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1944

Thursday 16th November

Meeting of the race committee on the course in the evening. It is still very muddy
in places & Sh Kh is nervous about the ponies but Stoker optimistic. He came in
later on to change for some dinner & the Haddows & Tandy came to call. Stormy cloudy
weather and magnificent sunsets.

Friday 17th November

Didnt go to Jidda, spent most of the day in the garden putting in more flower seeds,
the earlier ones are not doing very well. The Snows came in, after dinner we went to
an Ensa show at Jufair, a very good show indeed, quite a large caste & some excellent
dancing & a funny comedian. It seems strange to me to see shows of this kind in
Bahrain where for so many years one just could not visualise such things.
After tea went to Gasari where I put in a lot of plants on the bank.

Saturday 18th November

Fort.
Very stuffy gray weather & heavy clouds all over - bad look out for the races. HH
came in in a very bad temper owing to a letter from Agency re Zubara. Godfrey came
to see him & HH asked about water prospects at Rafaa. Sh A came, leaving for hunting
tomorrow. Busy morning a lot of work in the office. In afternoon didnt go out, had
a Church Council meeting before dinner from 6.30-8.15 & the Van Ps staayed on for
dinner, a mix up about the car which went to Awali instead of the V.Ps to fetch hers.
The church meeting was extremely acrimonious & Dodds attacked GP violently - awkward
as he was going there to dinner afterwards.