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New Zealand Trivia   -   1961  

Population  - 2,414,984

Unemployment benefit

Person under 20 years without dependants.  -  £3 10s per week

Married man with wife included. -  £8 10s per week

Family Benefit - 15 shillings per week per child

People drunk in charge of motor vehicle causing death - Nil

Murderers convicted – 1

People convicted of robbery, burglary, and breaking and entering – 37

Number of people in prison - 1657 men, 89 women

Licenced cars on the road – 523,847

Flights between Auck & ChCh via Nelson per week – 2

Flights between NZ and Australia per week - 1 return to Melbourne, 1 return to Sydney

Letters posted per year - 27,980,360

TV hours per week – 28

Cinema visits per year per person – 17

Average cost of a house - £2,784

Freezing worker - slaughterman wage per week - £6 per 100 sheep killed

Carpenter wage per week - £14.4s.2d

Shop retail assistant wage per week - £13.4s.7d

TV Licences held - 28,969

Radio Licences held - 607,881