OUR BANK BUILDINGS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 75, 15 July 1870, Page 3

OUR BANK BUILDINGS.

!•; The branch; s respectively of the New Zealand and New South .-.'Wales Have: now been.in operation Tor several years past, and from the quantity of'gold which fras passed 'through them since they were, opened; a .large amount of lucrative business 'have been, and is now being transacted for their parent establishments.' ]S T o one acquainted with ISaseby Top afewyears back:would, ;believe that any other tMswoutd be true. -'{Jnder -these«: :cfe aud taking into confide patipn: conciitfoh of .Vtije. town, and district, we consider managers of'these banking corpus! ions areeyiucu^atid' ; 'have long shown a niggardly to the. office accommodation of the people here. Surely Officials' themselves must ftoln/tirne. to tinie; have observed and reported upon the utter inadequacy of ; these .buildings for the. efficient 'discharge of important public duties. -i\ r aseby has now been .established, for seven years, its strata have, produced untold wealth, of which the bankers must have had a fair -share. , Mount Ida. stands at thehea.d of all the other gold producing districts of the Province, and rejoices in the possession .of large general stores, and well appointed hotels. While every sefstion. of the community have thus regarded the. permanency of the place as beyond doubt or'suspicion, the branch banking establishments .still «njoy .their humility, and not only stand out as a disgrace to the town, but reflect'eitiier utter negligence or undisguised parsimony ou the°part of,their directors,. Surely the managers of the two chief banking institutions in the Australasian colonies are not afraid of the sudden collapse of our auriferous hills, whereby their branch buildings (if respectable) would be rendered comparatively useless. If so let them examine the escort returns, and learn the tact of our stability as shown by the' general appearance of Naseby—its Court' House, survey office, and 'camp buildings, and.cKurches and school, with their several officially appointed officers, ministers, &e. We are desirous of having a iittlevraorer banking accommodation than we have at present, and we will be borne out in this wish by every person in the district whose business leads him or h«,r. to; one or other of these bank shanties;-' Indeed, by comparison, were.it instituted, the gaol of •2vaseby would, as-itwere,.turn up its nose if asked to associate with the two little shabby, though wealthy, edifices. Trttly there is Jiot'the slighest exaggeration in stating tbat principal stables iii ISaseby are far more attractive buildings, and have cost far more money in erecting, than the peep-show boxes, so called'banks, which it is full time should be replaced by larger and •somewhat more dignified office*