WAR TIME MARRIAGES
AN APPRECIABLE INCREASE.
By Telegraph.—Press Association. WELLINGTON, Thursday. The effect of the war upon: (1) The number of marriages in New Zealand, and (2) the number of illegitimate births is shown by figures prepared by the Registrar-General's Department at the direction of the -Minister for Internal Affairs. The figures are:— Year. Marriages. Illegitimate births. 1911 8,870 1,078 1912 9,189 1,177 1913 8,846 1,181 1914 9,326 1,302 1915 10,262 1,106 The substantial increase in the number of marriages is attributed in part to the desire of certain men to appear as "married" in the national register, though it is a fact that many members of the Expeditionary Forces have hastened their marriages before leaving the Dominion.
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Waikato Times, Volume 86, Issue 13104, 11 February 1916, Page 4
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