PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA
TO PROCEED AS USUAL CONFIDENCE IN BRITISH NAVY CONTROL OF RED SEA (Ofllclal Wireless) (Received Sept. 16, 3.15 p.m.) RUGBY, Sept. 15 I The confidence which the Egyptian j Government clearly places in the British Navy has enabled the Mecca ! pilgrimage, in which the faithful | cross the Red Sea between Suez and • Jedda, to continue to be made. ! The Egyptian Premier on Friday ! instructed all mudirs and governors to announce to the nation that persons desiring to make the pilgrimage : should submit their application in the ' usual way. i Hassan Sabry. by this decision, i gives further proof that the necessary withdrawal of the British troops from Somaliland has in no way rei duced the effective British control of j the Red Sea.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21219, 16 September 1940, Page 8
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126PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21219, 16 September 1940, Page 8
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