MUSSOLINI'S TEAM WON.
Should the Defence Department take the All Blacks in diandr' Rugby and military training may appear to. nave little in common, but in Italy at least footballers appear to have a decoded opinion on Die subject. Rev. Herbert. Dunnico, M.P., who has conducted a number of English football teams on Continental tours since the war, vouches for the troth, of the following incident: Dr. Bail,wens, of Cologne, a really capable referee, was in charge of an international match between Italy and Austria. Among the spectators, and certainly not the least interested, was Mussolini. From the splendid isolation of lias box the Italian Prime Minister saw that things were not going too well for Italy. He contrived to let the Italian players know that if they did not win every man Jack of them was in for two years’ military service. Italy won.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 31 August 1929, Page 12
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