MUSSOLINI’S ORACLE.
i INGENUOUS REPORT. I (Times Air Mall Service). LONDON. July 25. An Ingenuous, though authoritative, report comes from an Italian correspondent who states that Mussolini, ' before making any political move, sends I a representative in consult the ancient oracular books of the Sibyl of Cumae, now housed in Rome, says the Sunday Referee. i Tito Sibyl. 1000-vears-old prophetess of mythical history, offered nine of her books to Roman Emperor Tarquin tlie Proud. When he refused them she burned three and offered Mini the remaining six at the same 1 price. When he again refused, she burned three more and offered him i tlie remaining three still at the same ; price. | Tarquln then bought them. . •
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20283, 27 August 1937, Page 10
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116MUSSOLINI’S ORACLE. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20283, 27 August 1937, Page 10
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