It will be no surprise for the Wanganui public to learn that not one in 50 of the census returns were filled in correctly. As a general rule most of the essential detail was supplied (remarks the hut when it came to some of the more trick? items some people were all at sea. A good many local householders adopted the policy of “when in doubt leave out.”
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Otago Witness, Issue 3764, 4 May 1926, Page 71
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68Untitled Otago Witness, Issue 3764, 4 May 1926, Page 71
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