[November 16, 1929 – New Zealand Herald] The action of the Mayor of Mount Albert, Mr. L. E. Rhodes, in sending a telegram to the Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Coates, asking him to oppose the amendment to the Transport Bill, was criticised at a special meeting of the Borough Council on Thursday. It was…
[June 2, 1908 – Auckland Star] The interest which Mr. M. McLean has taken in the matter of the extension of the tramway service to Mt. Albert has led to the question being re-opened. At last night’s meeting of the Mt. Albert Road Board it was reported that Mr. Walklate (tramways manager) had accompanied the chairman of the Board (Mr. Coyle)…
[March 13, 1926 – Auckland Star] There is an epidemic of petty thieving in the Mt. Albert district just at present. On Thursday evening, the Mt. Albert Borough Council offices were broken into. Entrance was gained, it is said, through a window at the back of the offices. The place was ransacked, but the perpetrators…
[September 11, 1922 – New Zealand Herald] An annexe to the Methodist Orphanage at Mount Albert was formally opened on Saturday. For the purposes of the annexe, which was necessitated by the growing needs of the orphanage, the board of management recently acquired the property adjoining the home, in Alexandra Avenue, Mount Albert, of the…
[November 15, 1921 – New Zealand Herald] The question of the Morningside rubbish dump and the recent strictures thereon figured largely in the business dealt with by the Mount Albert Borough Council at its meeting last evening. The Mayor, Mr. A. F. Bennett, reported that he had had gangs of men at work for the past five days, covering…
[January 28, 1925 – Auckland Star] The Mount Albert Fire Brigade was discussed several times at last evening’s meeting of the Borough Council. The Mayor, Mr. L. E. Rhodes, stated that a letter from the secretary of the brigade requesting the provision of a new fire motor had been withdrawn, better counsel evidently having prevailed.…
[December 15, 1932 – Auckland Star] “The progress of events during the year has done nothing to help post-primary schools in their work of vocational guidance,” said the headmaster of the Mount Albert Grammar School, Mr. G. W. Gamble, in his report presented at the prize-giving ceremony of the school last evening. Professor A. P. W. Thomas…
[March 12, 1914 – New Zealand Herald] At the beginning of this year the Mayor of Mount Albert (Mr. M. J. Coyle) entered into negotiations with the owners of Gribble’s estate, with a view to the acquisition of that part of the estate known as Cabbage Tree Swamp, as a park for the district. The…
[July 22, 1913 – New Zealand Herald] The damage caused to footpaths and channels in various parts of the Mount Albert Borough, by vehicles crossing them where no proper crossings had been constructed, was brought before the notice of the Mount Albert Borough Council by the Mount Albert Ratepayers’ Association last evening. The new footpaths…
[August 23, 1917 – New Zealand Herald] A party of invalided soldiers, 28 officers and 536 other ranks, arrived in Auckland yesterday. The contingent contained an unusually large quota of serious cases, those listed as cot cases numbering something over 230. In addition, there was more than the usual number of men who had lost…
[October 29, 1932 – Auckland Star] One advantage of staging school boxing contests in the afternoon is that a capacity house is assured as far as the boys themselves are concerned. For that reason the winners’ semi-finals and finals of the Mount Albert Grammar School’s first championship tournament were given ovations which many mightier athletes…
[March 30, 1927 – Auckland Star] The Mt. Albert Borough Council met last evening, the Mayor (Mr. L. E. Rhodes) presiding. Earthenware v. Concrete Pipes.—A letter was received from a local firm drawing attention to the fact that tenders for a drainage contract had specified earthenware pipes and asked if the council could not make…