EASTERN RULER.
OFFICIAL VISIT TO ENGLAND. British Official Wireless. (Received 12.30 p.m.) RUGBY, June 14. Shaikh Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa, C.S.I, ruler of Bahrain (Persian Gulf), accompanied by his two sons, will arrive in England to-day and for a fortnight he will be the guest of £he British flovernment. During this time he will be invested by the King with the insignia of Knight Commander of the Indian Empire, an honour whicli was conferred upon him in 1935. The shaikh, who has been ruler of Bahrain since 1923, visited England unofficially in 1925. He will meet the Secretary for India, Lord Zetland, at the India Office on Monday, and during his Btay lie will pay visits to the Fleet a t Portsmouth, to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, to the Royal Air Force .display at Hendon, and to the "Aldershot Tattoo." He will attend the trooping of the colour on June 23. Arrangements have also been made for him to see over the liner Queen Mary.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 140, 15 June 1936, Page 7
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167EASTERN RULER. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 140, 15 June 1936, Page 7
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