The usual fortnightly meeting of the City Council took place last night, and was attended by the Mayor (Mr...
Wainuiomata: Newspaper
Newspaper Articles about Wainuiomata
A growing collection of searchable newspaper articles about the Lower Hutt suburb of Wainuiomata. These articles span nearly 150 years of news, dating from as far back as 1866 to the present day.
Many of these older news articles, cover the story of the lower dam’s construction and flooding events over the decades. These particular articles are also available in a single document from the Wainuiomata Historical Museum Society in PDF format.
The usual fortnightly meeting of the City Council took place last night, and was attended by the Mayor (Mr...
The committee beg to report… That one half the penalties incurred in Mr D. Sinclair’s contract for tunnel at...
Tenders will be received at the office of the undersigned, up to 4 p.m. of Thursday, the 26th instant,...
We learn that Mr G. H. Bayliss, contractor for a portion of the Wainui-o-mata Waterworks, met with rather a...
That the contract for formation, &c., of the long tunnel, Wainui-o-mata, is about completed, and tenders called for laying...
That Mr A. E. Russell has declined the offer of the Council relative to the proposed purchase of the...
The tender of Messrs G. H. Bayliss & Co. has been accepted by the City Council for the construction...
A claim for compensation on account of the strip of land taken for the water-race, under proclamation of 17th...
In reference to the piercing of the Wainui-o-mata tunnel, a correspondent, signing himself “Fair Play,” sends us a letter,
The handy little locomotive procured by Messrs Sinclair, of Wainui-o-mata, from Tasmania, to work on the Wainui-o-mata tramway,
To-morrow Messrs T. Kennedy Macdonald and Co. hold a sale which includes six sections in Fitzherberton, in the estate...
Unreserved sale of the Properties of J. and D. Sinclair. T. Kennedy Macdonald & Co. are favoured in the...
The estate of Messrs J. and D. Sinclair. The steel rails (lifted) realized £5 per ton, and (fixed down)...
The application of the Mayor of Wellington that section 94, Wainui-o-mata, might be reserved from sale again came up...
The sale of sawmill plant, steel rails, machinery, rolling stock, and live stock in the estate of Messrs J....
The Waste Lands Board not to sanction the alienation of section No.94, Wainui-o-mata, which has been “applied for” by...
Known as Messrs J. and D. Sinclair's. Unreserved sale of sawmill plant, steel rails, &c.On Thursday, 22nd Feb, 1883,...
That the Council form a road from the mills to the proposed reservoir, the road to be formed on...
The report of the Public Works Committee of the City Council, to be presented at the next meeting of...
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