Evening Post 26 Oct 1883

A claim for compensation in connection with the accident to the Wainui-o-mata dam was preferred by Mr G. H. Bayliss, contractor, at last night’s meeting of the City Council. Mr Bayliss wrote stating that the losses he had sustained, and for which he asked to be recouped, had not been caused through any fault on his part. The first damage was caused by a log of timber blocking up the sluice and causing an overflow, resulting in the washing away of part of the filling in – a loss of £150. The rock filling had again been washed away by the recent floods, and the concrete wall had, moreover, sustained damage which might have been prevented if the engineer had allowed him to back it up, as he had previously pointed out to that official, and the cost of the second damage was £230. The Mayor said the Council were not in a position to discuss the letter that evening, and it was therefore referred to the Public Works Committee.