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1935

Fort, a very busy day in office. Was there till nearly 2.30 & never stopped seeing people. Sh Sulman
came & whined about money, how sick I get of them always asking for more money, they don't deserve
it, then I saw Mansoor al Aragth just back from India. He is a sensible broad minded person & I enjoyed
talking with him, and then some of the people in the pearl case came. We hear from Bombay that it has
seriously affected the market and people are saying Bahrain is now full of cultured pearls, also various
other people. Played tennis at the Agency, had some good tennis. SNO, Smith, Hewitt, Jowett &
Metcalfe. They have now put juss all over the court, very nice but I feel sure it won't last. My court is
splendid now that I have discovered that to flood it every ten days does the trick, I just turn on the tap &
let it flow.

Wednesday June 26th