"BLACK SHIRTS."
FASCXSTI IN NEW ZEALAND. MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT OBJECTS. (By Telegraph.—Special to " Star.") WELLINGTON, this day. Few New Zealanders realise that there have been formed quietly in their midst societies of the famous "Black Shirts," the Fascisti. The impetus to the movement was given by the arrival of the new Italian Consul, the Chevalier D. G. Formichella, and it is restricted to his own countrymen. However, those who picture the Fascists as aggressive will be surprised to learn that the object of the societies is largely mutual improvement. Lectures are given at intervals, and particular attention is given to the study of English, in which a good number of Italians are not very accomplished. Incidentally, too, the societies serve to keep the Italians in touch with their homeland, but primarily they are aimed at making them better citizens and better educated citizens of-the Dominion.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 261, 4 November 1929, Page 4
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