Italian Settlers Bound for Libya
20,000 PEOPLE SAILING GENOA, Oct. 27. Preceded by a triumphal procession through decorated streets, one of the largest migrations in history will begin when the Vulcania, with Marshal Balbo aboard, the first of twenty ships taking 20,000 settlers to Libya, sails from Genoa tomorrow, the anniversary of the Fascist march on Rome. Thirty special trains are converging on Genoa, Naples, and Syracuse, the three ports of departure from Italy and Sicily. They are bringing ISOO families, averaging nearly ten children apiece. Food and clothes are being issued to the adults and toys to the children. The men will march to the wharf six abreast and the women and children will ride in inotor-cars. Signor Muasqliai will review, fhe
argosy at sea. The Rome correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph states that Marshall Balbo says the 20,000 settlers will be increased to 110,000 within ten years, when all the available land would be intensively cultivated*
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Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 262, 4 November 1938, Page 3
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