PHILATELIC SOCIETY.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17408, 20 March 1922, Page 4

PHILATELIC SOCIETY.

ANNUAL MEETING.

Tho mcmlwrs of th® ChJistoiuwH Society (incorporated) hold their olevecth annual meeting and dinner Ja«t week, Mi A. L. Chappoll presiding ovor a good at-: tendance.

Tjio annual roport stated that tho Society hacl a ai«nt»ianip at 115. ftomo »owu>i« displays had been Jicld during tiio year, tJw. issue a of Great Britain and iNew Zealand being particularly weli represented. An interesting collection of forgeries -had generously bseu presented to,: tiio. Society l>y Mr K. !tf. Joyce. Good progress tad Jjeen rn«do with research' work, and it was hoped that ; meane would bo devised for facilitating the,, work of this special cfuumitteo. The increasing number, of .members whp niado übo of the library showed tliat' ttia' interest collecting was growing, Cor.grtttulaUotU were offered to Mr R. J. G. Oollina ujkui his succeaa in securing & silver weakl Joi his war %nd armistice collection ' . • . Tho report and balance-sheet were adopted. Tho electiSn of o%era resulted ne iol-Mr-B, y«MWioni; vicepresident, Mr A. L. Chuppeli; hon. secretary, Mr P. 'H. Jacksoii.;, escfeftiigo tqudenfc and, treasurer, Mr A. W. Couaia*; general committee, Messrs A. M, Sugdett, D. M. Brown, L. l&tbly, *nd W. P«flre; literature omnuttee,. Messrs Ij. E. VpntMoni, A. L. Chop pell, onad W. Peers; hon. auditor, Mr R. (J. Pearson} librarian, Mr L. E. ¥«- iiazoni; research oominitteer—lfow Zealand early postal cancellations,' Messrs R. J. G. Collins, R, P. Joyce, P. R. Jackson (ill reelected), and J. Burgees; Pacific Islands, Messrs R. J- G. Collins, A. L. Cliappall, and L. E, Yerniisoni, i.