Succeeded in inducing the Government to reserve the whole of the watershed excepting about 1500 acres within the catchment...
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 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...
Messrs J. and D. Sinclair, of- Wainuiomata, have assigned their estate. It is understood that the liabilities are about £1100.
News: 16 Dec 1882
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Sinclair / 0Messrs J. and D. Sinclair, have assigned their estate. Their liabilities are about £11,000, while their assets set at...
Evening Post 16 Dec 1882
David Johnson / / / History, News, Logging, Newspaper, Sinclair, Tramways, Waterworks / 0In the matter of the deed of conveyance and assignment in trust for benefit of the creditors of John...
No. 44653 Conveyance Jones to Sinclair and another 13 Dec 1882 see Deeds Vol 70/532. No. 45141 Conveyance Waters...
Tuapeka Times 23 Sep 1882
David Johnson / / / History, News, Coleman's Tunnel, Lower Dam, Newspaper, Oakes, Tunnels, Waterworks / 0Sinclair's Mill, there is a considerable drop and a large concrete well sixty feet deep. From here, a continuous...
Evening Post 16 Sep 1882
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Sinclair, Tunnels, Waterworks / 0The tender of Messrs Luke, Sons and Williams, for the purchase of old iron was accepted, and that of...
New Zealand Times 16 Sep 1882
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Sinclair, Tunnels, Waterworks / 0Wainuiomata Tunnel: six tenders were submitted, with Mr D. Sinclair’s offer, being the lowest, accepted. The Council rose at...
Evening Post 08 Sep 1882
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Sinclair, Tunnels, Waterworks / 0Tenders will be received up to 4 p.m. on Thursday, the 14th instant, for Driving and Lining a short...
Evening Post 05 Sep 1882
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Tunnels, Waterworks / 0A lively account of a side scene which occurred during the recent visit of the deputation from the Ratepayers’...
Evening Post 01 Sep 1882
David Johnson / / / History, News, Newspaper, Tunnels, Waterworks / 0He then went on to criticize at some length the engineering in connection with the Wainui-o-mata waterworks, especially the...
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