Under the Chimes

NZ Truth, Issue 1180, 12 July 1928, Page 6

Under the Chimes

IF you. are affluent enough to make a substantial deposit m the post office savings bank, there reaches you a little later a printed acknowledgment m the name of Henry Dorrington Edwards, Controller of Savings Banks. And if you are still more affluent and seek advice about investing heavily In inscribed stock and debentures, well—take' the lift to the top floor of the G.P.0., Wellington, and meet the gentleman himself! Besides controlling the people's bank, Edwards is confronted by many diversities, and complexities before he can "call it a day." There is, for instance, the huge internal accounting system of his department and the wholesale collecting of moneys for other departments. He has sojourned "under.the chimes" for many years. Early official days were" spent in' Otago. Then followed a lengthy spell m Greymouth. Those were the palmy days m good King Dick's reign, about which oldtimers still speak' with a catch m the voice.: """■'■ • ■ ■ - : It was at Greymouth; that H.D.E. felt the urge to "swot" and ere. long he left behind him a trail of negotiated examinations. . Although chained to an • over-size job, he still finds time to lend a helping hand to accouritsLncy" students, who know him asy.;a.- sound lecturer and. examiner. V