مجموعة ٥/٣٠(١) "يوميّات الخليج الفارسي: المقيمية البريطانية في بوشهر (الفارسية) يناير ١٩٤١" [و‎‎١‎٧‎٢] (٩٣٨/٣٤٤)

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rt \ 'jap r va?' T 'r*‘b of the Gejidaxinerie proceeded
Kazerun in connection with arrangements he is making to
re the return of 2 machine guns and 40 rifles whicn the
. 1 lost in a recent skirmish in those parts.
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Reports have been receiYed of large quantities of
ammunition: including rounds made in 1943 with white
on the nose of the bullets, passing through Xirayi t o the
tribes in the interior where one round is novn believed '.o oe
fetching at least Rials Zo/-. All local sources from whom
enquiries have been made arc- unanimous in the qhah-our
thiu ammunition comes from the neighbourhood o B ^ . ’
and possibly Abadan, where it has been pilfered from ships
trains and in some cases sold by those handling America^
consignments of S.a.A. a smaller proportion of ^is ammunition
has also been passing through Hiat Baud,
but the main link in the chain appears to be Mohd. All .Ji-n
of Liravi
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PUBLIC RBLATIOiTS.
(a) The- cinema van broke a back axle on the return trip
from Borazjan where a -very succestful showing bnd been given,
and cinemr activities are now restricted to shows in t-jj*
The engine has been fitted up on a stout wooden stretcher and
osn now be man toadied for short distances. ''Coa&t^cTmi.nd
Has just arrived and the first performance given proved
extremely popular.
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;ts are being made to open a Reading Room
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(c\ Reception from "^hc Tehran radio is still poor but
■he programmes arc popular and ‘’guest*’ spCeakcrs are much
5 .T)cv. .’iated loca.lly •
VII.
POOPSTUFPS
( P \ In spite of an order from Tehran to Withhold the
issue of sugar and tea for Dashti, the Khnrter Department have
again made issues to a representative of thc Razmis of that
Tt i 6 said that one of the Kharhar officials has tdeen
brib" of iVOO tomans from this representative and the sug^-r
- ea has since been sold on the Bush ire black market.
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fh'i it, is understood that Aqai Shamlu, the Director of the
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lolirrumoui has It that the Mar Department will * rented
, Bdar eh - i - Ghal. leh' and will in future only deal mth oere^-ls.
■ -■) The Persian Gcvernmenlt are giving a
sugar.' tea and pieoegoods to their menials as
usual one month’s extra pay.
double ration
a Rau-ruz
of
gratuity instead of the
(c{\ Go tinued lack of rain is causing widespread
apprehension" of famine conditions and if the drought continues,
it i= highly probable that ohe new crop will be c complete
Allure as o? vrrod in 1941-42. In addition, nb rebars in
Bu^Sc’havc little water in them and unless there are heavy
rains in the near future, a serious water shortage in the town
will probably be 5 fc another cross for the Bushins to bear
during < ; hc coming summer.
fc N curing r . Consul’s tour to Bander Rig early in
^ w mlvo-t-h of *thc wheat seen vjas little more than three
r" , eLnigh Whcnas in normal year it would be well above
l l. ..^c vne’ - Bom: sig: s of short crops being scorched by
the sop e
also 01 -sc
the
irrigated by the
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