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Sunday 10th November

In the office. Went out to see the school at Suk al Khamis, children looked very dirty but seemed quite bright
and working well. The so called pick ups arrived & turned out to be light lorries, a most awful nuisance.
Cochrane came to me asking for a car. Miss Anderson came in. Warm day. Garden coming on very well
except vegetables which are poor. Went a ride in the afternoon to the Fort, very pleasant, Oleandar is
looking fine. Russell Brown brought Hanna to call, found him very pleasant. Then the Grisewoods came &
the T.Ts, the latter stayed to dinner, after dinner Dick Snow came to deal with M's hand, she went early to
bed. Ahood returned to work.

Bill very full of how he showed HHs sons round the refinery.

Monday 11th November

Rode, rather warm & very damp weather, quite dark getting up in the morning at 6am. Court, got there early
as we had a lot of cases. Sent 5 men to jail, a month each & fine, for selling goods above the control price, I
have rarely seen people so startled, it will I hope have a good effect. None of the cases of much interest.