HOMICIDE RATE.
> AMERICA’S HIGH FIGURES r NEW YORK, March 14. One of the largest life insurance i companies in New York hes published t hemic ide statistic® for the country, - ishow-ing that the murder rate per 1100,300 of the population of the United ijlStates hrs doubled since 1900. Detroit, dwith 228 dead, and a rate of 16.5, lead 'the country, while Chicago, with 498 . dead, had the largest total, and a rate [of 15.8. New York, with 401 <taad, had a rate oi 6.7.—(AiEstralian Press Association.)
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Wairarapa Age, 16 March 1929, Page 4
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