NUMISMATIC SOCIETY

Grey River Argus, 11 September 1940, Page 10

NUMISMATIC SOCIETY

WELLINGTON, September 2. The annual meeting of the New Zealand Numismatic Society was held recently, when officers for the year were elected as follows:—Patron, his Excellency Lord Galway; honorary life patron, the Rt. Hon. Viscount Bledisloe; president,- Mr Johannes C. Anderson; vice-presidents Messrs J. C. Entrican (Auckland), E. K. Cameron (Hawera), Archdeacon G. H. Gavin (New Plymouth), Messrs S. R. McCallum (Wanganui), N. Soloman (Napier), Rev. D. C. Bates, M. J. W. Heenan, C.M.G., Professor J. Rankine Brown, Sir James Elliott, Messrs E. Gilbertson (Wellington), J. B.

Ward (Hokitika!)., P. Watts Rule (Timaru), Mr Willi Fels, C.M.G., Colonel G. Barclay (Dunedin), ana J. Robertson (Invercargill); council, Messrs H. G. Mayer, H. R. Ford, A. Quinnell, W. D. Ferguson, J. Berry; honorary treasurer, Mr G. C. Sherwood; honorary secretary, Mr Allan Sutherland; honorary assistant secretary, Mr M. Hornblow; honorary auditor, Mr. W. Chetwynd. In returning thanks for his re-elec-tion as president, Mr Johannes Anderson said he always enjoyed attending meetings of the society, not only because of the friendly and enthusiastic atmosphere that prevailed, but also because of the good standard of the papers read and the vitality shown by the society in all matters relating to numismatics. | Good wishes for the continued success of the society were read from Viscount Bledisloe, Sir Jolyn Hanham, Bt. (who has rejoined his 'regiment in England), Mr C. A. Priaulx (president of the Numismatic ’Society of South Australia), Mr J. Hunt Deacon (Adelaide), Mr A. S. Kenyon (Melbourne), Messrs Owen Fleming and C. J. V. Weaver (S'ydne '). Mb Hassell Martin read a short paper on the Siamese t’-cal, and Mr W. D. Ferguson one on the Soho Mint.