BIRTHS AND MARRIAGES.
INFLUENCE-OP THE WAR. v SUMJ3 INTERESTING FIGURES., By Telegraph.—PtMt Association. Wellington, Last Night. The effect of She war upon (1) th» number of marriages in New Zealand, and (2) the number of illegitimate births is shown by figures prepared by the Registrar General's Department at the direction of the Minister for Internal Affairs. The figures are:— Illegitimate Year Marriages. Birthi lflli 8870 1078 1012 (USD 1177 191:) 8840 lIS] 1014 0320 1302 1015 10,202 11 (10 The substantial increase in the mm. ber of marriages is attributed in part to the desire of certain men to atipew a? "married'' in the National Register, though it is a fact that many member* of the Expeditionary forces have hastened their marriages before the Dominion.
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Taranaki Daily News, 11 February 1916, Page 4
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125BIRTHS AND MARRIAGES. Taranaki Daily News, 11 February 1916, Page 4
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