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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Naseby

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Naseby.

Naseby , the county town of Maniototo, come into existence with the inception of the gold-mining industry in Otago, in the early sixties. At the present time it is still essentially a mining town, the industry having been carried on with considerable success for forty years. Dredging, which has been attempted in the vicinity of Naseby, has been practically abandoned in favour of ground sluicing and hydraulic elevating. The miners originally brought in water for sluicing purposes from the northern creeks, and between 1873 and 1877 the Government constructed the Mount Ida water race, and the sludge channel which runs from Naseby, through Waipiata, to the Taieri river. These works involved an expenditure of £64,000, and in 1900 a large reservoir on the Eweburn—capable of holding 600,000,000 gallons —was constructed at a cost of about £15,000. This reservoir has an embankment seventy feet in height. Mr. R. H. Brown, the county engineer, was the officer in charge of these important works. A network of distributing water-races and iron pipes conveys the water to the various claims. From the borders of the town, for several miles round, the whole country has been more or less worked by sluicing. In the ridges surrounding the town, huge crevices have been torn and faces washed away in order to extract the hidden gold. To the visitor the first sight of Naseby is, on this account, somewhat uninviting—the spectacle presenting the appearance of a country broken and rent by earthquakes; but the processes of goldmining, and of other attractions, are none the less interesting.

Ladies' Curling Rink Of The Mount Ida Curling Club.

Ladies' Curling Rink Of The Mount Ida Curling Club.

Naseby lies on the northern part of the Maniototo Plains, near the foot of the Mount Ida Range, ninety-four miles north-west from Dunedin, via Ranfurly —on the Otago Central railway. From Naseby to Ranfurly—a distance of nine miles—there is a daily mail and passenger coach service that connects with the up and down trains. Standing 2,000 feel above sea level, Naseby possesses a dry and exhilarating climate, and though the winter season is very cold the air is bracing and invigorating. It may be termed the sanitorium, par excellence, of New Zealand. From the hills surrounding the town a magnificent panorama is unfolded: the Mount Ida Range on the one hand—covered with snow during the winter months—and on the other hand, the broad expanse of the Maniototo Plains, bounded by the distant Rough Ridge, Rock and Pillar, and Kakanui Ranges. The country outside the mining area is devoted chiefly to pasturage, though fairly large crops are produced from the arable lands, and flour-milling is a local industry. When the goldfields are eventually worked out the large Eweburn reservoir, already referred to, will be utilised as the nucleus of a great irrigation scheme for the Maniototo Plains.

Naseby, which was formerly known as the Hogburn, is a compact town, lying in the sheltered hollow of surrounding hills. The streets are well formed, and good for cycling during the summer months. Among the Government buildings there is a modern, substantial post, telegraph, and money-order office; a magistrate's court and county gaol, offices of the survey and stock department, and a public hospital. The large chambers of the Maniototo County Council occupy a fine central site. The religious bodies—Presbyterian, Anglican, Catholic, and the universally established Salvation Army—have erected places of worship. There is also a public and district high school. Two banks, a number of stores and five hotels constitute the main business houses of Naseby. “The Mount Ida Chronicle,” the local newspaper, is published once a week.

Naseby was proclaimed a borough in 1873. There is an efficient water supply from a special reservoir of two acres in extent, and the borough has laid a mile page 607 and three-quarters of mains. From this source the local fire brigade obtains its high-pressure water supply. Three miles of streets have been formed at a cost of £600, and the town is lit with, kerosene lamps. There is a drainage system with a mile-and-a-quarter of mains. The borough has endowment reserves of 1,923 acres in the Kyeburn and Swinburn districts; there is a recreation reserve of four acres within the borough; the town hall and council chambers, a concrete building, was erected at a cost of £2,000, the fire brigade station is freehold property, and there is the municipal reservoir. The borough has no public debt.

Socially, Naseby is an attractive place. The Freemasons and Oddfellows have their respective halls; an Athenaeum and a Literary and Debating Society provide some intellectual enjoyment; cricket, football, tennis, and curling clubs represent the athletic life of the place. A progressive local jockey club holds an annual meeting, at which it offers £400 in stakes. During the winter months skating is practised as a popular pastime on a large dam, which is used as a swimming place in the summer. The great Scottish game of curling, or what the poet Burns calls the “roaring game,” is in full swing with the three local curling clubs during the winter season.

Naseby Borough Council . The borough of Naseby, which is 113 acres in area, is divided into three wards—East, West, and South. There are 124 dwellings and 116 ratepayers, and a total population of 550 souls. The annual rateable value is £2,412, on which there is a general rate of Is in the £, and a water rate ranging from 2 1/2 to 7 per cent. In July, 1904, the members of the Naseby borough council were: Mayor, Mr E. C. Cutten; Councillors, Messrs J. Mitchell, J. Dawson, A. Marslin, J. R. Kirk, S. W. Geddes, J. Kirby, and J. W Reed; two seats vacant. Mr T. W. Inder is Town Clerk.

His Worship The Mayor , Mr. Ernest Cargill Cutten, B.A., LL.B., is elsewhere referred to as a barrister and solicitor.

Naseby Under Snow.

Naseby Under Snow.

Councillor James Mitchell , who has been a Member of the Naseby Borough Council for twenty -two years (and is the oldest member of that body), was born at Dalkeith, Scotland, in 1851. He was brought up to business in Glasgow, and came out to Otago in 1871, in the ship “William Davie. Mr. Mitchell settled in the Naseby district, and established himself as a builder and contractor, in 1878. He was one of the trustees of the Mount Ida District Hospital for eighteen years, and is interested in the public school and church. He has also been connected with the Maniototo Flour Mill Company since its inception in 1880. Mr. Mitchell was married, in 1885, Walter Inder, who was a well-known and prominent settler of Naseby for many years to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mr. George Currie, farmer, Swinburn, and his family consists of two sons and one daughter.

Councillor J. Mitchell.

Councillor J. Mitchell.

Mr. Frederick Walter Inder , who succeeded the late Mr. N. P. Hjorring as Town Clerk of Naseby, was born at Blackstone Hill, in 1864. He was educated at Naseby, and brought up to the butchering business, but established himself as a commission agent at Naseby, in 1893. He is the acting executor in the estate of his father, the late Mr. Mr. Inder formerly managed the Mount Buster Mining Company, besides undertaking general commission agency work. He was married in June, 1898, to a daughter of Mr. S. Inder, of Hill's Creek.

Ex-Mayors.

Mr. Alexander Lawrence Herdman , Member of the House of Representatives for Mount Ida, was born in Dunedin on the 17th of July, 1869, He page 608 was educated at Dunedin and Oamaru, studied for his profession with Messrs Bathgate and Woodhouse, and was admitted as a solicitor in 1894. Mr. Herdman commenced business in Palmerston, and removed to Naseby in October, 1895. He served as a member of the Naseby Borough Council for about eighteen months before being elected Mayor in November, 1898. Mr. Herdman was married in January, 1896, to a daughter of the late Mr. E. Smith, of the Savings Bank, Dunedin, and has two sons. He was elected member for Mount Ida at the general election held on the 25th of November, 1902, and now practices his profession in Wellington.

Mr. Niels Peter Hjorring , for ten years Town Clerk of Naseby, had previously served the ratepayers as Mayor for fourteen years, and was also a Councillor for a good many years. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1834, brought up to mercantile life, and came out to Victoria in 1852. Mr. Hjorring followed goldmining in Australia till 1861, when he arrived in Otago. After residing a few months in the Tuapeka district, he visited Denmark, whence he returned in 1863. Shortly afterwards he settled in Naseby, where he established himself in business as a draper, tailor, and bootmaker. Mr. Hjorring was over closely associated with the progress of the town, and closed his long service as councillor and mayor in December 1895. He accepted the appointment of town clerk in April, 1896. Until the Mount Ida water race was taken over by the Government, Mr. Hjorring was a member of the Trust Board. He was married in 1869 to a daughter of the late Mr. James Bourke, of Victoria. Mrs. Hjorring died in October, 1895, leaving four sons, and Mr. Hjorring died at Naseby on the 24th of June, 1904.

The Late Mr. N. P. Hjorring.

The Late Mr. N. P. Hjorring.

Ex-Councillors.

Mr. William Ball was born in Cornwall, in 1840, brought up to business as a carpenter and a cabinetmaker, and became foreman in one of the oldest firms in Blackburn, Lancashire, where he was in the one employment for twenty years. In 1880 Mr. Ball came to Port Chalmers in the ship “Piako,” and followed his trade at Naseby till 1892, when he entered business on his own account. He afterwards admitted his son Arthur into partnership. Mr. Ball joined the Oddfellows in 1861, when he became a member of the Industrious Bee Lodge, Blackburn, and he continued his connection with that body. On leaving the Old Country he was presented with an illuminated address, and after settling in Naseby he affiliated with the local lodge. As a Freemason he was attached to Lodge 97 Mount Ida, New Zealand Constitution, and he had passed all the chairs. Mr. Ball was married to a daughter of Mr. W. Kent, of St. Stephen's, Cornwall, and had three sons and two daughters. He was for some years a member of the Naseby Borough Council, to which he was elected in 1898. Mr. Ball died some time ago.

The Late Mr. W. Ball.

The Late Mr. W. Ball.

Mr. James Brown represented West Ward on the first Borough Council of Naseby, and also served as a member of the Naseby Hospital committee, for about sixteen years. He was born in 1835 in Weymouth, England. In 1853 he arrived in Victoria, where he engaged in goldmining, and was subsequently similarly employed in New South Wales. He came to Otago in 1861, and worked at the Shotover and Arrow in January, 1863; and in 1871, he settled in the Naseby district, where he established himself in business as a general storekeeper. Mr. Brown has been a well known figure in Naseby for many years, and has taken a general interest in the welfare and progress of the town and country. He was one of the founders of the Maniototo Flour Mill. Mr. Brown was married in December, 1871, to a daughter of the late Mr. D. Barron, of Forres, Scotland. Mrs. Brown died in 1893, leaving four sons and four daughters.

Mr. Eliphalet Hall , who was a Member of the first Naseby Borough Council, and represented East Ward for several years, was born at Elington, in the State of New York, in 1834, and brought up to the coach-trimming trade. He came to Victoria in 1853, and ten years later removed to Otago, where he engaged in goldmining until November, 1865, when he established himself in business in Naseby as a cordial manufacturer. Mr. Hall also served as one of the hospital trustees. His connection with the local fire brigade extended over a period of eighteen years; during a considerable portion of that time he was captain. On retiring from the captaincy he was presented with a gold albert and helmet. Mr. Hall also served in the Naseby Rifle Volunteers. As a Freemason he was connected with Lodge Mount Ida, in which he passed several offices up to that of Junior Warden. Some years ago, Mr. Hall was presented with a valuable testimonial, in recognition of his services as master of ceremonies to the Naseby quadrille party and other social functions. He died on the 12th of December, 1902.

The Late Mr. E. Hall.

The Late Mr. E. Hall.

Maniototo County Council.

The County Of Maniototo was constituted in June, 1877, and has an area of 1239 square miles. There are 1306 ratepayers, and these own 1500 rateable properties, which had, in March, 1904, a total rateable value of £532,603. The annual rate is ¾d in the £ and the revenue is about £10,000 per annum. A large water-race and sludge channel has been constructed in the county by the Government, page 609
Naseby Reservoir Looking South.

Naseby Reservoir Looking South.

at a cost of £64,000. It is supplied from the Manuherikia, and by a number of creeks from the Hawkdun and Mount Ida mountains. The race is over seventy miles in length. and the water is all sold for gold-mining. The sludge channel is ten miles in length, and discharges into the Taieri river. A large reservoir on the Eweburn contains 600,000,000 gallons, or sufficient to supply the working for six weeks, day and night, at the season of the year when water is most required. The outlay on this reservoir was £15,000. At the establishment of the county system there was very little land occupied for agricultural purposes on the Maniototo Plains, but now large areas, formerly held as sheep runs, have been cut up and are occupied by small settlers. Since the passing of the new land laws the Maniototo county has derived considerable benefit from the allowance of one-third of all rentals from deferred payments, perpetual leases, and leases in perpetuity, and of one-fourth in the case of small grazing run leases. The revenue from this source amounts to over £2,000 a year, and is still on the increase. Members of the Council for 1901: Messrs J. R. Smith (chairman) and C. Inder, Mount Ida riding; P. Kinney, Hyde riding; W. M. Wilson, and E. F. Gerkens, St. Bathans riding; John Cogan, Serpentine riding; R. Logan, Kyeburn riding; E. F. Blakeley, Puketol riding; and R. Johnstone, Idaburn riding. Mr. R. H. Browne is engineer, and Mr. H. Wilson, county clerk.

Councillor Patrick Kinney , J.P., has represented the Hyde riding on the Maniototo County Council since 1889, and has on two occasions been elected chairman. He is also a member of the Central Otago Hospital Board, chairman of the Hyde Domain Board, a member of the Cemetery Trust, and president of the Hyde Turf Club, and has been for three years a member of the Palmerston South Licensing Committee. Mr. Kinney was born in County Antrim, Ireland, in 1850, and came to Port Chalmers by the ship “Edward P. Bouverie,” in 1871. He went to the goldfields at Hyde, was subsequently engaged in sawmilling at Lake Wakatipu and was in Southland for about two years. Mr. Kinney bought a partnership in the “Star of Otago,” but, this venture proving unsuccessful, he started contracting in the Hyde district. There he purchased some land, gradually increased his holding, and is now proprietor of the Rockvale estate, which is referred to elsewhere in this volume. Mr. Kinney married a daughter of Mr. Michael Prendergast, of Hyde, and has, surviving, a family of four sons and three daughters.

Mr. Richard Henry Browne , C.E., Engineer for the Maniototo County, was born in Norwich, England, in 1843. He was educated in Kent and served his apprenticeship to Mr. Alexander Gordon, M.I.C.E., London. In 1863 he arrived in Melbourne, and a few months later crossed the Tasman Sea to Otago, and entered the office of the city engineer in Dunedin, where he continued for about three years. Mr Browne was afterwards engaged on railway service, and in 1872 was appointed to the charge of the Mount Ida water-race, the largest work of its kind in the Colony. Whilst in that position he was appointed district engineer under the Roads and Bridges Construction Act by the Provincial Government of Otago, and held the position till the abolition of the Provinces; and at the initiation of the county system he was appointed engineer for the Maniototc County. He was superintendent engineer for the construction of the Eweburn reservoir. Mr. Browne passed his examination and became an authorised surveyor in 1873. He was married, in 1875, to the eldest daughter of the Rev. E. Williams, Anglican clergyman, now of York, West Australia, and has three sons and two daughters.

Mr. Hugh Wilson , Clerk of the Maniototo County Council, was born in 1843, in Lanarkshire, Scotland. He was educated in Glasgow, and came to Port Chalmers in 1863, by the ship “Mataura.” On the discovery of gold on the West Coast Mr. Wilson went thither by the first steamer, but the vessel had to put back to Nelson. Soon afterwards he went to Melbourne, whence he returned to Scotland, but twelve months later came out again to Otago and settled in Dunedin, where he found employment at the office of the “Otago Daily Times.” After an experience on the “Bruce Herald,” at Milton, Mr. Wilson became manager of the Dunedin “Daily Mail,” which he managed till 1868, when he settled in Naseby, and, in company with Mr. Hertslet, became proprietor of the “Mount Ida Chronicle.” Mr. Wilson has held office as county clerk since the inception of the county system. He was married on the
Mr. H. Wilson.

Mr. H. Wilson.

page 610 27th of December, 1871, to a daughter of the late Mr. Justice, of Balmullo, Fifeshire, Scotland, and has four sons and four daughters.

Ex-Councillors.

Mr. J. Forrester , who represented Mount Ida Riding in the Maniototo County Council, from 1887 to 1896, and held the position of chairman for eighteen months, prior to the latter date, is the proprietor of the Middlebank Farm, Eweburn. He was born in Fifeshire, Scotland, in 1841, and came to Port Chalmers in the ship “Lady Raglan,” in 1861. For the first ten years of his colonial life, he engaged in mining in various parts of Otago, including St. Bathans, Serpentine and Naseby. Mr. Forrester has been a settler in the Eweburn district since 1874. He has long been a member of the Eweburn school committee, of which he is chairman. Mr. Forrester is a director of the Maniototo Sheep Dip and Saleyards Company, and was at one time chairman. Middlebank Farm contains 1500 acres held under a lease in perpetuity, and 212 acres of freehold. As a Freemason, Mr. Forrester is a member of Lodge Mount Ida, in Naseby, and has passed all the chairs. He was married in July, 1861, to a daughter of the late Mr D. Taylor, of Dunfermline, Scotland, and has four sons and four daughters.

Mr. And Mrs J. Forrester.

Mr. And Mrs J. Forrester.

Mr. Thomas Forgie , who for six years represented Kyeburn Riding on the Maniototo County Council, was born at Larbert, Stirlingshire, Scotland, on the 12th of July, 1834, and was brought up to the trade of a stone cutter. He came to Adelaide in 1858, and shortly afterwards went to Melbourne, and followed goldmining in Victoria for four years. Mr Forgie landed in New Zealand in 1862 and followed various “rushes” in Otago and on the West Coast, but settled in the Naseby district in 1868. Till 1898 he was closely connected with the Kyeburn diggings, where he resided. For many years he served as a member of the Kyeburn Diggings school, athenaeum and cemetery committees, and was president of various recreative and social clubs. Mr. Forgie was married on the 31st of January, 1872, to Miss Alexander, whose father and mother died when she was a child. They have an adopted daughter. Mr. Forgie has been a Justice of the Peace since 1893.

Mr. T. Forgie.

Mr. T. Forgie.

Mrs. T. Forgie.

Mrs. T. Forgie.

Mr. William Guffie represented Mount Ida riding in the Maniototo County Council for fourteen or fifteen years from 1879, and served for many years on the Borough Council of Naseby, of which he was mayor for four years. He was born in in 1841 at Carsphairn, Kirkeudbrightshire, Scotland, brought up to agricultural pursuits, and came out to Melbourne, in 1863. After being six months in Victoria, he came to Otago, and settled in Naseby. Mr. Guffie has all along followed mining pursuits, and has been proprietor of sluicing claims for many years. One of
Snowballing At Naseby.

Snowballing At Naseby.

page 611 the first set of sluicing pipes made in the Colony were used by Mr. Guffie in the Mount Buster dredge as early as the year 1870. He has been successful as a miner, and states that he never had to buy a claim in his lifetime. Mr. Guffie has taken a general interest in local matters, and still serves as a member of the Naseby hospital committee. He was married, in 1873, to a daughter of Mr. Cavil Kepple, of County Cork, Ireland, and has three sons and four daughters.

Mr. Samuel Inder , who was returned to the Maniototo County Council as representative of Mount Ida riding for three successive terms, is a butcher by trade and was born in 1833 at Martock, Somersetshire. In 1853 he landed in Victoria, where he had some goldfields experience and was in business as a butcher in Bendigo. From 1855 to 1861 Mr. Inder was in Tasmania. In the latter year he arrived in Otago, and after a short time at Gabriel's, Hamilton and Naseby he settled in St. Bathans district, where, with his brother, the late Mr. Walter Inder, he established the firm of Inder Bros., butchers who had several branches. After the dissolution of partnership, Mr. S. Inder carried or business as a butcher or hotelkeeper, and established the Prince Alfred Hotel at Hill's Creek in 1864. He has been interested in racing for many years, and was well known in the early days as a judge and starter in connection with local races. Mr. Inder was married, in 1858, to a daughter of the late Mr. A. Robertson, of Edinburgh. Mrs Index died in June, 1895, leaving six daughters and four sons; and there are eight grandchildren.

Mr. Jacob Lory , who represented Mount Ida riding in the Maniototo County Council for three years, was born in Cornwall in 1845 brought up to the drapery trade, and came to Port Chalmers in November, 1862, by the ship “Chili.” Till 1880 Mr. Lory was chiefly engaged in goldmining, in which he had fair success. In the latter year he acquired a farm at Maruimato, Wedderburn, and has since worked it. He has 915 acres, of which 268 acres are freehold tenure and the balance under lease in perpetuity. Mr. Lory has served as a member of the local school committee, and as an Oddfellow he is attached to the Naseby Lodge, M.U., I.O.O.F., of which he is a Past Grand, and at present a trustee. He was married, in 1869, to a daughter of the late Mr. R. W. Botting, of Adelaide.

Mr. J. Lory.

Mr. J. Lory.

Mr. Robert Mcgregor Turnbull J.P. , was one of the first Members of the Maniototo County Council, on which he served for about ten years as a representative of Serpentine riding. He held the office of chairman for two years and a half, and retired from the position at the beginning of March, 1899, on deciding to re-visit the Home country. Mr. Turnbull is proprietor of Linnburn estate, which is referred to in another article.

General Government Institutions.

The Naseby Post Office is a large handsome two-storied brick building, in Derwent Street, facing the public reserve. It has a convenient public office, telegraph, money order, and savings bank departments; and is also the local office for the Government life insurance. A portion of the building is used as a residence by the postmaster in charge. Prior to the erection of the present office, in 1900, a small wooden building did duty for many years.

Mr. Richmond Keele , formerly Postmaster and Telegraphist in charge at Naseby, is the son of Mr. T. B. Keele, who was in the Provincial Secretary's office. Mr. Keele was born in 1860, in Christchurch, where he was educated. He entered the Post Office as a cadet on the 16th of October, 1875, and was soon afterwards transferred to Wellington. After four months' service he was appointed to Port Chalmers, where he continued for nine years as assistant telegraphist. For six years subsequently Mr. Keele was postmaster at Clyde, and was transferred to Naseby on Christmas day, 1889. He was married, in 1883, to a daughter of Captain William Goldie, of Port Chalmers, and has two sons and one daughter. Mr. Keele is now (1904) postmaster at Queenstown.

Mr. R. Keele.

Mr. R. Keele.

The Naseby Police District is under the charge of a constable assisted by a mounted constable. It extends from Serpentine to the face of Pig Root, and from Kokonga to the Rough Ridge, a distance of about fifty miles.

The Naseby Police Gaol is situated on an acre of land, at the corner of Derwent and Outer Streets. The gaol is a concrete building, with three cells, wash-house, kitchen and office. There is a four-roomed house, also built in concrete, for the officer in charge, and there are also two cottages, stables and other buildings on the premises.

Constable Robert William Lemm , the Officer in charge of the Naseby Police District and Gaol, was born in Durham, England, in 1858. He was educated in his native county and brought up as a labourer, came out to Port Chalmers in 1878, by the ship “Invercargill”, and joined the police force in February, 1879. He was stationed successively at Wellington, Dunedin, Invercargill, Bluff and Oamaru, and was appointed to his present position at Naseby in 1897. Mr. Lemm was married in 1894 to a daughter of Mr. T. Lowe, of Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, and has two sons.

Constable R. W. Lemm.

Constable R. W. Lemm.

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Naseby Hospital.

The Naseby Hospital has been under the control of trustees as a separate institution since 1886. It was founded in 1863 as a voluntary institution. An incident which occurred in the early days is worth recording. An unfortunate miner was brought from Mount Buster, badly frost-bitten. There was no hospital at Naseby, and the condition of the man excited the compassion of Mr. James Brown among others. A sum of £25 was raised by subscription to form a relieving fund so that the case and any other that might occur would have attention. A room in the Ancient Briton Hotel was taken and the sufferer was cared for, and thus the nucleus of the present hospital was formed. This method of relief was conducted for the benefit of sufferers until about 1870, when a number of the residents used their influence and started the present hospital. The hospital is maintained by grants from the Otago Central Hospital Board, a Government subsidy, voluntary contributions and maintenance money. It is situated on the east side of the main gully on a section of four acres of land, which is tastefully laid out in walks and gardens and planted with ornamental trees. The revenue is about £1300 per annum, and the annual outlay is over £1200. The building is of wood, one storey high, and contains two large wards; that for women containing six, and that for men twelve beds. These wards are separated by a long corridor, from the centre of which branch the male and female convalescent wards, the dispensary, kitchen and quarters for the master and matron, servants and nurses. The operating room is attached to the men's ward, and there is a small fever ward at a convenient distance outside the main building. Water is laid on by three inch mains derived from the borough supply. The staff consists of the master and matron, a cook and a nurse; and Dr. W. C. MacKnight is medical superintendent, and Mr. and Mrs J. C. Byrne, master and matron.

Mr. Arthur King , formerly Master of the Naseby Hospital, was born in 1866, at St. Bathans, where he was educated and brought up as a clicker. He was appointed master of the Naseby Hospital in 1893. Mr. King was married on the 5th of March, 1900, to a daughter of Mr. W. Marslin, of Naseby, and has one daughter. He now resides in Dunedin, where he follows his old trade as a clicker.

Mr. And Mrs A. King And Daughter.

Mr. And Mrs A. King And Daughter.

Naseby Looking North.

Naseby Looking North.

Mrs Arthur King , formerly Matron of the Naseby Hospital, was born in Dunedin, and brought up in Naseby. She was appointed to the position of Matron in 1893.

Educational.

The Naseby Public School was established in the early days of goldmining in the district. The building now occupied is a wooden structure of three rooms, with accommodation for about 200 pupils, and is situated at the corner of Derwent and Outer streets. There are about 205 names on the roll, and the average attendance is 175. The school is now (1904) a district high school as well as a primary school. Mr. James Malcolm was appointed headmaster in 1891.

Ecclesiastical.

St. George's Anglican Church occupies a prominent position on half an acre of land in Dewent Street, Naseby. There is also half an acre of land on the opposite side of the street, where an adobe (sundried brick) and cement building is used for the Sunday school. St. George's church is erected in concrete, and is capable of seating 200 persons. There is a good organ, and choral services are usually held morning and evening on Sundays. The resident minister holds monthly services at Kyeburn, Kyeburn Diggings, Hamilton, Waipiata, Hill's Creek, St. Bathans, and Cambrian. Mr. F. W. Blair acts as lay reader in the absence of the vicar.

The Rev. George William Christian , Vicar of Naseby, was born in Christchurch, in 1861, and is a son of Captain John Christian. He was educated privately at Lyttelton and Dunedin and at the Dunedin High School. After studying law at Dunedin and Lyttelton he went in for the theological course prescribed by the Board of Theological Studies. Mr. Christian was ordained as a deacon in 1892, and as a priest nine months later. His first appointment was to the charge of Riverton and Winton districts, where he remained to the close of 1896. After two years at Milton, he became vicar of Naseby at the end of 1898. Mr. Christian was married in April, 1888, to a daughter of Mr. Edward Clarke, barrister and solicitor, of Rangiora, and has one son and two daughters.

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The Maniototo District Of The Roman Catholic Church extends from Naseby to Ophir, and includes St. Bathans and Matakanui. At Naseby, there is an iron church capable of accommodating 200 worshippers; the Matakanui building is of brick and will hold 250; that at Ophir is constructed of stone and has a capacity for 200 adults; while the St. Bathans Church will seat 300 persons. The Rev. Father William Alexander McMillan is priest in charge of the district.

Sporting.

Maniototo Jockey Club . This club was established in 1874. The racecourse is situated on the Naseby-St. Bathans Road, about two miles from Naseby. It is vested in the Naseby Domain Board, but the Jockey Club has the right of occupancy. The Club has already expended a considerable sum of money in fencing, and in the erection of a grandstand, with seating accommodation for 600, together with an office, booth, and luncheon room. The course is one mile in length, and meetings are held annually in February.

Press.

Mount Ida Chronicle And St. Bathans Weekly News (Hugh Wilson, proprietor), Naseby. This journal was founded in February, 1869, by the present proprietor. It is a weekly publication, published on Friday. There are twenty-eight columns, besides a supplement. The paper circulates in Naseby, St. Bathans, Ida Valley, Hyde, Hamilton, Patearoa, Kyeburn, Gimmerburn, Eweburn, Wedderburn, Manuherikia Valley, Ranfurly, Waipiata, Cambrian, Becks, etc.

Legal.

The Stipendiary Magistrate's And Warden's Courts at Nasseby are held in a wooden building situated in Derwent Street. The premises include the court room, magistrate's room, clerk's office, public offices and witneses' room. Sittings of the District Court are held twice in the year, and the Magistrate's and Warden's Courts once a fortnight.

Mr. James McEnnis , Stipendiary Magistrate and Warden at Naseby, was born in Tipperary in 1839, and brought up to farming. He came to Melbourne in 1862 in the ship “Mistress of the Seas,” and arrived in Otago in the same year. After a few weeks on the goldfields, Mr. McEnnis removed to Canterbury, and joined the Mounted Police, went to the West Coast and was promoted to be a first class sergeant in 1865, being stationed at Hokitika, Okarito, Stafford and Ross. He received the appointment of clerk of the Court at Greenstone, and after being stationed in the Grey Valley, No Town, Maori Gully and Dunganville, he was appointed Clerk of the Court at Kumara in 1881. Mr. McEnnis succeeded the late Mr. S. M. Dalgliesh at Naseby in May, 1900.

Mr. Samuel Mead Dalgliesh , sometime Stipendiary Magistrate and Warden at Naseby, and District Land Officer for the Mount Ida Division of the Otago mining district, was a native of Glasgow, where he was born in 1837. He was educated in Liverpool, England, went to Victoria, in 1854, and joined the Victorian Constabulary as a cadet. During his period of service, which extended to 1857, he was present at the Ballarat riots and the taking of the Eureka stockade. Mr. Dalgliesh was in India during the time of the Mutiny, but owing to an attack of cholera, he was invalided and returned to the Colonies in 1859, when he landed in Sydney. In the following year he arrived in Auckland, where he had some experience in the Maori disturbances. In 1861 he joined the Otago constabulary under Mr. St. John Branigan, and served for ten years chiefly in charge of the gold escort and in the Dunstan district, where he resigned his position as Inspector in 1870. In 1875 Mr. Dalgliesh joined the Justice Department as Clerk of the Court and Receiver of Goldfields Revenue at Cromwell. He was afterwards Clerk of Courts and Sheriff at Hokitika. In 1890 he was promoted to the position of Resident Magistrate and Warden. Mr. Dalgliesh was married in 1887 to a daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Richards, of Wakatipu. He died at Naseby, on the 9th of May, 1900, after a short illness.

The Late Mr. S. M. Dalgliesh.

The Late Mr. S. M. Dalgliesh.

Mr. John Terry , formerly Clerk of the Stipendiary Magistrate's and Warden's Courts and Receiver of Goldfields Revenue and Mining Registrar for the Naseby district, was born in Nelson, in 1866. He was educated at Westport and Nelson, and joined the Government service in 1883, as a cadet, in Westport. After one year's service Mr. Terry was transferred to Reefton, where he filled the position of assistant clerk for four years. In 1888 he was appointed clerk of court at Lyell, whence, five years' later, he was transferred to Greymouth as assistant clerk; and he was appointed to Naseby in October, 1896. He is now (1904) stationed at Blenheim. Mr. Terry was married in February, 1892, to a daughter of the late Mr. M. H. Kittson, and has two daughters and one son.

Cutten And Hjorring (Ernest Cargill Cutten, B.A., LL.B., and Percy Cecil Hjorring), Barristers and Solicitors, Derwent Street, Naseby, Bankers, Bank of New South Messrs Cutten and Hjorring are solicitors to the Bank of New South Wales at Naseby and St. Bathans, and to the Maniototo County Council, and the Naseby Borough Council. Mr. Cutten was born in 1867 in Dunedin and was sent to England when he was eight years of age. He received his early education at Christ's College, Finchley, London, but on returning to the Colony, in 1879, he had a further course of training at the Dunedin High school for about three years, and graduated at the Otago University, at which he took his degree as B.A. in 1892, and LL.B. in 1896. He was with Messrs Haggitt Bros. and Brent in Dunedin during the years 1887 to 1889, and 1891 to 1895; for the years 1889 and 1891, 1895 and 1896 he acted as judge's secretary at Dunedin. He was a member of the Peninsula Navals from 1885 to 1888.

Banking.

The Bank Of New South Wales at Naseby is situated at the corner of Ness and Leven Streets. It is a wooden building on a freehold section, and contains the banking chamber, manager's room and residence. The bank has been represented in Naseby since 1862, and the staff consists of the manager and accountant. Mr. H. A. Boddington is now (1904) manager.

Mr. E. C. Cutten.

Mr. E. C. Cutten.

Mr. John Lundon , J.P., formerly Manager of the Bank of New South Wales at Naseby, is a son of the late Mr. David Lundon, ex-collector of Customs at Wanganui and Auck page 614
Mr. J. Lundon.

Mr. J. Lundon.

land, who died on the 1st of November, 1898. He was born in 1859 at Auckland, and received his early education there, at the Thames and at Greymouth, where he entered the bank's service as a junior, in 1876. In 1878 he was transferred to Lawrence, was subsequently stationed in Dunedin, acted as accountant at Cromwell, Naseby, Dunedin and Westport, and was promoted to the managership of the Charleston branch in 1888. Three years later Mr. Lundon was transferred to the managership at Naseby. He was treasurer of the Mount Ida Curling Club, honorary secretary of the local school committee, and also a member of the committee of the Naseby Athenaeum and Maniototo Jockey Club. Mr. Lundon is now (1904), Manager of the Bank of New South Wales at Pahiatna, in the North Island.

Mr. Joseph Morton Lightfoot , formerly Manager of the Naseby branch of the Bank of New South Wales, is a son of the late Mr. W. Lightfoot, city engineer at Nelson, where he was born in 1865. He was educated at Nelson College, and joined the staff of the Bank of New South Wales in June, 1885, after having had three years' experience in the National Bank of New Zealand. Mr. Lightfoot held office as accountant New Plymouth for four years, and in 1894 went to Timaru as accountant, remaining there till March, 1898, when he was transferred to Ophir, whence he was promoted to Naseby. He has generally taken a keen interest in local clubs and societies, wherever he has been stationed. Mr. Lightfoot was married in April, 1895, to a daughter of Mr. Wilfred Rennel, Reserves Trustee of New Plymouth, and has one daughter. In 1904 Mr. Lightfoot was transferred to Carterton in the North Island.

Professional, Commercial And Industrial.

Ball, William, And Son (Arthur Ball, Junior), Carpenters, Cabinetmakers, Blacksmiths and Building Contractors, corner of Outer and Derwent Streets, Naseby. This business was established in 1892 by the late Mr. W. Ball, Mr. Arthur Ball having been admitted to the firm in 1898. The premises consist of a large iron building, with storage accommodation for timber and iron.

Mitchell, James , Timber Merchant, Builder and Contractor, Naseby and Ranfurly. Mr. Mitchell's premises are extensive, convenient and central. The buildings are erected on freehold land and comprise shop, office, workshop and stores. As a builder and contractor Mr. Mitchell has erected a large number of buildings in Naseby and throughout the Maniototo district.

Royal Hotel (John Ryan, Proprietor), Derwent Street, Naseby. This hostelry was established in 1862, and was one of the first hotels in the district. The present building, which is of modern construction, contains twenty-seven rooms, of which fifteen are bedrooms, and there is a large dining-room which will seat twenty guests. There are also four sitting rooms, besides a billiard-room, and at the back of the hotel there are stables, containing ten stalls and four loose boxes. The Royal Hotel is known as the leading commercial house at Naseby.

Mr. T. F. Costelloe , formerly Proprietor of the Royal Hotel, Naseby, was born in 1871, educated in Dunedin, and brought
Mr. R. W. Hutt's Premises.

Mr. R. W. Hutt's Premises.

page 615 up to mercantile life. After being a commercial traveller on the Otago goldfields for eleven years he became proprietor of the Royal Hotel at Naseby in 1899, but afterwards moved to Waenga.

Smith And Son (Alexander Smith, senior, and Alexander Smith, junior), General Blacksmiths and Pipe Manufacturers, Leven Street, Naseby, Bankers, Bank of New South Wales. Branch at Ranfurly. This business was founded by the senior partner in 1883, the firm being constituted as at present in 1898 by the admission of Mr. Smith, junior, who has the management of the branch at Ranfurly.

Mr. Alexander Smith was born in 1844, in Aberdeen, Scotland. He learned his trade in Clunie in his native shire, and worked at the anvil till he left for the Colony. He landed in Port Chalmers, from the ship “City of Dunedin,” on her first trip, in 1863. On his arrival Mr. Smith went to Blueskin, where he was employed in road work for a time. He has been in Naseby and district since 1866, and has been engaged in gold digging as well as at his trade. Mr. Smith has been a member of the local licensing bench for many years.

Mr. A. Smith.

Mr. A. Smith.

Horswell, Robert Dawson , Bool and Shoemaker, Derwent Street, Naseby. Bankers, Bank of New South Wales. Mr. Horswell was born in Naseby in 1868, and learned his trade with his father, the late Mr. Edmund Horswell. His present business was established in 1895, and he has a shop and two wark-rooms on leasehold premises.

Hosie, Andrew , Saddle and Harness Maker, Leven Street, Naseby. Bankers, Bank of New South Wales. Branch at Ranfurly. Established in 1876. This business is conducted in a wood and iron building facing the main street, and erected on freehold land. In addition to the various branches of his trade, Mr. Hosie holds the important agency of the Massey-Harris Implement Company for Central Otago, and is its travelling representative for the Otago goldfields. His branch at Ranfurly was established in 1899. The business was founded by Mr. Robert Hosie, but is now being carried on by his son.

Maniototo Flour Mill Company. Ltd. The business was established in 1877, and the mill, which is situated on the Naseby St. Bathans Road, was erected at a cost of £2100. It is a brick and iron building of two
Curling At Naseby.

Curling At Naseby.

page 616 stories with basement. There is a complete roller plant made by Carter of London, and capable of producing two sacks of flour per hour. The mill is driven by a turbine wheel, supplied with water from the Government race, and there is a supplementary steam engine which is used when water is scarce. The company's brand, “M.F.M.Co.”, is well known throughout the Maniototo Plains and the Otago Central goldfields.

Mr. James Dunwoodie , Manager of the Maniototo Flour Mill, was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, in 1863. He arrived in Port Chalmers, by the ship “Oamaru,” and learned his business as a miller at the Runciman Mills, Dunedin, but subsequently gained additional experience at other mills in that city, and was appointed manager of the Maniototo mill in 1894. Mr. Dunwoodie was married, in 1891, to a daughter of the late Mr. James London, of the Walton Park Coal Company, and has one son and one daughter. Mrs. Dunwoodie died in July, 1896.

Brown, James , General Storekeeper, Leven Street, Naseby. Branch, Ranfurly. This business has been conducted by the proprietor since 1871, and the branch business at Ranfurly was established in 1898. Mr. Brown is further referred to as an ex-member of the Naseby Borough Council.

The Late Mr. H. T. Hertslet.

The Late Mr. H. T. Hertslet.

Mr. Henry Charles Hertslet was born at Westminster, London, on the 27th of December, 1817, and served in the Public Record Department, London, for some time prior to 1840, when he came to Wellington in the ship “Mandarin.” Mr. Hertslet went to Wanganui, where he traded with the natives, visited Auckland, and journeyed up the Waipa and Waikato rivers. In above five years he returned to London, but three years later came back to the Colony and settled at Waikouaiti. Mr. Hertslet was afterwards well known as a settler in Oamaru, where he acquired a very considerable property in 1869. He subsequently settled in Naseby, where he conducted business for many years as a mining agent; he held office as a Justice of the Peace for three or four years, and was gazetted out at his own request. Mr. Hertslet was married, in 1853, to a daughter of the late Mr. J. Orbell, of Waikouaiti, and had two sons and four daughters. He died in December, 1901.

Mr. Robert Hosie , formerly Captain of the Naseby Rifle Volunteers—now disbanded —was born at Campsie, Stirlingshire, Scotland, in 1853. He was educated in his native place, and learned his trade as a saddler there and at Glasgow. In 1876 he arrived at Port Chalmers by the ship “Oamaru,” and settled at Naseby, where he established the business which his son now conducts. He has been connected with various public movements for the benefit of the district, and served for several years as a member of the Hospital Board. From 1889 he was captain of the local fire brigade and was a member for thirteen years previously. As a Freemason he is a Past Master of Lodge Mount Ida, and has passed all the chairs in connection with the Order of Oddfellows. Mr. Hosie was married, in 1876, to a daughter of Mr. A. Brown, of Easdale, Argyleshire, Scotland, and has four sons and four daughters. He now (1904) resides at Roslyn, Dunedin, and is a travelling agent of the Massey-Harris Company.

Mr. R. Hosie (As Captain Of The Naseby Rifles).

Mr. R. Hosie
(As Captain Of The Naseby Rifles).

Mining.

The Mount Ida Water Race , which was constructed by the Government in 1876 at a cost of over £70,000, was designed to supply the miners of Naseby with power for hydraulic sluicing. The water is drawn from the head of the Hawkdun range, and extends a distance of seventy miles to Naseby, where it is capable of providing twenty-three sluice heads of water. Mr. Roderick Murray, the officer in charge of the race, collects the revenue and arranges to supply for mining purposes. The water works of the borough of Naseby are fed from the Mount Ida water race.