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Intense local excitement was caused and religious cere­

monies on the two concluding days of the festival were
somewhat disorganised, The incident had no political
significance and the temporary excitement which was caused
would have died away completely in a few days if it had

not been for the Judicial proceedings which ensued.
(ii) A Kuwaiti boom left Bahrain on the 19th February
bound for Kuwait with a cargo of silver rupees and Saudi
riyals to the value of more than a lakh of rupees. The

boom never reached Kuwait, but the bodies of the nakhuda
and five of the seven members of the crew were subsequently
seen floating on the sea near Jezirat Abu All. A launch

sent from Kuwait to search for the missing boom succeeded
in locating the wreckage and in salvaging from it rupees
and riyals to the value of about Ks. 1,15,OOO.
(iii) A local sensation was caused by the arrival,
on May 5th, of thirteen sailors from Qatar whose dhow had

been sunk by an enemy submarine. In Bahrain the sailors
were hospitably treated by everyone, and were given an
interview by H.H. the Shaikh. They were repatriated to

Qatar at the expense of the Agency.
(iv) In order to provide relief for the poor of
Bahrain a committee of Arabs was formed in the middle of
the year under the presidency of Shaikh Abdullah bin Isa

to collect money in Manama and MUharraq. Within a very
short time of the formation of the committee, Hs •11,000/-
waa collected from Arabs, Sunni Persians and Indiana. No

collections were made from the Shia community nor were
the Shiaa invited to Join the committee. The Shiaa felt
bitterly their exclusion from.participation in this
philanthropic