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show was very orderly & very well done. The Admiral & the Agency party and a lot of naval officers were
looking on. The scouts were extremely good, they did some marching, then a dance round, they made a sort
of human pillar, standing on each others shoulders about five boys in height & a very small scout made a
speech to the Shaikh from the top. Afterwards we all went to a cocktail party at the Agency, the new Air
Vice Marshal, Mitchell, was there, he didn't have much to say for himself. In the evening we had people to
dinner, the Hams, Davies, & Steele & his guest, the parson from the ship a nice fellow, Irish. They left rather
early. The SNO talked most amusingly.

Sunday 20th Jan 1935