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1945

To Muharaq in the afternoon to see & open the new Kindergarten School in a house we bought from Sh Daij,
a very nice school & crowds of applicants then to meet Dick Snow at the Airways jetty, he came in to dinner
with us. Nice to have him back.

Thursday 30th October

Rode. Busy day. Didnt go to Jidda went to the PWD & arranged the furniture in the flat, it looks very nice
& there seems to be plenty, went to see Smith at the customs & discussed the matter of the Civil List - HH
during my absence increased the cost of living allowance and put the whole cost of the addition to the family
onto the state thereby giving himself about 2 lakhs more income, a difficult affair. Saw Leigh to whom I had
written about his H/C Abdel Latif saying that HH disapproved of promoting because he drinks. Yusef
Khduri came in & begged for a liquor permit, I told him that I disapproved of any liquor or permits & gave
him no sympathy. Paid calls in the afternoon, found the Allcards having a children's party & Dr Doeg at
home. Pleasant cool day, a strong shamaal.

Friday 31st October