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Went to church in afternoon, here, quite a good service & sermon. Steele to dinner. A somewhat tiresome
party.

Sunday 22nd January

Bad motor accident. 1 Policeman killed & two damaged, they were sitting on the top of a lot of boxes
which fell off when the car was rounding a corner. Calls on HH from two sloop commanders, Young-
Jameson (new) & Stansfield, usual dull commonplaces, thy & HH always seem to make the same remarks
year after year. Office. A slightly easier morning, not such a rush of work.

Drove round in afternoon, sea road etc. & dined with Deane to meet the three very vulgar APOL people,
quite awful accents. I wonder if all English oil people are so common, most I have met seem to be. After
dinner went to Awali.

Monday 23rd January

In court most of the morning, Ali bin Khalifah case. I think we have come to the end of it now.

Went over to Muharraq & had a look at the sea road extension.

Bridge at Campbells but left early. Dined with Stansfield, also present the new man, Young Jameson, quite
a good dinner & a pleasant party.

Tuesday 24th January

Fort. Office. The R.C. Bishop to lunch, a delightful old man of seventy, Italian but pro Mussolini. Had the
DGs to meet him. He talked most interestingly & discussed politics.

Took Mrs Van Peussem down to the hospital, she had not seen it before & was impressed. Meeting of golf
club committee in the evening. Coates, new secretary, somewhat aggressive but quite good.