AGE OF INNOCENCE
FREDERICTON, March 137—Youth is no detriment to marriage in New Brunswick. - Vital statistics tabled in the Legislature show 27 girls from tins province under the age of 16 became brides in 1937. Six 14-year-old girls became mothers as well ns 19 girls aged 15, and 12 a year older. Twenty was the popular age for girls to marry and 22 ior men. At the other end of the ledger, one woman married: at 75 and three men more than. SO took wives. The fastest birds are the lambergeier, with a- speed of 110 miles ah hour, and the. swallow with 106, according to aviation pilots who have been observing bird: flights in South America. They, conclude that feathered migrations are made in the substratosphere. Hammer.smith's Council's maternity and child welfare committee has ordered, because of the risk of infection through kissing, 1000 discs for babies, saying: “Do net kiss me.” The discs which will be sold for a penny each at infant welfare centres, will be tied round babies’ necks.
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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 185, 22 May 1939, Page 1
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173AGE OF INNOCENCE Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 185, 22 May 1939, Page 1
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