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Didnt ride. Still quite pleasant weather, a shamaal most of the day. Sh A & Mohd Saleh about the municipal
elections, rather disappointing as so few candidates offer to stand. Then dealt with a few cases. Sh A
seemed rather sour. Later saw various people. Rashid b Abdulla came in in a drunken state & made a scene
& sobbed & said he would leave Bn as his father wanted to make him marry a girl for the father's pleasure
a lot more. Firmly ejected him from my office. In the afternoon drove to Mhq. The Parkers, BOAC, & £
Frenchman, PCL, came to call, the latter very talkative & all stayed too long. GP to dinner, we gave hi/1
Caviare, a very good dinner, he started glum but drink & food restored him & he got quite cheerful. I ca{^
make out if he is sorry to go or not. He didnt discuss much of local interest. We sat outside on the terra/”
deluged in the scent of jassannne.

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Dined with the Grants to meet Reid of Halloways who had come by air, he looked in in the morning, Qui
bright party, after dinner Reid sang, unaccompanied, scotch songs & Gilbert & Sullivan. Really v
pleasant, all the others were Scotsmen & women. The Grants themselves are very dull.