SHEIK OF BAHRAIN
VISIT TO ENGLAND
INVESTITURE BY KING
(British Official Wiroloss.)
Reed. 11.50 a.m. RUGBY, June 13. The Sheik of Bahrain, accompanied by his two sons, is arriving in England to-morrow, and for a fortnight the party will be the guests of the British Government.
During his stay the Sheik will be in vested by tho King with the insignia of Kniglit Commander of the Indian Empire, an honour which was conferred upon him in 1935. The Sheik, who has been the ruler of Bahrain since 1923, visited England unofficially in 1925. He will meet the Secretary for India, tho Marquis of Zetland, at the India Office on Monday, and during his stay will pay visits to the fleet at Portsmouth, to the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, to the Royal Air Force display at Hendom 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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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19041, 15 June 1936, Page 5
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