| Description | Notes on the history of the Chief Accountant's Office London from 4 September 1939 onwards. Includes: a summary of work undertaken in the office, both original and developments; a more detailed summary of the organisation, staffing, accomodation and work of the department during the war; Commonwealth Bank of Australia conversion operation, April 1945; material to be sent to Whitchurch in the event of an evacuation of the Accountant's Office; various notes on staffing; paper on the Accountant's Department during the war; notes on pictures hung in the Chief Accountant's Office, 20 November 1947; memoranda of developments in the Bank practice 1695 -1934, including: key appointments; leave entitlement; establishment and closures of various offices; the first printed ledger; the earliets typed notice; formation of the Bank Club; air-raid warnings given and shelters provided; various Acts passed; when the new entrance to the Bank was first used (1933). . |