The sale of sawmill plant, steel rails, machinery, rolling stock, and live stock in the estate of Messrs J....
Wainuiomata: News
Wainuiomata news spanning from today back to the 1860s provides a comprehensive record of the valley’s history, tracing its journey from early settlement to its modern identity.
This news archive covers a wide range of topics including stories around the people who shaped Wainuiomata, from early pioneers and engineering workers, to community leaders.
Evening Post 20 Feb 1883
David Johnson / / / History, News, Land, Newspaper, Sinclair, Waterworks / 0The Waste Lands Board not to sanction the alienation of section No.94, Wainui-o-mata, which has been “applied for” by...
Manawatu Times 19 Feb 1883
David Johnson / / / History, News, Farming, Logging, Newspaper, Sinclair, Tramways, Waterworks / 0Known as Messrs J. and D. Sinclair's. Unreserved sale of sawmill plant, steel rails, &c.On Thursday, 22nd Feb, 1883,...
Evening Post 16 Feb 1883
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Pipeline, Sinclair, Water Race, Waterworks / 0That the Council form a road from the mills to the proposed reservoir, the road to be formed on...
Evening Post 14 Feb 1883
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0The report of the Public Works Committee of the City Council, to be presented at the next meeting of...
Evening Post 14 Feb 1883
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Oakes, Pipeline, Tramways, Tunnels, Waterworks / 0Visit to the Wainui-o-mata Waterworks. The completion, after nearly three years’ continuous labour, of what is known as the...
Mr Oakes, the contractor for the Wainuiomata waterworks, has invited the officers of the Japanese man-of-war Riujio to pay...
Grey River Argus 13 Feb 1883
David Johnson / / / History, News, Long Tunnel, Newspaper, Tunnels, Waterworks / 0The long tunnel in connection with the Wainuiomata Water Works has been completed, and it is intended to celebrate the completion to-morrow.
Evening Post 10 Feb 1883
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Pipeline, Waterworks / 0The Wainui-o-mata Waterworks - Completion of the Long Tunnel An important stage in the progress of the Wainui-o-mata Waterworks...
Evening Post 08 Feb 1883
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Sinclair, Waterworks / 0At the ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Waste Lands Board held this afternoon, there being present Messrs J. G....
Evening Post 05 Feb 1883
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Sinclair / 0Includes the landed estate of Messrs J. and D. Sinclair, which, owing to the bankruptcy of the proprietors, is...
From this point the pipe-line will be carried on along the flat past Semple’s camp to a spot about 15...
The tunnel is nearly completed, with only 52 feet separating the workmen at each face. The sound of the...
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