BOOSTING THEIR TOWNS
ITALIANS ARE LIKE AMERICANS VITAL STATISTIC RECORDS The inhabitants of the South of Italy have one trait in common with the inhabitants of not a few towns in the United State* —they are great boosters for the home town, its products and its renown. And, moreover, they are not finicky about a little jovial exaggeration. Thus the census authorities have detected a deep-laid scheme on the part of certain communities to swell their population figures for the coming year. The latter part of December these towns and villages reported no births, deaths nor marriages to the central statistical institute. But their returns for all three events were whoppers in January. The answer is that they are all out for the 192 S growth record.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 362, 24 May 1928, Page 7
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127BOOSTING THEIR TOWNS Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 362, 24 May 1928, Page 7
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