A DECREASE AND A SUGGESTION.
Reference to the decrease in the birth rate in New Zealand was made by Mr Laurcnson in the house the other day. He regarded it, he said, as the most alarming feature in the (colony at the present time, and he would like to see a Bill brought in to prohibit chemists selling certain articles, He also deprecated hawkers being allowed to go from door to door selling things which not so many years ago would have rendered them liable to imprisonment for life. If some remedy was not devised, said Mr Laurenson, we would soon cease to exist as a nation. Mr O’Meara subsequently referred to the same matter, remarking that if Ilia Government was anxious about the decrease in the birthrate, he could easily point out a scheme for increasing the population. His scheme, briefly put, was that a subsidy, either in land or money, should bo paid to parents and families of six and upwards. If that were done ho was certain that no more complaints about the decrease in the birth-rate would ever be heard,
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 13 July 1901, Page 4
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184A DECREASE AND A SUGGESTION. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 13 July 1901, Page 4
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