LITTLE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT N.Z.

Cue (NZERS), Issue 4, 31 July 1944, Page 22

LITTLE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT N.Z.

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WHILE most people are familiar with the main -features of : Vv NZ as covered by statistics, some of the lesser know facts contained in a regular fortnightly review should prove of wide interest. V W ' V,/''

Outstanding features such as population, •/, vital statistics .and revenue have been covered -in previous issues. ' r "/' , ;...;' * # * \ Women's /suffrage introduced, 1893. _ Eligible 7 for Parliament, 1919. - z ~s'<; * T-/ « ' Twenty members, inclusive -of Speaker, constitute , a quorum in the House/ of Representatives. : -i: # * # ' ; • , ' -,r , ~ - 'T>‘-J'" »•-' '• ,• ' ' . / There are 273 newspaper publications of which 44 are published daily, 61 weekly and 121 monthly. / * ' / * - * Quinquennial parliaments in vogue until 1879 - when three-year term introduced. /,/ x - ’•/// ■*/.;■ -/* / In' 1862, some 60% of the imports to /bT.Z. : came >from Australia. The 1941 figure was 16%. /// \ * ' * / */ ' ‘ Largest glaciers Tasman, /18 miles x 1 1-4 miles; Murchison, 11 miles; Fox, 9 3-4; Franz Joseph, ,811-2;/ Mueller, 8. 6 * * -A * . There were 376 school dental clinics 'in 1941, employing 318 nurses, with 126,706 /- children receiving systematic treatment.

, -Highest mountain — Mt. - ; Cook, 12,349 ft with 17 peaks over 10,000ftk <•?, /*,■_ s ' ’■// *.-/ / * 5 r .. First Parliament, 1854, comprised 40 members. "Greatest number, 91 , in 1881. // /■S '• ■ / * * ♦ Pastoral products comprise an annual average of 93% of ..NX : exports. '' ..?/: ; ’ ■ fe • *■<-/*■...*, , The number, of females to 1000 males of population has r risen from ~ c 620 in 1861, to 992 in 1916 and 972 in 1936. WWV ■■ * * *■'<—. . jNo less than 35.7 per cent of total convictions in the Magis- : trates’ Courts in 1941 were for traffic offences. ' / . / * * » / ... /i '’• y <y.'- < '.V'-'fvW / Criminal charges, in which convictions are entered in the Magistrates’ Courts average 26.8 per 1000 - population annually. ■ /-’■ 5. % *' '• * The capital cost of - State - rail- / ways in 1942 amounted to/L/73,723,/ .... 223. Some 31,087 wagons have been; built: in the Dominion and 2500 were imported from England.