A discussion on calculating the expectation of life took place during a case in the Christchurch Supreme Court. At the age of 70. it was stated, the expectation for legal purposes was six years. “We have it on the high authority of the Psalmist that man's years are three score and ten." said Mr Justice O’Regan. “But I notice a man in Auckland celebrated his ninetysecond birthday the other day.” he added. “Ah. but that man was born 92 years ago. your Honour," said Mr Alan W. Brown. “I venture to say that if he had had to live at the rate we do today he would not have reached that age.” Mr Brown added that the trials of modern life tended, more than ever, to reduce man’s expectation of life.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 November 1940, Page 3
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