مجموعة ٢٨ /١٧ "بلاد فارس؛ يوميّات؛ قنصلية كرمان ١٩٣١-١٩٣٩." [ظ‎‎٨‎٢] (١٠٦٩/١٦٤)

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222. Reference paragraph 188.
Hassan Agha Allahverdi (Qazvini), the
Manager of the new company, proceeded
i to Tehran during the month in connec
tion with the purchase of a wool carding
plant from German firms.
223. Reference paragraph 195.
Mirza Mahmud Dabistani, one of the
two deputies for Kerman, returned to
Tehran in the early part of the month.
224. M. Josepn Banoshi, a naturalised
Persian subject, said to be of Arab or
Syrian origin, arrived here on the 27th
to relieve M. C. Meyer, as Manager of
the National Bank of Persia. M. Meyer
is leaving the service ot the Bank and
will be leaving Kerman about the loth
ot next month.
225. Military .—The Officer Command
ing, Kerman Brigade held a review of
the troops in tne station on the 3rd.
226. Security. —Reference paragraph
197.
A large camel caravan from Bandar
Abbas was attacked by a band of Farsi
robbers between Aliabad and Sirjan in
the first week of August and goods to
tne value of Tumans 8,000 were carried
away. The stolen merchandise, consist
ing chiefly of sugar, belonged partly to
Messrs. S. Dorabji of Bandar Abbas and
partly to Persian merchants at Yezd.
227. As the result ol a search made in
the house of Hussein Khan, Shuja Sul
tan, the'chief of the Buchaqchi tribe, in
Chargumbaz, several rifles and a quantity
of ammunition were discovered and con
fiscated by the military authorities at
the end of August. Hussein Khan, who
was until recently an officer in the
Amnieh forces, was removed to Shiiaz
from Sirjan in June last and is said to be
a prisoner at the present moment.
228. ]Saib Sarhang Tumaj, Officer
Commanding the Amnieh Forces in
Kerman, proceeded to Bandar Abbas, on
inspection, in the beginning of the month
and returned to headquarters on the
12th.
229. Two Buchaqchi tribesmen were
arrested in Sirjan and brought to Kerman
for trial in the beginning of the month
for highway robbery.
230. British Interests .—The C. M. S.
rchool authorities in Kerman have, for
the first time, opened a 9th and 10th
class in the Boys School or rather a 3rd
and 4th class in the Middle Form.
Arrangements are also being made to
open a night class for the grown-ups.
The return of Revd. B. Iliff from Shiraz,
during the month, for school work in
Kerman, without which the above im
provements were impossible, has acted
as a great impetus to the C. M. S. e^rca-
tional work in this place. ^
The C. M. S. Girls School, on the other
hand, has received a set-back by the
departure of Miss J. F. Woodroffe, the
Head Mistress, who left for England in
the beginning of the month in order to
complete her B.A. course, without which,
according to the new regulations of the
Persian Ministry of Education, she could
not run her school. Miss J. G. Moore,
Evangelist, has, in the meantime, been
placed in charge of the Girls School,
pending the arrival of a permanent relief.
231. Russian Interests .—Sheikh Abul
Qasim Harandi, the Russian sales agent
in Kerman, who proceeded to Tehran in
June last, is said to have got into trouble
with the Police in connection with his
relations with the Soviet authorities.
Although the circumstances of the case
are not yet known here, it is certain that
Harandi has been under detention in
Tehran for several da\s. It is, however,
said that he is now free and will return
to Kerman in a short time.
232. JJiscellaneous .—Miss E. A. Thomas
of the C. M. S. left for England via
Isfahan, on furlough, in the beginning of
the month, in company with Miss J. F.
Woodroffe.
233. Dr. G. E. Dod.son paid a visit to
Isfahan in the beginning of the month.
234. Mr. Angus of the A. P. O. C.
visited Kerman on inspection in the
middle of the month.
235. Mr. Nicholas Boonin, Manager,
Messis. Bird and Co.’s Manganese and
Iron Mines, Bara, Jamda P. O. Sing-
bhum, arrived, in Kerman on the after
noon of the 25th and left for Bam the
same evening on his way to India via
Zahidan.
Bandar Abbas.
236. Local Affairs .—Muhammad
Khan Ashrafi, the Chief of the Justice
Department, and the Public Prosecutor
were unexpectedly summoned by the
Ministry of Justice to proceed to Tehran.
The former left on the 7th and the latter
is said to have proceeded to join him
from Kerman. It is rumoured that they
have been summoned to answer certain
charges of corruption brought against
them by other local officials, most pro
bably the Governor.