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1935

stayed till 8 talking. Lovely day. Butchers still on strike, fined two of them 10/- cash for selling meat out of
the market.

Monday 26th [November]

Busy morning in office. Russell & Davies came & discussed the business. Court. The butchers strike has
been broken, today they returned to the meat market and started to sell again as usual. Thirty years ago,
when Meadows was Political Agent here they did the same sort of thing & they have been awkward &
independent ever since. Motored to Jellaq in the afternoon to look at a great piece of land which the Shaikh
claims as personal property. Lovely evening & very nice out there. We were rather late getting back then we