[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…
Laurel St is the type of neighbourhood street that is a mecca for families. Take a walk down this quiet Mt Albert cul de sac and there is no shortage of evidence – front yards with trampolines, bikes and scooters. Not too hard to imagine groups of neighbourhood kids outside playing with each-other on summer evenings.
[December 16, 1940 – Auckland Star]. With a real Father Christmas in full regalia and a nine-foot high Christmas tree laden in every branch, a frolicsome Popeye-the-Sailorman, a sedate Mr. Jiggs, and a circus clown dispensing fun, over 120 children of men from Mount Albert who are serving overseas thoroughly enjoyed a party organised by the local Women’s Patriotic Committee in the…
A keen group of local volunteers want rat traps in more Mt Albert back yards to support their push to make the mountain rat free. The Owairaka Ratbaggers group has been working to rid the Mt Albert/Owairaka Domain of the pesky predators since August. They are now looking to ramp up the project by encouraging…
[January 26, 1926 – New Zealand Herald] Plans for important stormwater drainage works in Mount Eden, Mount Albert and Mount Roskill have been prepared by the engineer to the Auckland Drainage Board, Mr. H. H. Watkins, for the approval of the several bodies concerned. The scheme is designed to deal on proper engineering lines with…
[August 16, 1923 – Auckland Star] The story of a 15-year-old girl who held up little children on the street and robbed them of money was told to Mr. J. W. Poynton, S.M., in the Juvenile Police Court this morning. Rather remarkable is the record of the girl’s exploits. It was stated that for some…
[October 4, 1938 – New Zealand Herald] Furnishing full facilities for the pursuit of modern research and experiment, the newly-established Plant Research Station at Mount Albert is expected to be in full operation by the middle of December. Although some of the scaffolding has yet to be removed, the administrative and laboratory building is structurally…
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Mt Albert has been well represented in the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. Former Mt Albert resident, and one of the New Zealand army’s most senior women, Lieutenant Colonel Esther Harrop has recently returned from a nine-month deployment in the fledgling east African country. While there she worked closely with former Mt Albert…
An excerpt from a round-up of election meetings in 1893. New Zealand women are voting for the first time. [November 24, 1893 – New Zealand Herald] A well-attended meeting of women electors was held in the Mount Albert Hall yesterday afternoon. Mrs. W. Rattray was in the chair, and briefly stated the object of the…
The new principal at Mt Albert Primary School is no stranger to the local community – and her goal is to make it “the school of choice” for parents and pupils. Marian Caulfield, who took up the reins at our oldest primary school at the beginning of the fourth term, spent several years at Gladstone Primary…