Naseby's Jewel

NZ Truth, Issue 1190, 20 September 1928, Page 6

Naseby 's Jewel

IN the hey-day of the Kyeburn gold rush, Naseby sprang up like a goldcapped mushroom. But now, sad to relate, bygone affluence is only evidenced m the fungus growth of- empty shops and dilapidated buildings. But the light of the days that were has not yet been totally eclipsed by the dark of the days that are, and so it is one finds a staunch little populace at Naseby ever ready to blind, themselves to the depreciation of their township by gazing through the spectacles of past memories. Foremost m this little band of pat- . riots is William Strong, who considers that five minutes 1 talk over old times is worth five hours' conversation on latter-day topics. Should you join the ranks of the fossickers and pass through Naseby on your way to the hill-lands of the Kyeburn diggings, » look In v at W.S.s cosy little jewellers' shop if you want your hopes embellished with the tales of bygone "strikes." Bill's a friendly fellow, and it's a nugget to a nutmeg that he'll produce his fine j collection of photographs to give authenticity to his verbal picture of Naseby m its prime. Yes, and Naseby m its enow, 'way back m 1905, when roofs crashed under the weight of a nocturnal fall of ten feet! ■ \ > . Strong is strong for his Naseby, and when it is known that expert opinions consider the Kyeburn diggings, if assiduously worked, can pan out as consistently as any m the Dominion, ;William is not fondling idle dreama.