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New Zealand Tablet, Volume V, Issue 233, 19 October 1877, Page 17

The Sheik-ul- Islam has been dismissed, and one Kara Effendi has been appointed to the post. The first explanation which arrived was to the effect that the late Shcik.ul- Islam was not sufficiently resolute and warlike, and that he objected to the standard of the Prophet being raised, but the new official has since put forth a manifesto recommending " calmness and resignation, and the avoidance of all acts of hostility towards Christians." This does npt look very mugli as if be were in foY9Wf of a " btfy wax,"