MARRIAGE BOOM.
Bonus to 2800 Italian Couples , From Bachelor Tax. 1000-LIRE BANKNOTES. . (Received 12 noon.) ROME, October 30. The mass weddings announced to take place in Rome on October 28 totalled 2800. Each couple received a 1000-lire banknote—drawn, appropriately, from the coffers of the bachelor tax, which Signor Mussolini will probably increase next 3'ear, in his endeavour to encourage more marriages.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 257, 31 October 1933, Page 7
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61MARRIAGE BOOM. Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 257, 31 October 1933, Page 7
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