RECORD IN MARRIAGES
YEAR'S 3138 TOTAL
AUCKLAND FIGURES
(P«r Pross Association.) AUCKLAND, this clay.
More marriages have been registered in Auckland this year than ever before in the city's history. Marriages by the registrar also were a record. Births and deaths were both higher than last: year. The total of 3138 marriages was registered, this being the first time that the 3000 mark has been passed. The figure represents an increase of 257 on the 1937 total, which eclipsed the previous record of 2727 marriages set up in 1926. During the war years marriages did not exceed 2000, but there was a rise to 32)10 in 1920.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19826, 31 December 1938, Page 16
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107RECORD IN MARRIAGES Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19826, 31 December 1938, Page 16
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