"SLEEPY HOLLOW."
'The one town in New Zealand which . for. fair women, big and a salubrious Sttmos|ij phere, is Nelson. That town has also* been described us "Sleepy Hollow," •for why, ncibody seems to know. It Bias just awakened to the fact, however, that its reputation for having a surplusage of the fair sex is undeserved. ' And t'hifi is how the local paper records the aHvakening:—.. is a. general impression throughout the Dominion that in Nelson there are about three single ■girls .to every bachelor. This idea is | ■exploded by a table published in the j latest .iseue of the Gazette,. whidh J shows that- in Nelson. there aro 7561 bachelors of the age of 20 years and i ■upwards, and only 4932 spinsters, of the age of 15 and upwards, or an t average of 153 bachelors to every j 100 spinsters. Another,, table shows ' that there are altogether 26,958 males ' ■in the district, and 21,505 females, ' of all ages. The unmarried male peri&ons total 17,814, and tfoe. unmarried ■females 12.388." ' '• ' I
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10604, 10 April 1912, Page 4
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173"SLEEPY HOLLOW." Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10604, 10 April 1912, Page 4
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