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Slave Traffic.
No slave Bought asylum at this Consulate during the year under report.
Aviation.
Three British Moth planes G-ACCS, G-ABWZ and G-ABZK with the most
Hon ble Marquis of Douglas and Clydesdale, Air Commodore Fellowes with
Mrs. Fellowes, Flight Lieutenant MacIntyre and Messrs. Charles Hughes and
Shepherd of the Mount Everest Expedition landed en route to Karachi to refuel
on the Gth March 1933 and took off three hours later.
A Moth Aeroplane No. G-249-0-EBUZ with Lieutenant I. MacGregor from
London Airforce landed at Bandar Abbas on 23rd March 1933 and took off
On hour later.
Two Gipsy Moths G-ABZK and G-ABWK with Air Commoder, Fellowcs,
Mrs. Fellowes and Messrs. McIntyre and Edison arived from Karachi on their
return from the mount Everest Expedition at 3-30 p.m. on the Gth May and left
for Bushire the following day.
Mr. Guliver of the Burma Oil Company arrived from Karachi in his plane
AV-ACR on the afternoon of the 19th May and took off for Baghdad at 5-30 A.M.
the following day.
Mrs. M. R. Bonney arrived at Bandar Abbas in her Gipsy Moth No. IV.-
H.U.P.V. from Australia via Karachi at 3-30 p.m. on the 2nd June 1933 and left
for England via Bushirc at 6 a.m. on the 3rd June 1933.
Mr. James Woods arrived at Bandar Abbas in Gipsy Moth No. VH-UPD
u The Spirit of Western Australia ” from Australia via Karachi on the 26th at
4-30 p.m. en route to the United Kingdom. He was anxious to take off at 5 p.m.
on the 27th July but the Police authorities refused to endorse his passport on the
grounds that he failed to obtain a visa from the Persian Consul at Karachi in
spite of Mr. Woods statement that he had been to see the Persian Consul at
Karachi and the latter had told him that his passport was in order and ho
could proceed via Karachi. Eventually his passport was endorsed at 11 a.m.
on the 27th, after a written guarantee from His Majesty’s Consulate to pay arif
fine which might be imposed. As it was then too late to proceed to Bushire,
Mr. Woods postponed his departure for the next day, when just as the aeroplane
was taking off at 5 a.m. the under carriage collapsed. Mr. Woods wired to
Karachi for spare parts to be dropped by any French or Dutch planes at the
aerodrome. After receiving the required spares from Karachi through one of
the Royal Dutch Air Mail planes, Mr. James Woods took off for Bushire on the
10th August 1933.
Messrs. Paitison and Deale of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Limited,
Abadan, arrived by Company’s plane on the 18th August and left the same even­
ing on a visit to Kishm Island. The plane left for its hearquarters at day break
on the 19th August 1933.
Navy.
The following sloops visited Bandar Abbab during the year :—
British—
II. M. S. “ Bideford ” on the 7th August 1933.
H. M. S. “ Lupin ” on the 14th October 1933.
Persian—
Palang on (he 18th 24th, April, 24th July, 29th October and 7th Novem­
ber 1933.
Babr on the 11th May and 3rd September 1933.
British Interests.
On or about the 1st of August, the Persian gunboat “ Palang ” touched at
British Basidu and hauled down the Union Jack which was flying from the flag­
staff standing on the ground. The matter was reported to one of H. M.’s ships
which arrived on the spot a day Inter and re-hoisted the flag and landed an
armed guard. The general public have opined that, if tho Persian Government
wished to claim Bnsidu ub Persian territory the action of hauling down the flag
was both improper and impolite.