NOTABLE MEDALS.
STRUCK DURING YEAR.
NUMISMATIC ACTIVITIES
Notable medals struck in New Zealand during the ycer have been tho Sidey (Daylight-Saving) Medal, to bo awarded for research in radiation; the Lord Bledisloe Oratorical Medal, to be awarded annually for oratory to students of tho New Zealand university colleges; and the William Leddingham Christie Medal, for applied anatomy, states the first annual report of the New Zealand Numismatic Society. Despite the prevailing economic stress, the report adds, the council lias recorded a steady increase in membership in different parts of the Dominion. The year closed with a membership of 41. Tho balance-sheet shows a credit balance of £5.
The foundation of the Now Zealand Numismatic Society has been the subject of congratulatory messages from numismatic circles in all parts of the Empire and America. The council notes the keen interest taken by member*, and the steady progress of the society since its formation last year, and expresses the opinion that the society is filling a long-felt want so far aa coin collectors and students of coinages i:i this Dominion are concerned, and the council considers th.it a useful career lies ahead of the society in the realm of numismatics in New Zealand.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 148, 24 June 1932, Page 3
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201NOTABLE MEDALS. Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 148, 24 June 1932, Page 3
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