CONVENTION OF ACCOUNTANTS

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24801, 15 February 1946, Page 7

CONVENTION OF ACCOUNTANTS

- MANY VISITORS EXPECTED a More than 100 visiting delegates are t expected to attend the victory convention of the New Zealand Society of e. Accountants, which will begin in a Christchurch on Tuesday, February 26. ' The society’s membership now exp ceeds 3000, of whom more than 1000 3 have served in the armed forces. The i conventions are usually held every 1 five years, the last being in 1940, at t Wellington, in connexion with the Do- » jninion centenary. Arrangements were r then made for the next, to be held on the conclusion of hostilities. A civic welcome will be given to 3 delegates and their wives in the Jelli- ! coe Hall on the opening day, when adc» dresses will include: “The Public - Accounts,” by Mr E. L. Greensmith, i of 4he- Treasury, e and “Presentatidh of 7 Acbdunfs ot Pub- „ lie Companies,” W Christmas, of Auckland.. On the Wednesday, B Mr N. P. Fipp’ard will speak on s aspects of the accounts of,trustees Snd - executors. “Forward Steps in Inter- - national Finance” will he the subject of Dr. G. C. Billifigs, of Otago Univer- ' sity, on the Thursday morning, fols lowed by the annual meeting of members in the evening, and on the conB eluding day Mr Gordon L. Allard will : J speak on “Modern •Developments ' y Overseas in Audit and Accountancy a Practice.” The rehabilitation of members returning from overseas will be an important subject of discussion.