FACE TO FACE

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20785, 21 April 1939, Page 2

FACE TO FACE

ANCIENT AND MODERN FAROUK AND PREDECESSOR [ INTERVAL OF 2800 YEARS * (Times Air Mail Service.) LONDON, March 31 A king looked into the face of another kin* in the mus-ty darkness of an Egyptian tomb yesterday. Both had occupied the same throne, but there were 2800 years between their accession dates. For one of the two was Egypt’s King Farouk of to-day and the other was the Pharaoh Shishak. of Biblical fame, who succeeded to the crown in 900 B.C. King Farouk had driven to the tomb, only found at the week-end. to open for himself the silver coffin Jound within it. Hieroglyphics on the coffin’s gold had been interpreted to show that it belonged not to the Pharaoh Psousenncs, as had been thought, but to Shishak, who succeeded hirn. Shishak marched against Jerusalem in the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign carried off all the treasure of Solomon’s temple, as recorded in II Chronicles XII 1-4. A double line of Egyptian National Guards lined the route to the tomb, down which King Farouk drove his own car. And, prising open the coffin with his own hands, he looked on the bejewelled mummy face of his 28mO-yeans-ago predee c m the throne. Loss on Ewe Sales A line of 47 store ewes was soil for 10s. representing less than CJ f. • r i h ewe. at the fortnightly stork sale at Methven North Canterbury . The auctioneers' commission was 3d, which, vh n added to the yardina of 3s lid and a droving charge ot 10s. made the owner's expenses 14s 24, a loss of 4s 2d on the sale. It is stated the sheep would have brought Is or 8s each in ‘ good Umea.’*