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King Peter 'Emmanuel has pardoned, the notorious Sicilian brigand chieftain, Gu_seppe Fen lira, who has 'been incarcerated tn the Ancona convict settlement for half a. century. He is now a fine stalwart man of seventy, and has been given a. two years-ticket-of-leave. He left the prison for Palermo to rejoin his elder brother aud Ws co-partner in the brigand profession, who -was granted: a Royal pardon some -fame ago. Ferr-tra has been commissioned, tbe London "-Chronicle" says, to write his impressions of the -modern -world, and -what he thinks of trains, trams, cycles, motor cars, and other inventions which are new to him. He expressed himself fairly bowled over at the _r'_r_it of Italy to-day.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 183, 2 August 1913, Page 17
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119FREE AFTER FIFTY YEARS. Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 183, 2 August 1913, Page 17
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