| Description | Typed transcript of pages 1-115 of Belgrave's diary, covering the period between 1 January and 1 July 1930. Topics covered include sale of the Quarantine to the RAF (3 January), Municipal Elections (15 January), a school strike (2 February), arrival of the Political Resident - Hugh Biscoe - with Air Vice Marshal Sir Robert Brooke Popham and party (5 February), a muddled visit from Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Saud, ruler of Saudi Arabia (25 February), observations on the increased popularity of shoes and European dress (7 March), execution of a murderer (11 March), discussion of the Darin airmen of Saudi Arabia (28 March), Belgrave's complaints about Colonial Office conduct and Labour government (15 April), his son's first birthday (22 April), Russian dominance on Iranian trade (29 April), plans for installation of electric light (4-5 May) and the opening ceremony for the Power House (11 May), photography (8 May), visits of American oil men from the Bahrain Petroleum Company (16 May), reading 'A High Wind in Jamaica' (14 June), the political resident's attempts to have a RAF base on one of the Trucial states (16 June), and the use of electric light (26 June). |