It is generally considered that the loan of £130,000 is wholly inadequate for the completion of the Wainuiomata works...
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.
Wellington City Council. Tenders for Waterworks Plant will close on the 26th inst., as advertised. Charles C. Graham, Town.
From Hobarton - Cato 31 cases fruit; 1 Locomotive; From Dunedin - 85 cases whisky Press & Co. 1...
Tararua ss, 563 tons, Muir, from Melbourne via South. Passengers cabin: from Melbourne - Miss Douglass, Mrs Ogden, Messrs...
S.S. Tararua for New Zealand. Passengers from Hobart Town – Mr and Mrs A. Barrett, Misses Douglas, Chambers, Allen,...
The engine was constructed at the engineering establishment of Mr John Clark, New Wharf, for an enterprising firm at...
Tenders will be received for about 150 tons of Rails. We believe that it is the intention of Mr...
I would submit that the estimates as given were in sufficient detail for all practical purposes. They, of course,...
Sir – Among the many arguments in favor of the proposal to obtain a supply from the Wainui in...
Mr Geo. Knight came into town yesterday with some excellent specimens of gold from somewhere near the Wainuiomata Valley.
Wellington, June 5. An attempt is being made to get the watershed at the source of the Wainuiomata reserved...
Splendid samples of plumbago and some shotty gold have been brought in from the Wainuiomata Valley, between the Hutt and the Wairarapa.
A deputation consisting of the Mayor, Councillors Hunter, Logan, and Young are about to wait on the Government to...
The Waterworks Committee met yesterday, and decided to recommend that an additional water-supply should be obtained from Wainui-o-mata.
I have the honor to draw your attention to the necessity that exists for taking immediate steps for increasing...
Moore, who has been prospecting for gold in the Wainuiomata valley near Wellington, states that he has found several...
Tenders will be received: Kerosene and other articles for street lighting.Pipes, lead, oil, plugs, coals, rope, &c., for water...
Accounts amounting to £6239 6s 4d, including £3375 for progress payment to Mr E. W. Mills on account of...
Tenders will be received up till noon of Wednesday, 12th March, for removing about 440 tons of Waterworks Plant,...
The question now under consideration was not the desirableness of utilizing the Karori or Wainui-o-mata streams.
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