ITALY.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 June 1919, Page 5

ITALY.

A VOLUNTEER ARMY. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyrleiit. Rome, June 21, The National Council at Kume has deeded to create an army of 40JOOO volunteers under the control of the King of Italy.

VISIT TO THE ISLANDS. THE GOVERNOR'S TOUR By Telegraph—flres* AssU>-Copyrl£ht. Wellington, June 26. The following dispatch has' Been received -by wireless from the official reporter with the Governor-General: —. Aitutaki, Tuesday, June 24.

anchored off Aitutaki at S o'ckwk yesterday morning. The reception at ,the subsequent Tarekareka, or.. Native entertainment, surpassed others to date. Six villages on the island vied with each other in the effort to excel in dancing. One group of 50 men- and women, dressed in their old heathen costume of tapa cloth, gave a vigorous exhibition of heathen dances to the accompaniment of tomtoms. Forty returned .Aitatakian soldiers paraded and were complimented by his Excellency on their fine diseiplihe and bearing. In the afternon the party were taken in boats to witness the Natives diving to catch sharks in coral caves in the expansive lagoon formed by the reef. Unfortunately no sharks were located. in the evening there was an exhibition of by Native men, women slid children with bare feet. Subsequently his Excellency entertained the resident agent, Captain Cooper, and others at dinner on the Tutanekai. There was ■universal regret that it was impossible to prolong the visit' to such a beautiful spot. The. weather continues' fine, and the part; arsnow voyaging due west to Nine; where tW* expeffltica^