MECCA PILGRIMAGE.
AGAIN IN VOGUE
(Received 8 a.m.)
CAIRO, Sept. 16.
The pilgrimage to Mecca has reopened, and already 70,000 persons have already visited the "Holy City." —A. and N.Z.
(Mecca was the birthplace of Mahommed, and since his death (up till the recent war intervened) the Mahommedans have made pilgrimages to the sacred spot, such duty being enjoined by the Koran,
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Northern Advocate, 19 September 1919, Page 5
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