice
versa take' about 6 to 10 days to reach either destination. As the Minister of
Finance was to go by the * Bandar Abbas-Kerman road to Tehran, the road
authorities engaged extra labourers and cleared the debris by the 12th February
1935. The Minister of Finance promised to provide funds for widening the
Tang.
Linciah. —The Lar-Bastak roads, which were recently repaired, have been
washed down by the recent rains and are impassable for wheeled traffic.
The Bushire-Lingah road is nearing completion and it is reported will be
•open for traffic bv the end of March 1935. This road is mainly to prevent
smuggling of goods from Dubai and Bahrain. It is widely known that the per
sons entrusted with this work are deliberately doing it very slowly in order to
continue smuggling activities for as long as possible.
Slaves.
No slave sought asylum at this Consulate during the year under report.
Aviation.
The French aeroplane Air France F-Alzar western bound "with 3 French
passengers made a forced landing at Bandar Abbas on the 1st November 1934
at 8 a.m. due to some engine trouble, and took off for Bushire at 11 a.m. the same
day.
Lady Blanche Douglas arrived from Bushire in her aeroplane G-Atwy at
12-30 p.m. on the 16th November 1934 and left for Jask at 3-30 p.m. the same
day.
Roumanian Engineer lon-Cociasu in his own moth plane Yr-Aan arrived
from Bukharest via Turkey, Iraq and Bushire at 4-50 p.m. on the 3rd March
1935. He took off at 6 aJm. on the 4th for Calcutta via Jask, Gwadur and
Karachi.
Navy.
French. —Cruiser “ Bougainville ” arrived from Karachi on the Hth
February and remained at the outer anchorage for 24 hours owing to rough
weather. The Admiral on board and the Captain paid a visit to the local
Governor at 11 ajm. and the Cruiser left after the Governor returned the call on
board.
Iranian .—Sloop “ Palang ” arrived on the 6th April, 27th June, 1st Septem
ber 1934, 23 rd January and 21st March 1935.
Sloop " Babr ” arrived on the 6th April, 2nd July. 22nd October 1934, 23rd
January and 21st March 1935.
British Interest.
Bander Abbas. —The British Indian Firm of Seth Menghraj Lilaram with
a certain Bodamal and Kal Ghulam Reza implicated in the gold smuggling case