DRIFT TO THE TOWNS

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 108, 7 May 1926, Page 9

DRIFT TO THE TOWNS

I WHAT THE CENSUS REVEALS. '• From tile preliminary returns so far published of the census taken last month, there is evidence of a drift of people from the country districts to the towns. The co .ntry members of Parliament, always keen in advocating greater facilities for the amusement and entertainment of the people in the baclcblocks to prevent their going to the towns and cities, will obtain from some of the census figures more pabulum for future debates. The latest progress report of the eeneus furnished to-day by the Minister of Internal Affairs (the Hon. R. F. Bollard) is as follows:—

Census 192G Census Local Districts. (Prelim.) 1921. Borough . . 0266 4015 JAshljurton Borough .. 5081 4825 Te Aroha Borough 2274 2109 Foxton Borough 1090 1686 ■ JPaeroa Borough 1733 1645 JMarton Borough 2721 2C02 Kaiapoi Borough 1705 1693 Motueka Borough .,.. 1478 14S4 .fW/nton Borough . 85S 612 'tOhakune Borough .... 1519 1535 Masterton County 3184 2916 Waipara County 242.0 2324 Kiwitea County 2383 2438 Tawora County 785 901 Coromandel County ... 1800 2128 }Manaia Town District 660 645 Leeston Toivn District 597 (Constituted 1922) -• Extension of boundaries since 1921, accounts for about one-fifth or less of the increase shown. t Area reduced since 1.021. t Area extended since 1921.