THE BLACK SHIRTS

Evening Star, Issue 20317, 28 October 1929, Page 9

THE BLACK SHIRTS

MUSSOLINI'S MESSAGE Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright) ROME, October 2b*. Signor Mussolini, spectacular a< over, has issued a message to the Black Shirts of Italy _in connection Avith the eighth Fascist ucav year, which will begin on Monday. After referring to the work done during the last seven years, the message proceeds: “The eighth year Anil be no less rich with efforts for fruitful work.” In accordance with the practice of dating the years from the commencement of tho Fascist ora, Avhieh is Avidespread in Italy, stone tablets inscribed Anno VII. in many houses and moiniments hid fair to be a first-class puzzle to excavators centuries hence. BATTLE IN MELBOURNE. FOUR PEOPLE INJURED. MELBOURNE, October 28. (Received October 28, at 10.30 a.in.)' Knives, bottles, and sticks Aver© used in a battle outside a hall vrhen an attempt as* as made to break up a meeting of Italian Fascists. About 150 Black Shirts were assembled to celebrate the anniversary of the rise of Signor Mussolini, when anti-Fascisls of parlous nationalities stormed the hall. Wild scenes followed, in which four people Avere badly injured.