DECLINING BIRTHRATE
I) 10X0U/vGI'M) BY .AII'SSt(LINE LONDON, Dee. 12. Afussolini subscribed UNO lo a fund which a newspaper is raising lor LT purpose of helping needy pa,rents of many children. He said the gift must he considered as a moral acknowledgement, of lit. newspaper’s initiative in honouring parents with many children and holding them up as an example to other persons purposely sterile, nearly all ol' whom belonged to tho so-called upper classes, which were richer, but morally cowardly. Without prolific working men’s families, a grave decline in I lie birth rate was threatening the nation, and would reach an extreme phase. This must ibo repeated and shouted aloud, even if it were the hitter truth. There were many things dangerous on the face of the " ca'iTh, from tigers to malarial mosquitoes,- hut one danger surpascs all, namely, stupid optimism,” he said.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 December 1928, Page 6
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142DECLINING BIRTHRATE Hokitika Guardian, 14 December 1928, Page 6
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