WELLINGTON WATER-SUPPLY.
A Leak in the Reservoir.
Defective Concrete Work.
(By Telegraph--Press Association). AVhlluniiton, This Day,
Tho City Engineer sent in a report to tho City Council, last night, disclosing the fact that tho dam of the Wainui-o-mata water-supply rcsorvoir is in a condition calling for attention. Tho concrete is of exceedingly poor quality, and in ono placo where the earth embankment was temporarily removed the water finds its way freely through a concrcto wall ranging in thickness from cloven to fourteen inches.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 7246, 29 August 1902, Page 3
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83WELLINGTON WATER-SUPPLY. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 7246, 29 August 1902, Page 3
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