NEW PLYMOUTH COMMERCIAL SOCIETY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16448, 31 May 1919, Page 6

NEW PLYMOUTH COMMERCIAL SOCIETY.

INITIAL MEETING. A meeting was held in the New Plymouth Soldiers’ Club on Friday evening with the object of forming a commerce students’ society, the attendance numbering about 12. Mr. Hugh Baily, who was voted to the chair, said he took it the' object of the meeting was the establishment of a society in connection with the New Zealand Society of Accountants. He thought the recognition of the Society of Accountants was essential to success, and that therefore the proposed body should l be called a students’ society.

During discussion on the question of the name to be adopted for the proposed society, speakers mentioned that, apart •from young people studying accountancy and commercial subjects, business men who were not students in the ordinary sense of the word could with advantage meet together to discuss problems bearing on their businesses. It was decided that those present should form themselves into a body to he called the New Plymouth Commercial Society. A committee consisting of Messrs. V. Duff, C. H. Wynyard, F. T. Davies, B. Andrews, and H. Baily was appointed to go into the question of constitution and report to a further meeting. Mr. Andrews was appointed hon. secretary for the time being. The committee is to report in about a fortnight’s time, when Mr. Davies is to present a paper on “Income Tax Returns” to open discussion. The chairman mentioned that Mr. C. H. Weston, in apologising for the absence of Mr. H. R. Billing and himself, expressed sympathy with the object of the meeting and willingness at some future date to give lectures on subjects of interest if desired. Other apologies for absence were from Messrs. H. T. H. Grave and E. P. Webster. A vote of thanks to the chairman was passed at the conclusion of the meeting.