A Marriage Boom.
The pcoplo of South Australia arc taking to one another. Last year arecord for tho last 21 years was established in Hit- State in regard to matrimony, Tho marriages register ed in J!)0l numbered 2.~>2f>, being by 2<>f> more than those of the previous year, anil 'being the highest number recorded in any year since 18.S1. The marriage rate"(thai is. tho rale of marriages, not of persons married) per looij of the menu population was 0..5 M, against 0.2~» in the previous year, awl was above the rate recorded in any other year since 1891. The record was not affected by the seasons, as the Methodists headed the list with 82."» unions ; then came the Church of Kngland, with .">l3 ; awl then the Itoman Catholic Church, with 261.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7929, 19 September 1905, Page 4
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131A Marriage Boom. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7929, 19 September 1905, Page 4
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