Page 562 - Bahrain Gov Annual Reports (I)_Neat

r'
-4-
560

ana he ana his supporters organised a counter
petition repudiating the ei?;ht representatives
ana declaring thut they were acting against

the wishes ol' the uhia community, This was
the position when the year en.uea.
Notable visits. The annual visit ol the

Naval oommanaer in uhiet", iiast Indies coincided
with the celebrations ol* His excellency uhaikh
Hamad's accession ciay which take place every
year. une or the events during the three days*
holiday was the police sports which took place

in front or the jort. The _anirai very Kinaiy gave
permission ior the hoyai Marine Band iron H.ll.o.

■'Hawkins1* to play on the ground during the sports,
which was greatly appreciated by the public.
in February lad5, Mr. xinatchbuii-Hugesson,
His Majesty's Minister in Teheran paid a short
visit to Bahrain.

In rebruary Hear admiral Hive ol the rrench
Navy visited Bahrain in the sioop ~Bougainvinen.
In the spring shaikh Mohomec bin Isa anu some ol

his lamiiy new by Imperial airways to nuwait
v/here they stayed ior about a month with shaikh
/ihmad ai Jabr. lAiring the summer shaikh Mohomed
bin Isa as usual paid a visit to agypt and oyria

and uhaikh ^bdunah bin Isa visited nebanon.
~ number or minor uhtikhs from the Truciai
uoast visited Bahrain during the year as the

guests or the nuier.
training operations. ~ very useful work
was carried out by owners oi gardens on the
oouth ol* lianamah behind the rort. for some

years these gardens have been water logged and