Evening Post 15 Sep 1883

The Wainui-o-mata Waterworks are all but completed. The whole of the pipes have been laid in position, and Mr Bayliss has almost finished his contract for the construction of the dam, which is being built in a very substantial manner. The principal valve of the works arrived by the barque ‘Catalina’, from London, a few weeks ago, and is now being taken out to the ground. By the time it is fitted up, the reservoir will have been completed, and before the end of the coming month Wellington citizens will derive the bulk of their water supply from the Wainui-o-mata Valley. The completion of the undertaking will, we understand, be celebrated in a befitting manner.