ITALIAN VISITOR

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 5, 1 October 1935, Page 8

ITALIAN VISITOR

Silk Merchant From Milan

Sporting a jaunty yachting cap because, lie said, bis usual beret had been blown overboard, Cav. Uff. Diulio Stobbia, an Italian knight officer commended for service to bis country, arrived at Wellington by ‘the Makura yesterday in the course of a world tour He stated that he was a silk merchant, proprietor and managing director of a manufacturing company at Milan. Questioned regarding- the economic state of Italy, he denied that conditions there were otherwise than good. “There is uo unemployment iu Italy. The workers have good living conditions,” he stated. “Many people I have met say that we are not free to come and go as we like, but that is not so. I am free to leave the country, and to go where I like. Conditions in Italy are good, and the cost of living is not high. I live in Italy and I have my home there, and I know that it is so.” The visitor stated that, while he was primarily on a pleasure trip, he was at the same time making inquiries about the market in New Zealand and Australia for silk exported from Italy. He was also investigating the export of Italian white cement, on behalf of a big cement company in Italy. He was widely travelled, and had visited many countries.