ACCOUNTANTS' SOCIETY.
A1 11 meeting of members of the New Zealand Society of Accountants, Mr. G. W. llutchlußon in Hie chair, tne Hon. Geo. Fowlds fsnve an interestinß address on "Chainnanshlp," and stressed the importance of the office of chairman at. public and other lncctinKS. The powers vested in a chairman, Mr. Fowlds said, called for the exercise of sound and impartial judgment. ■Professor -^l^;ie also delivered an llluminatins address on the s-iib.ii-ct of "Kingerprlnt Evidence." Legislation rnaklag ilngerprint evidence lesnllv adniisslblo In New Zealaii, he said, had been enacted in Wl'J. Fn K.istern countries thLs method of Identification hail been used frnm time immemorial. The .system was founded on the di*. covrr.v that tinjier-print patterns of :iu Inillvidnal do not vary rhi-oujriioiit life, tind, were different from those of any oilier. Mr. Algie also dealt with the classification and methods of taklna linper-prlnt.', Uluetratlns his remarks by diagrams.
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Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 145, 18 June 1920, Page 2
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