The Wainui-o-mata Waterworks - Completion of the Long Tunnel An important stage in the progress of the Wainui-o-mata Waterworks...
Wainuiomata: News (Page 17)
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 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...
Evening Post 31 Jan 1883
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Waterworks / 0Succeeded in inducing the Government to reserve the whole of the watershed excepting about 1500 acres within the catchment...
Evening Post 29 Jan 1883
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Sinclair, Waterworks / 0On Tuesday, 6th February, 1883, at 2 o’clock p.m. In the Estate of J. and D. Sinclair. Sale of...
Evening Post 18 Jan 1883
David Johnson / / / History, News, Logging, Newspaper, Sinclair, Waterworks / 0On Tuesday, 6th February, 1883, at 2 o’clock p.m. In the Estate of J. and D. Sinclair. Sale of...
Evening Post 18 Jan 1883
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Sinclair / 0To sell by public auction, as above all that valuable block of land, being the allotment No.10 on a...
Evening Post 18 Jan 1883
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Sinclair / 0Sales by Mortgagees Act 1870 all that valuable farm, situate in the Wainuiomata District, containing about 370 acres.
Evening Post 18 Jan 1883
David Johnson / / / History, News, Logging, Newspaper, Sinclair, Waterworks / 0In the Estate of J. and D. Sinclair – Sale of the whole of the valuable landed estate by...
Evening Post 10 Jan 1883
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Sinclair / 0Purchasers of prize cattle, sheep, and horses should attend the sale in the estate of Messrs J. & D....
Evening Post 05 Jan 1883
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Sinclair / 0Important to Sheep Farmers, Agriculturalists, Dairymen, Carters and Others. Absolute Unreserved Sale of Pure-bred Stock &c.
Evening Post 04 Jan 1883
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Sinclair / 0A meeting of Messrs John and Duncan Sinclair (of Wainui-o-mata, sawmill proprietors) creditors was held at the Supreme Court...
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