[April 5, 1940 – New Zealand Herald] Incorporating the latest improvements in school architecture, the new Mount Albert Primary School is nearing completion. Constructed on the open-air principle, it will cost nearly £20,000. It is expected that the school will be ready for occupation in four or five weeks, which means that, if it is required, the building could be opened at…
[October 6, 1926 – Auckland Star] The fact that Mt. Albert Road runs through three districts, namely: Onehunga, Mt. Roskill and Mt. Albert, has caused confusion in the minds of the public when corresponding with residents in the road. The Onehunga postal delivery extends from Royal Oak, Onehunga, to the Veterans’ Home and the public…
[August 28, 1908 – Auckland Star] The glare reflected from sheets of flame issuing from the eaves and windows of the Mt. Albert railway station awakened the residents in the vicinity shortly after midnight this morning. The first to become aware of the fire was Mr. F. W. Hunt, who after hurriedly dressing, rushed…
[September 21, 1927 – Auckland Star] Apathy in regard to their local affairs is a charge that could not be levelled on the ratepayers of Mount Albert Borough, there being a record attendance at the Jubilee Hall, King’s Lane, last evening, when the second of a series of indignation meetings was held as a protest against…
[April 20, 1932 – New Zealand Herald] An increased number of men was at work yesterday on the relief undertakings in and round the city, although in some districts, notably Mount Albert, the men appeared to have taken a determined stand against returning to work. Only about 40 men out of the 400 for whom…
[April 17, 1922 – New Zealand Herald] Owing to cases of typhoid fever having been notified in the Mount Albert district during the last few days, the medical officer of health, Dr. T. J. Hughes, has taken certain precautionary measures and recommends others for private observance until further investigations have determined the cause of the outbreak. The water mains…
[January 23, 1923 – Auckland Star] A deputation from the Mt. Albert Borough Council, headed by the Mayor (Mr. A. F. Bennett), waited on the Auckland Electric Power Board yesterday afternoon to ascertain when current would be available in that suburb. Mr. Bennett said that he wished to remind the board that there was such a place as…
[June 3, 1922 – Auckland Star] To The Editor. Sir, —Permit me to explain that the Ratepayers’ Association headed by Mr. Eadie, which has been making such a fuss over the Mt. Albert dump, asking the Minister to order its removal over the council’s head and asking the city to take in our borough, is…
[October 6, 1909 – New Zealand Herald] At a sitting of’ the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. E. C. Cutten, S.M., Jane Kilgour, of Waikowai, proceeded against Vincent Kerr-Taylor, a well-known farmer, of Mount Albert, on a charge of having committed perjury at a sitting of the Magistrate’s Court, held at Auckland on Thursday, August…
[May 9, 1918 – Auckland Star] On Tuesday evening last nine of the eleven members comprising the Mt. Albert volunteer fire brigade announced their resignation from the brigade, the two remaining men being Mr. F. Marter. the captain, and a member who performed the duties of turncock in the borough. The Mayor of Mount Albert (Mr…
[December 8, 1881 – New Zealand Herald] The quarterly meeting of the above Licensing Court was held at noon yesterday, at the Court-house, Onehunga, and was composed of Mr. J. E. Macdonald, R.M., Chairman, and Messrs. James Robertson, J. D. Jackson, and Thomas Paton, Commissioners. The principal business of the Bench was to consider an…
{April 4, 1914 – New Zealand Herald] A meeting of the ratepayers of Mount Albert was held in the Jubilee Hall, Kingsland, last night, to consider the question of the raising of the proposed £50,000 loan for the borough. The hall was crowded. Mr. M. J. Coyle, Mayor of Mount Albert, occupied the chair, and…