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Italian Shipping Combine -Tim 'Italie (united fleets of the Casulich,

Lloyd Sabando and Navigazione Generale) has now been -constituted. The Presi- dent is H.R.H. The Duke of the Abruzzi, the Vice-Presidents are Senators Rolandi Ricci and Salvago Raggi ; the Managing Directors,- -the Hon.- D. Rimmelli and. the- Ron_ R- D_ de Is Penne. The combined fleet of the three companies include the following liners :--Augustus, 1 Colombo,' -Conte Bien- camano," Conte di Savoie." (in course of construction), Conte 'Conte Verde," Duilio,' 'Giulio Cesare,' ` Orazio,' 'Rex' (in commission in the course of the present year), ' Roma," Saturnia," Virgilio," Vuleania,' The Italia ' will thus have a fleet aggregating over 500,000 tons gross for operating the services to North, South and Central America and Australia.