FRANCE'S OLD PROBLEM.
THE DECLINING BIRTH BATE. DEARTH OF LABOUR. ! (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) (Received 8.50 a.m.) PARIS. .Itiiie 2d. The alarmin;' decline in the birth rate continues. Births in 1013 numbered only 74.1..131). the lowest, on record. In less than 40 years the birth rate has diminished by 200.000 annually. During 1013, 13.10!) fewer marriages were iclebratcd than in 1012. while divorces iueroasrd by 500, totalling 13,070. Tin- dec-line of the birth rate, coinciding with industrial expansion, has led to a serious dearth of labour. A bill introduced into Parliament imposing a tax on ail foreign labour is not likely to pass, because of this labour being an absolute economic necessity.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 152, 27 June 1914, Page 5
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113FRANCE'S OLD PROBLEM. Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 152, 27 June 1914, Page 5
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