It is expected that the water will reach town from Wainui-o-mata this evening, should no accident occur in the meantime. Mr Loughrey, City Engineer, left town early this morning to superintend the arrangements for that purpose, and the water, we understand, is being gradually let into the mains.
Tags: Newspaper WaterworksEvening Post 10 May 1884
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