The habit of being born is falling away. At the 1A per cent average of the 1924- 1903 deecnnium the Australian population would have doubled itself in 48 years. In the quinquennium 1929-1933 the rate had fallen to 1 per cent., and our population would require 75 years to double. At the present (and falling) rate of .79 eighty-eight years would be necessary.
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Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19658, 19 August 1935, Page 6
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