MARRIAGE STATISTICS.
AMERICAN FIGURES.
NEW YORK, July 16. The United States is growing rapidly in population and divorce, but is standing still in marriages, according ito figures issued by the census office. Divorces grew by six per cent, during 1927 over the previous year. Many more persons aro being married in Nevada and Arizona indicating that many Californians jump into their motor cars and visit these neighbouring States for quick matrimony, rather than await the three days’ notice required, under the new Californian law.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 208, 1 August 1928, Page 5
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