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HH paid a call on PR & returned visit at Palace. I was at the Fort & did not know about it so had to com(
back in a hurry. HH made a long speech about how much he was spending upon public services and alsc
3 about the food situation ending up with the remark that if his people starved who would be to blame excep

the Brit Gov, it was very much to the point. GP looked more & more sour as the speech proceeded.
3 Saw the Shia leaders about estate of Haj Mohd al Nakhuda an old Bahrani "i" Ras Roman who left nearly -

lakhs.
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■ To Jidda in the afternoon, the millet not yet showing - I hoped it would be up. So cold that a fire was qui*"
t pleasant & rather bumpy coming over.

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At Jidda. Lovely day. Spent a long time designing some patterns for coloured weaving. Took the bro'
clay from HH to be tried out as a dye.

r. Came back after tea - the Balls called, ACOC, quite a pleasant couple, she lived many years in Bayrout.

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