STRONG POSITION

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIV, Issue 21065, 17 June 1938, Page 7

STRONG POSITION

BANK OI TH ERS’ GLIM) By leleuniDh Tress Association WELLINGTON. June 16. i The nineteenth annual conference of I the New Zealand Bank Officers Guild concluded in Wellington to-day. The annual report revealed that the I membership had reached 3009, being | 90 per cent, of the staffs of the trad- ' ing banks. The financial position ol I the guild was shown to be strong, the accumulated funds amount to £5267. The report referred to the many and growing activities of the guild, including investment and benevolent societies. educational work. benevolent fund 'group assurance scheme and death benefit scheme. Regret wns expressed at the decision of Mr M. P. Mourant, genera] secretary, to retire at the end of March next after 19 years’ service. As a recognition of Mr Mourant’s work for the guild since its inception, the conference unanimously decided to confer upon him life membership. The following officers were elected president. Mr E. G. Edwards <Wellington); vice-presidents. Messrs H. V. Marshall (Raetihi). H. S. Perry <DuneI din). N. M. Ingram (Otoroganga) and J. E. Gudgeon (Christchurch); executive committee. Messrs G. R. Cooper, W. T. Biggai, L. J. L. Cooper, D. J. S. Smith. R. C. Edgar. W. R. Kennedy. R. C. Awdry. E. C. Little. K. L. Le Sueur; auditor. Mr S. E. Addisf Wellington).