ACCOUNTANTS' SOCIETY

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 73, 27 March 1934, Page 3

ACCOUNTANTS' SOCIETY

WELLINGTON BRANCH

The Wellington branch of the New Zealand Society of Accountants had its ananual meeting last evening. Mr. M. S. Hobbs presided over an attendance of about 70.

In congratulating Mr. H. Valentine on his appointment as president of the society, the chairman" remarked that Mr. Valentine, a registered accountant, had become a member of the council in 1930. The honour which he hadi now gained showed that' it was possible for a registered accountant to hold the highest position in the organisation and that there was no distinction between registered and public accountants " in regard to officebearing. Mr. Valentine (chief accountant of the Railways Department) was in the Civil Service, which now included a very large number of members pf the society. It was a very good thing that a member of the Civil Service had been elected to the presidency of the society. The society had done much for the- Civil Service, and now it was the turn of the Civil Service to do a lot of good for the society.

Suggestions were invited for suitable subjects for the monthly lectures during the winter and spring." The chairman appealed to members to take a greater interest in these lectures which demanded much time and trouble from the experts who kindly undertook to prepare.and deliver them.

Mr. J. L. Griffin mentioned that tho , limitation of the New Zealand Society's j annual meeting to an evening left very little time for discussion of various matters in which meriibers were interested. In accordance with custom the president was expected to deliver a long address, and it was usual for the vice-president to speak at some length. At a recent meeting of the council he had suggested that an extension of time was necessary. The meeting might begin during a morning or afternoon and conclude with a dinner. In such a matter it would be helpful to have a lead from the Wellington branch, as the majority of the annual meetings were held in. Wellington. Mr. H. IJ.1 J. Mourant remarked that the annual meeting might begin at 5.30 p.m., but no motion was put. Messrs. M. S. Hobbs, S. G. Dalley, C, F. Worth, and A. Marshall were elected members of the branch executive, of which Messrs. J. L. Griffin, S. E. Lambert, and H. Valentine are ex offieio members, as they are members of the society's council. Mr. T. L. Ward, a member of the retiring executive, was nominated, but he withdrew on the ground that he preferred to see an opening made for one of the younger members of the branch. Mr. E. W. A. Kellow was re-elected honorary auditor.