FIRST ARRIVALS
UNDER MATERNITY BENEFIT SCHEME. TWINS BORN AT WARKWORTH (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, May 15. Twins born to Mr and Mrs B. G. Sharp at Warkworth Cottage Hospital shortly after midnight this morning are believed to be the first children to come under the maternity provisions of the Social Security Act, which started at midnight. The first, a boy, was born at 12.7 a.m. and weighed 61b 3oz. The other twin was a girl, born 10 minutes later' and weighing 51b 3oz. Both children and mother are well./
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 May 1939, Page 4
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