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Fort. Court, not many cases & those we took were dull ones. Went to customs afterwards & discussed cos
of living which has not gone up & in many cases has gone down. Drove to Muharraq, still lots of muc
around the RAF camp so turned back & went round the east of the town - as usual saw a bunch of youth;
gambling.

Meeting of Golf Club committee, Mrs Mathews & Mrs Penfold came to & sat with M & talked about Ioce
w'ages & prices. Gomall and Holdstock came in to talk about taking a photograph of HH. Stayed rather late=

Tuesday 16th January

Fort, went over race course & arranged for work to be done there by prisoners. HH & Sh A came & Stans
came to call, looking very well. They seemed really pleased to see him, he stayed some time. Gray morn
later heavy rain which continued most of the afternoon. Seyd Said & Mahsen Jajar came, the latter as u:
very sour & full of complaints saying that Govt didnt employ Shias which is absurd, also talked al
various Wahf claims for prices of ground. Painted in afternoon. M went to a war fund committee meetin

HH was quite amiable & only discussed Zubara for half an hour, the rest of the time talked about the coitzzz:
meeting between Ibn Saud & Farouk which is said to be coming off shortly & the increase in crime i
particularly motor thefts & the light sentences passed by PA in the car case. Very heavy rain at night.