BIRTH RATE DECLINES.
FIGURES FOR AUCKLAND. [THE PBESS Special Service.] AUCKLAND, January 2. A remarkable drop in Auckland's birth rate occurred last year. The total number of births, 3197, was the lowest for 10 years, and was 283 fewer than in 1927, and 385 less than in 1926, the record birth year... THROWN FROM MOTORCYCLE. # YOUNG MAN FATALLY INJURED. (PEKSS aSSOCIATIOK TILMSAM.) DUNEDIN, January 2. Whilst riding a motor-cycle from Palmerston to Dunedin this afternoon Henry Percival Whyborn, aged 21 years, farm labourer, was thrown heavily from the machine. He wa9 picked up unconscious and brought to Dunedin Hospital, where it was found he was suffering from severe head Injuries. In spite of treatment he died at 7.15 this evening. His parents reside in Salisbury street, Kaikorai.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19508, 3 January 1929, Page 8
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