The tunnel is nearly completed, with only 52 feet separating the workmen at each face. The sound of the...
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.
Succeeded in inducing the Government to reserve the whole of the watershed excepting about 1500 acres within the catchment...
On Tuesday, 6th February, 1883, at 2 o’clock p.m. In the Estate of J. and D. Sinclair. Sale of...
On Tuesday, 6th February, 1883, at 2 o’clock p.m. In the Estate of J. and D. Sinclair. Sale of...
To sell by public auction, as above all that valuable block of land, being the allotment No.10 on a...
Sales by Mortgagees Act 1870 all that valuable farm, situate in the Wainuiomata District, containing about 370 acres.
In the Estate of J. and D. Sinclair – Sale of the whole of the valuable landed estate by...
Purchasers of prize cattle, sheep, and horses should attend the sale in the estate of Messrs J. & D....
Important to Sheep Farmers, Agriculturalists, Dairymen, Carters and Others. Absolute Unreserved Sale of Pure-bred Stock &c.
A meeting of Messrs John and Duncan Sinclair (of Wainui-o-mata, sawmill proprietors) creditors was held at the Supreme Court...
Messrs J. and D. Sinclair, of- Wainuiomata, have assigned their estate. It is understood that the liabilities are about £1100.
Messrs J. and D. Sinclair, have assigned their estate. Their liabilities are about £11,000, while their assets set at...
In the matter of the deed of conveyance and assignment in trust for benefit of the creditors of John...
Evening Post 22 Nov 1882 Advertisement. Wanted, a Man, for the circular saw. Apply to J. and D. Sinclair,...
Sinclair's Mill, there is a considerable drop and a large concrete well sixty feet deep. From here, a continuous...
The tender of Messrs Luke, Sons and Williams, for the purchase of old iron was accepted, and that of...
Wainuiomata Tunnel: six tenders were submitted, with Mr D. Sinclair’s offer, being the lowest, accepted. The Council rose at...
Tenders will be received up to 4 p.m. on Thursday, the 14th instant, for Driving and Lining a short...
A lively account of a side scene which occurred during the recent visit of the deputation from the Ratepayers’...
He then went on to criticize at some length the engineering in connection with the Wainui-o-mata waterworks, especially the...
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