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Edwin Silk, early Whanganui accountant

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Edwin Silk, early Whanganui accountant

Edwin Silk was a partner in a firm of accountants in Whanganui in the early 20th century. This cartoon probably shows him in the billiard room of the Wanganui Club. The firm of Silks Chartered Accountants celebrated its centenary in 2004.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: A-350-095

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Philip Colquhoun, Accountancy – Accounting and accountants’ organisations, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/24873/edwin-silk-early-whanganui-accountant (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Philip Colquhoun, published 8 December 2009.