مجموعة ٣٠/١١٤ "تقارير إجراءات السُفُن البريطانية." [و‎‎٤‎٢‎٤] (١٢٠٣/٨٤٧)

Dutch Interests > The representative of the Nederland Line
called on H.M* Vice Consul, Moharamerah in mid-Sept ember* The
object of his visit was to examine the possibilities of running
an extension of the Nederland Line as far as Basrah.
COMMUNICATIONS IN THE CftJIff.
Cables and Wireless Limited. The Company’s cable ship visited
flahrain at the end of October, and the Master reported that the
following re-organisation of Gulf Cables is now in progress •
The cable from Karachi to Jask has been lifted at a
point about 45 miles west of Charbar (Has Tank), and to it a new
cable has been Joined which connects with Muscat. The old
Charbar-Jask cable and the cable from Has Tank to Jask have been
removed.
There are already cables from Jask to Muscat, and Jask
to Bushire* These will remain for a year or so until the
Persians build a W/T station at Jask, after which the cable
station will be given up and the two cables joined together at
sea* Communication by cable will then be Karachi - muscat,
Muscat - Bushire*
The old cable between Jask and Henjam has already been
removed, and the portion of the Henjam-Bushire cable between
Hen jam and Has Mutaf will be taken up in the near future*
Bahrain is to be connected to Bushire by laying a
new cable from the former place to a point south of Has Mutaf
where it will connect to the remainder of the old Buahire-Henjam
cable* The cable landing at Bahrain will be close to the R.A.F.
pier at first, and on completion of the fdahamah-Muharraq causeway,
the cable will be transferred to it and enter the sea from
Muharraq Island.
The scheme when complete will therefore bet-
Karachl-Musoat, Muscat-Bushire, Bushlro-Fao, with a branch cable
from Bushire to Bahrain.
OIL INTERESTS.
Bahrain. Oil loaded* The following tankers recently embarked
511" alT c 7 a hr alST-
s.s* "CLYDEFIELD" - British. 9,500 tons,
s.s. n C.G. PEIK” - Norwegian. 9,100 tons.
Refine ry . As already reported by signal, the Bahrain Petroleum
doT^nave now decided to build a refinery at Bahrain. Work will
commence as soon as materials become available and the Company
hope to complete construction by June 1936.
Trucia l Coast. As reported above, three of the Truoial Shaikhs
who vlilUod^TSahrain recently, appear to be taking considerable
Interest in oil and its production. Ras-el-Khaimah sold the
Anglo-Iranian oil Company the exploration rights in his shaikhdom
a few months ago, and now similar rights have been acquired by
the Company at Sharjah and Debai.
The Shaikh of Abu Dhabi is still believed to be holding
out against the blandishments of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
and possibly his territory is the most likely to be oil bearing.
His preference for dealing with Major Holmes of the Kuwait Oil
Company is known, but the latter is believed to have found only
one/