THOUGHTS OF THE TIMES.
HUSSEIN PASSES. A famous and picturesque figure has passed in old King Hussein, first King of the Hedjaz, who ruled his court and harem with a nobblv stick, and had a. deep seated passion for gramophones and! gold sovereigns, Hussifin was forty generations ill the direct line from the Prophet, wore tho greeit turban aticl Inherited the Shereefdom of Mecca. A bandit more than a priest, lie was culled to Constantinople, iukl practically kept under arrest, He alien pod in the early days of the war, and returned to Mecca. There Colonel Lawrence found him, converted him into an ally, a King and respectability. Tie fathered three Kings, became too grasping over the pilgrim trade and was dethroned. —Northern Paper.
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 July 1931, Page 4
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124THOUGHTS OF THE TIMES. Hokitika Guardian, 2 July 1931, Page 4
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