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or nine years a*c they were cl' frequent occur-
renco. phi.ix is reason to believe that tne
nnpiercers ami naiij ol' the cu.pnts are

Hsssav.ic who slif across to the mainland
alter carrying cut an attec*, The two attacks
on villages have produced a very unfortunate

result locally. The ohia Haharna are thoroughly
alarmed and every viilace has arranged a system
of armed watchmen to :eep off robbers, when the.
country people go to the gardens at night for

won; in the irrigation channels, they £0 in
parties carrying rifles, This is an unsatis-
factory state of things as the saaarna are apt
to .'ire :•!'!' rifles at harmless people thinking

that t..ey are robbers.
14. .y.uherraq murder. A well mown prostitute
of y.uharraq was r.uraerea, sewn up in a sac it and
thrown into the sea. The cause of the turner

was jealousy between the frequenters of two
nDars:' which car; be described as clubs patro- •
nised by persons of can character, The case
fuily investlgatec ana the police were satis­

fied that the murcer had teen cone by certain
persons but the actual in evidence was msuf-
i'icient to obtain a conviction. The suspects
were 3ll foreigners from the mainland ana they

were repatriated to their country.
It. oitrah murder. At the end of the year
a nurcer tcc.u: place m iitrah, one nahrani shot

another f-ahrani through the head with a rule.
l*he cause c; the quarrel was jealousy over a
woman of cac character who uivea in tne same
vi..age. -reerer was tried by the Bahrain