PILGRIMS TO MECCA.
CAIRO.. July 17
A dispute has arisen between the King of Hedjaz and the Egyptian Government in connection with the usual pilgrimage to Mecca. The former declined to permit an Egyptian medical mission to accompany the pilgrims, on the ground that the King possessed sufficiently K ood medical supervisors. Therefore tshe Egyptian _ Government recalled the mission, which was conveying a sacred carpet from Cairo to Mecca. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 19 July 1923, Page 3
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72PILGRIMS TO MECCA. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 19 July 1923, Page 3
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