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