Water Supply

By heleneth

  • Commissioner of Crown Lands wants a quarry at Mount Richmond Domain

    New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8561, 8 May 1891, Page 3

  • Need to improve water quality - typhoid cases

    Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 100, 29 April 1898, Page 3

  • Opening Ceremony for water tower 10 Feb 1912

    Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 37, 12 February 1912, Page 2

  • Asphalt Domain footpaths and add seats planned

    New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15475, 5 December 1913, Page 4

  • 6 acres of Mound Richmond is being quarried, 33 acres is reserve

    Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 183, 3 August 1914, Page 11

  • Concrete reservoir to be constructed next to Mount Richmond Domain water tower (40.000gal capacity)

    New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18251, 18 November 1922, Page 10

  • Tenders accepted for reservoir construction at Mount Richmond Domain

    New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18251, 18 November 1922, Page 10

  • Reservoir complete, chlorination begins

    New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18391, 5 May 1923, Page 12

  • Excessive chlorination complaints

    New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18482, 20 August 1923, Page 9

  • Water tastes foul, too much chlorine

    New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18484, 22 August 1923, Page 6

  • Water tastes foul (chlorine)

    Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 211, 4 September 1923, Page 11

  • Strong exceptaion taken to quarrying of scoria near water tower

    Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 293, 11 December 1925, Page 9

  • 4 acres (including oldl quarry site) added to Domain land

    Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 126, 30 May 1929, Page 11
  • Water divining indicates that a well can be established at Mt Richmond Domain

    Water divining indicates that a well can be established at Mt Richmond Domain

    Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 6, 8 January 1932, Page 2

  • Water success: Bore driven through well at Mount Richmond Domain

    Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 193, 16 August 1934, Page 10

  • 250 native trees planted. Plan to only plant natives in future

    Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 127, 30 May 1936, Page 22

  • Cattle stops constructed

    Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 127, 30 May 1936, Page 22
  • Water shortage at Mt Richmond well, need to bore deeper. In the meantime buy water from the Mount Wellington Road Board.

    Water shortage at Mt Richmond well, need to bore deeper. In the meantime buy water from the Mount Wellington Road Board.

    New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 24018, 16 July 1941, Page 6

  • Bore at Mt Richmond

    Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 305, 26 December 1941, Page 6

  • Sturges Park water source ready for testing

    Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 201, 25 August 1943, Page 2
  • Soft water from Sturges Park introduced to phase out the hard water from Mt Richmond Domain

    Soft water from Sturges Park introduced to phase out the hard water from Mt Richmond Domain

    Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 303, 22 December 1943, Page 4

  • Water shortage, restart pumps at Mt Richmond bore

    Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 26, 1 February 1944, Page 4