Manawatu Railway Company, W M Ry Co
Founded, 1881, by Wellington Chamber of Commerce, initially in complete work on the Wellington-Johnsonville line begun by government in 1879 but halted in 1880; first trains to Paremata ran in 1885 and entire railway to Longburn, near Palmerston North, completed in Oct 1886. The government exercised its option and nationalised the line in 1908, for £900,000.
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Date:
[1897-1903]
From:
Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers
Ref:
73-128-259
Description:
Draft legal documents, correspondence and other papers relating to Isabel Field's business affairs
Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Date:
1882, 1886
From:
Crawford family : Papers
Ref:
MS-Papers-1001-099
Description:
Letters from Robert Park, 1882 re graving dock at Evans Bay etc; memorandums from Wellington & Manawatu Railway Company Ltd, 1886-1887 re block of land owned...
Date:
[1900-1902]
From:
Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers
Ref:
73-128-114
Description:
Identified persons entered under Name; also includes letter from Hutt County Council regarding difficulty of collecting rates from Maori land owners, letters...
Date:
[1878-1923]
From:
Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers
Ref:
fMS-Papers-6904-01
Description:
Leases, caveats, mortgage memoranda and agreements, indenture, memorandum of transfer relating to land in the Muaupoko A No 3 Block, mortgage of shares, insu...
Date:
[1898-1899]
From:
Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers
Ref:
73-128-009
Description:
Identified persons or firms entered under Name (many unidentified, and minor transactions not indexed); also includes letter from N [?] Venables, Waikanae, f...
Date:
[1898-1899]
From:
Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers
Ref:
73-128-218
Description:
Identified persons entered under Name; includes auction arrangements for Ngarara West A and C blocks; map of land between The Terrace and Lambton Quay with h...
Date:
1901
By:
Plimmer, John, 1812-1905
Ref:
MS-Papers-2005
Description:
`The life of John Plimmer... ' was published for private circulation in 1901 and comprises reminiscences, letters to the press and verses by John Plimmer wit...
Date:
1883
From:
Vogel, Julius (Sir), 1835-1899 : Papers
Ref:
MS-Papers-2072-37
Description:
Business papers relating to development in Western Australia including pastoral leases, prospectus for a syndicate to construct a railway line, report of Euc...
Date:
1906
By:
Blomfield, John Collis, 1878-1942
Ref:
B-040-014
Description:
Shows R J Seddon telling John Stevens, M H R for Manawatu, that he will wait for "ripe plum" of proposed Manawatu railway to fall into his basket (labelled "...
Date:
1886
From:
New Zealand Railways: [Ephemera relating to railways, railway trains, rail timetables, rail travel in New Zealand. 1800s]
By:
Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Ltd; Simcox, Francis Selwyn, 1880-1967
Ref:
Eph-A-RAIL-1886-01
Description:
A menu and toast list produced for the occasion of a celebratory lunch. The toast list includes toasts by: The Premier, Mr W T L Travers, Sir Julius Vogel, M...
Date:
[ca 1890s]
By:
Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Ltd
Ref:
1/2-122099-F
Description:
Waikanae, with a railway bridge and train in the foreground, photographed circa 1890s, by the Wellington & Manawatu Railway Company.
Inscriptions: Photograp...
Date:
[ca 1892]
From:
Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Ref:
PAColl-D-0692
Description:
Ob Class steam locomotive, Wellington and Manawatu Railway Co. no 11, 2-8-0 type. Also No 12 and No 1. Photograph taken at Thorndon possibly by an unidentifi...
Date:
[ca 1913]
From:
Williams family : Papers
Ref:
AO-76-295
Description:
Comprises plans of Rev Samuel Williams's freehold property at Patangata and of part of the Napier-Manawatu railway going through Waipawa county (blocks Pukek...
Date:
1881-1909
By:
Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Ltd
Ref:
MSX-2557
Description:
Comprises complete set of the company's printed annual reports detailing its construction and operating activities.
Includes handwritten note of important da...
Ref:
MapColl-832.4cbum/[19-?]/Acc.37101-2
Description:
Map with topographical features of the Rimutaka Ranges bordering Akatarawa and Wairarapa in the north, southwards to Belmont, Puketaha and the Orongorongo Ri...
Date:
1885
By:
Falkner, A, active 1880-1885
Ref:
MapColl-v832.4gme/1885/Acc.2705
Description:
A vignette in a larger map showing the Makurerua Swamp along the bottom, and six oval vignettes of the Belmont Viaduct, Porirua Habour and Paekakariki on th...
Date:
1908
By:
Isaacs, Jacob Nathan, 1877-1962; Andrews, W H (Mr), active 1970s
Ref:
PAColl-D-0045
Description:
Photograph of Wellington and Manawatu Railway Way and Works staff taken outdoors by J N Isaacs of Wellington.
Back row: J Hore, H Jamieson, W Nelson, W Smith...
Date:
1908
By:
Isaacs, Jacob Nathan, 1877-1962
Ref:
PAColl-D-0754
Description:
Photograph of Wellington and Manawatu Railway Way and Works staff taken outdoors by J N Isaacs of Wellington.
Back row: J Hore, H Jamieson, W Nelson, W Smith...
Date:
1908
By:
Isaacs, Jacob Nathan, 1877-1962
Ref:
PAColl-D-0764
Description:
Photograph of Wellington and Manawatu Railway Engineering Staff taken outdoors by J N Isaacs of Wellington, 1908.
Back row: G C Asher, G S M Batham, S Hall, ...
Date:
1890 - 1899
By:
Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Ltd; Taylor, W Ross, active 1971
Ref:
MapColl-832.43gme/[189-?]/Acc.36397
Description:
Map of water levels between Hadfield Station and the coast, a distance of 1 mile 62.30 chains, with data taken 100 feet below the railway (at site of Hadfiel...
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