BANK OF NEW ZEALAND.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14473, 7 December 1917, Page 7

BANK OF NEW ZEALAND.

I (Special to the Herald.) WELLINGTON, this day. ■I At the half -yearly meeting of "tin ,c Bank of New Zealand, to-day the Presi «c dent (Mr Harold Beauchamp), remarkets, that the drain on' the working staff oi i, the bank for military service goes stead c ily on. At present there are 370 officer! 1, absent on duty connected with the war J. 29 liaye returned and resumed duty, bin 1, as against this, 21 are under orders tc »- join the colors, and 182 more are liabh .. for service as members of the Seconc I, Division. The number of the killed ;- has increased to 39 and the wounded tc , ' 101. With the bereaved families anc p . I with the injured men our -heartfelt sympathy -- pathy is expressed. There are nbw 291 1, women clerks m the bank's employ, anc . it appears probable that the circum !- Stances will necessitate a further In- -, crease. The whole staff, male anc ■- female, are doing good work and acquit- ,. ting themselves creditably. 1 The earnings of the bank during the ii half-year, the chairman announced, have . been sufficient to justify payment oi 1, the usual interim dividend. A dividend . of 6 per cent is accordingly declared on i both preference aiid 4 . ordinary shares.