Public Works (W) Inwards Correspondence Register, Archives NZ Wellington Home, Back
Examples presented as 'wallpaper' at the 2007 NZ Society of Genealogists Conference Year/Letter Number - date written - subject (author, place) 1876/20 Jan 03 Re purchase of land for cottages – workmen at Pitone workshops (F. B. Passmore) 1876/30 Jan 05 Re repairs to Peter Stewart's loco (District Engineer, Manawatu) 1876/166 Jan 11 Reporting accident to cadet Wither (H. P. Higginson) 1876/283 Jan 07 Forwarding application from W. A. Shani for admission as a cadet into Public Works Department (District Engineer, Westland) 1876/544 Feb 03 Proposes employing Mr D. Scott as overseer Rangitikei contract (District Engineer, Manawatu) 1876/804 Feb 05 Forwarding correspondence re non payment of cheques to Mr M. M. Cooper on account of land purchase Brunner Railway (District Engineer, Westland) 1876/1524 Mar 13 When Mr Beere leaves recommends Mr Wilshire as Office Engineer (District Engineer, Hawke's Bay) 1876/1701 Mar 24 Re cattle stop at Morgan & Robinson’s mill (District Engineer, Wellington) 1876/2833 May 25 Letter from Collie Scott & Wilkinson re alteration in commencement of tunnel (District Engineer, Wellington) 1876/2973 May 23 Forwarding application of A. R. Wallis for extension of time contract for station master’s house, Cross Creek (District Engineer, Wellington) 1876/2991 May 27 Report on Petition of J. Thomson of Kaipara Flats (District Engineer, Auckland) 1876/1386 Mar 08 Intends giving McDonald charge of Kaipara Railway & transferring Ronayne to Brunner (F. B. Passmore) 1876/4791 Sep 27 Re Wilkinson’s sheep yards on Incline contract (District Engineer, Wellington) 1876/4839 Oct 02 Cadet Holmes leaves for Foxton per first steamer (District Engineer, Westland) 1876/4874 Oct 02 Report on petition from residents at Westport re encroachment of Buller River above the town (District Engineer, Westland)
1912/5406 Jun 01 Hand required for recreation ground Maungatapu D. & Te Au-o-waikato Blks, Blk VI (P. Gilchrist, Te Aroha) 1912/5452 Jun 05 Re accident on Kiritihere Road (J. Shapleski, Feilding) 1912/5485 May 11 Application for employment (H. Sarchett, Christchurch) 1912/5490 Jun 04 North Auckland Railway: Re land taken for railway (F. Clark, Kaiwaka) 1912/5515 Jun 01 Reaction of local body in expending thirds on the portion of Mangatoratora Road which is in the best condition (P. McKay, Horopito) 1912/5517 Jun 01 Complaining that himself & other settlers employed on road work have not been paid since early part of March (C. Steadman, Tutamoe) 1912/5591 May 25 Application for employment as Engineer at Lake Coleridge Works (Jas. C. Hendry, Christchurch) 1912/5594 May 07 Application for employment as Inspector in Electrical Branch (J. Lithgoe, Dunedin) 1912/5615 Jun 11 Re compensation for accident. Will take £300 in final settlement of claim (J. Hawkes, Christchurch) 1912/5720 Jun 11 Application for employment as Gardener (H. Kerr, Auckland) 1912/5781 May 11 Re transfer of his son P. A. Lynch to architects or Engineering Branch of Public Works Department (T. W. Lynch, Timaru) 1912/5791 Jun 04 Re obtaining employment for her husband as Overseer (Mrs Allen, St Albans) 1912/5794 Jun 07 Tauranga-Te Puke Railway – request that overbridge be erected to give access from one part of section to the other (R. King, Te Puke) 1912/5868 Jun 16 Re entering P.W. Dept as an engineering cadet (J. A. Beach, Hamilton) 1912/5885 Jun 17 Application for employment as Electrician (T. Kinney, Dunedin)