ITALIAN AFFAIRS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18748, 29 December 1922, Page 5

ITALIAN AFFAIRS

ISSUE OF NEW COINAGE. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright 1 LONDON, December 26. The Daily Mail’s Rome correspondent states that Signor Mussolini has ordered the issue of a new coinage bearing the. Reman fasces, the emblem of ancient Rome, from which the Fascisti derive their name.—A, and N.Z. Cable. D’ANNUNZIO'S NEW PAPER. ROME, December 26. D’Annunzio is establishing a daily paper here. —A. and N.Z. Cable. SANGUINARY CONFLICTS. FASCISTS and' communists. ROME, December 27. (Received Dec. 28, at 7.25 p.m.) Sanguinary conflicts occurred between the Fascists and the Communists during Christmas at Piana, near Venice, a number of persons being killed or wounded. The conflict commenced by the Communists tearing down the Fascist manifestoes. The Venetian Fascists then mobilised their forces, and marched to Piana, where the Communists occupied a fortified house. When the Fascists surrounded the premises with a girdle of fire the Communists were obliged to rush out. A desperate struggle ensued, in which the Communists were beaten, and eventually captured. Calm has now been restored. —A. and N.Z. Cable. INCREASING THE REVENUE TAX ON WORKERS’ WAGES. ROME, December 27. A royal decree has been signed levying income tax on the wages of all workmen in the employ of the State or communes, including ratlwaymen and canal workers. The tax amounts to 4 per cent, of the statutory wage, and 10 per cent, on all extra earnings. The change will add £660,000 per year to the Italian revenues. —A. and N.Z. Cable.