A statement issued by the Federal Treasury last month shows that the public debt of the Commonwealth and States at December 31, reached £1, 237,122,393. Of this amount £304, jury arrived in Court coatless, The [Judge immediately ordered them to leave the Court to obtain coats. Tt was then found that some of the juryman had not possessed coats for several years. The dignity of the Court was upheld, however, for these men succeeded in borrowing dad articles of clothing from acquaintances. One juryman pleaded that he was unpunctual because he was the town's iceman! He was fined £3.
For the Spring season the Ttalian airlines society has organized many improvements in its service. 'The Rome-Milan line and vice versa will be "twice daily, the "Milan-Turin line will be changed from. daily service to twice daily. The daily service between" Milan' and Zurich will be resumed and the dally connection between Milan and Venice coincided with the international services of Germany, Austria, Hungary and the Adriatic network.' The ser vice between Milan and Monaco will be suspended but the previous con nection with Germany from Venice will be continued, During the twelfth Fascist year high speed alr connections will be inaugurated permitting to cover the Rome-Milan distance in tone hour and thirty minutes and Rome-Turin in one hour and forty minutes.
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