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Residence date: 1903
Residence place: Rockhampton North, Capricornia, Queensland, Australia
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Baptism certificate Page 222
Baptism solemnised in the Parish St Mary in the diocese of London and county of London in the year 1870
Alleged date of birth July 12 1867. When Baptised July 27th 1870. Child's Christian Name Arthur. Parents James and Emily Coker of 458 Cable Street. James's trade is listed as General Printer. Brother Harry also baptised the same day<hr>
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Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878-1954) Wednesday 25 February 1903
NORTH ROCKHMPTON COUNCIL.
DECLARATION OF NOMINATIONS
A SCENE.
The declaration of nominations in the election of a member of the North Rockhampton Council in the room of Alderman H. Ricketts, resigned, took place yesterday at the North Rockhampton Council Chandlers in the presence of about thirty persons.
The Returning Officer (Alderman J. Canovan) announced that he had received the nominations of Messrs. Arthur Coker and Robert Reid. There would be an election on (Saturday, the 7th of March, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. He asked the candidates to uphold the dignity of North Rockhampton and carry the election out in a quiet, straightforward, and manly way. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. Coker' said he had been asked to come forward by several ratepayers. (Hear, hear.) Being an old resident of North Rockhampton, he should be very pleased to devote his time to the interests of the borough if the ratepayers thought fit to elect him. (Hear, hear.) The burning question at the present time was as to who should be mayor, and if he were returned he should certainly support Alderman C. O. Gough. (Applause.) Mr. Gough had served three years in the Council, the last year of which he acted as Chairman of the Works Committee. In his (Mr. Coker's opinion, when a man had served three years in the Council and had been Chairman of the Works Committee, he was entitled to be mayor, and to his (Mr. Coker's) mind, Mr. Gough was the best man of the two. That was only his view, of course. The question was one for the ratepayers to decide. Another thing he wished to say was that he should like to see the election carried out on fair lines
that the ratepayers should not be gulled by the "alderman maker," and that a man's father should not be brought into tho affair. He (Mr. Coker) was not responsible for what his father had done (Applause.) He was responsible only for himself. When an alderman said he (Mr. Coker) wanted to get into the Council and get the Town Clerk (Mr. A. H. Campbell) the " sack " and reinstate his father he did not think it fair, ilt was not true. The alderman he referred to had sons, and he might get into the same position as his (Mr. Coker's) father.
Alderman W. A. Reaney : Mr. Return ing Officer
Mr. Coker ; If the ratepayers do me the honour to return me I will do my best for the borough at large. I will vote as I think fit and not because somebody else has told me to. (Applause.) The " alderman maker," since he has been in the Council, has had it all his own way ; but if I get in I will vote straight out. If you have the right men in the Council your interests will be looked after properly (Hear, hear.)
Alderman Reaney : I should like to ask
a question ?
The Returning Officer : All right.
Alderman Reaney : Mr. Coker has made some statements with regard to a certain alderman; who, he says, said that if he were elected to the position of alderman he would oust the present Town Clerk and reinstate Mr. James Coker. To whom do you refer, Mr. Coker?
Mr. Coker : To the "alderman maker" of North Rockhampton.
Alderman Reaney : Name him ?
Mr. Coker : Apparently you are the " alderman maker." The cap seems to fit I am willing to answer any questions will reference to the borough, gentlemen.
Alderman Reaney : What alderman do you refer to that made that statement
Mr. Coker : I made that statement to the gentleman that apparently thinks he is an " alderman maker." Perhaps the cap
fits you.
Alderman Reaney : I can safely say I do not know what any other alderman may have done ; but out of my lips such a statement never came, Mr Coker. If you have the slightest proof to bring forward
that I have made those statements it will remain with myself what I will do in the matter. I deny ever having made those statements. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. Reid said it was the usual custom for candidates for municipal honours to express their views on matters relating to the Council ; but there were one or two things he should like to say before he gave his opinion on municipal affairs. As far his character was concerned or anything of that kind, he did not care what was said about him. His opponent had said he had not been long a resident of North Rockhampton. He had been fourteen years in North Rockhampton and though he had been away a good deal there were a great many others who were likewise situated there was a large number who knew him by sight, though probably not by name.
Mr. F. E. Hunt : You have been too modest.
Mr. Reid : Perhaps that is it.
A voice : You do not drink enough beer.
Mr. Reid said that perhaps he had his share of that. His opponents also said that he had only a residence vote. Still that was his own property and be paid rates on it. It had come from one of the aldermen that he (Mr. Reid) had played for a position of alderman on the other side of the river : but that alderman was not present, and he could only say it was a falsehood. There was a better arrangement of affairs required in the borough He should use his best endeavours to have things rectified. The water supply had been a hand-to-mouth affair during the past summer.
A voice : It has not. lt has been 18d a cask. (Laughter.)
Mr. Reid : Some of us have paid more money for bringing it to our doors than we would if we had had a good supply.
A voice. : Are you a well sinker ?
Mr. Reid replied he was not. His postion as an engineer would have been of good service to the Council at that time. No doubt there had been a lot of trouble with the pumps and wells, and perhaps
the little knowledge he had about them would have been worth a great deal. He had given the question of the mayorship some consideration, and he had no hesitation in saying that the borough wanted a man who could always be got at. lt did not want a man who went into the Council and in a week or so might go away for six months on a trip. It had had enough of that. The mayor should
be a man who could always be got at at' a few minutes' notice. If Alderman Gough were elected mayor; perhaps next week he
would be at Yaamba or out west. If the Town Clerk had to go for him, the doors of the Council Chamber would have to be closed and great inconvenience would thereby be caused. He had no hesitation in saying that if he were returned he should vote for Alderman Canovan. (Applause.) One of the things he did not aprove of in any man-he did not care who lie was-was putting up for alderman and not devoting his time to the work. North Rockhampton had had experience of that. If an alderman intended to go away let him send in his resignation. (Applause.)
Mr. Coker moved a vote of thanks to the Returning Officer.
Mr. Reid seconded the motion, and it was carried.
The Returning Officer thanked the candidates for the vote and remarked that he thought, from the tone of the addresses, that he was called upon to say a few words one his own behalf, more especially when he remembered that Mr. Coker had said ---
Mr. Coker : You are Returning Officer.
The Returning Officer : I can speak all the same.
Alderman Reaney : Mr. Coker knows nothing.
A voice : He knows more than Alderman Thomas.
The Returning Officer said that Mr. Coker had made some remarks and he would traverse them. Mr. Coker said Alderman Gough had been three years in the Council and one year Chairman of the Works Committee. He (Alderman Canovan) had been in the Council twelve years and six years on the Works Committee, and he thought he was as well entitled to favour as a man who had been just six years in the Council. But the matter was now in the hands of the ratepayers, and he would let them deal with it. (Hear, hear.)
The proceedings then terminated.
Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878-1954) Monday 9 March 1903 Page 6
NORTH ROCKHAMPTON COUNCIL.
RETURN OF MR. COKER FOR THE VACANT SEAT.
The polling in the election of an alderman of the borough of North Rockhampton in the room of Alderman H. Ricketts, resigned, took place on Saturday. The candidates were Messrs. A. Coker and R. C. Reid. Alderman J. Canovan was the returning officer and the Town Clerk (Mr. A. H. Campbell) the poll clerk; while Mr. F. Woods acted as scrutineer for Mr. Coker und Mr. F. E. Hunt filled the same office for Mr. Reid. The polling, which commenced at nine o'clock in the forenoon, proceeded quietly, ceasing at five o'clock in the afternoon. The vote, however, was a heavy one, 284 votes out of a total of 369 on the roll, or nearly seventy-seven per cent, being cast. At twenty-five minutes to six o'clock, in the presence of a large crowd, the Returning Officer said that after the heat and burden of the day he sup posed they would like to hear the result of their day's fighting. (A voice: "That is what we came for.") It resulted in this way (Another voice: " That you are not the Mayor.") The voting was:
Mr. Coker ...... 158
Mr. Reid ..... 125
Informal . .... 1
Majority for Mr .Coker 33
(Applause.) He thought the contest between what he would call young men or young aspirants to municipal work had been very well carried out, and he hoped the ratepayers had elected the best man. (Voices: "We have") But when he said that he did not say for one moment that they had. (Laughter and interruption.) He did not for a moment stand up on that platform and say that after he had served them(A voice: "Personal." Another voice: " You are the returning officer.") There was nothing personal in what he said. After he had served the ratepayers of North Rockhampton for twelve years (A voice: " And done it well, too,") he thought there would be no personality in him. He thought they should begin at the root of the tree and take the branches as they sprang from the root. What did they get from them? (A voice: "Fruit." Another voice: " Sour fruit sometimes.") Then, it was fruit in another country and in another clime and over the, seas, and honourable men were not recognised in the borough of North Rockhampton. (Disorder.) He called upon Mr. Coker to tender his thanks. (Applause.)
Alderman Coker, who was received with applause, said he was very pleased to be at the head of the poll. He would do his best for the borough, with which he thought he was pretty conversant. He had been there for the last twenty-four years. Some people thought he was a native ; but he was not quite that. He thanked the ratepayers for returning him. (Applause.)
Mr. Reid was received with much applause and some disorder. He said he was the defeated candidate. (A voice: "Full steam ahead." Laughter.) But perhaps there would be another opportunity. (Interruption.) He thanked all who had voted for him. (A voice: " You know who they were.") Yes, he thought he had a very good idea. (A voice: "Not me." " They are all outside and gone home.'') It was the usual thing to thank those who voted against one ; but no man could stand up conscientiously and from the bottom of his heart thank those who voted against him. (Hear, hear.) He would be telling an untruth. Perhaps some other day he would come forward again, and if they did as well for him as they had done that day he should be satisfied. (Hear bear.) If he had been returned he should have done his best. He hoped there would be no ill-feeling between the parties and that Mr. Coker and he would be friends He hoped Mr. Coker would do his duty (The Returning Officer: "He does not know it,")and " burst up " anything underhand in the Council. (A voice: " Come again, Mr. Reid.") He would come again. He moved a vote of thanks to the Returning Officer.
The motion having been carried,
The Returning Officer briefly responded. Tho proceedings then terminated.
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NORTH ROCKHAMPTON COUNCIL. (1903, March 9). Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878-1954), p. 6. Retrieved January 24, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52973580
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"NORTH ROCKHAMPTON COUNCIL." Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878-1954) 9 Mar 1903: 6. Web. 24 Jan 2011.
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1903 'NORTH ROCKHAMPTON COUNCIL.', Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878-1954), 9 March, p. 6, viewed 24 January, 2011, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52973580
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NORTH ROCKHAMPTON COUNCIL
Mr. A. Coker has tendered his resignation as a member of the North Rockhampton council. Nominations in the election of a successor are called for. They must be lodged by four o'clock on th 24th instant.
NORTH ROCKHAMPTON COUNCIL. (1906, August 16). Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878-1954), p. 4. Retrieved February 14, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article53074743
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NORTH ROCKHAMPTON COUNCIL
ALDERMAN COKER STRIKES ALDERMAN REANEY.
The fortnightly meeting of the North Rockhampton Council was held last night. It commenced at eight o'clock. The greater part of the time was taken up in discussing the matter of the appointment of Alderman W.Irwin in the position of acting town clerk on the operation of the recent illness of the Town Clerk (Mr A.H. Campbell. About eleven o'clock, Alderman W. A. Reaney, who occupied a seat at the side of the Council table, in the course of a speech on the subject of Alderman Irwin's appointment made use of the word "disgrace. Alderman A.Coker, who was seated at the end of the table, rose, and, stretching across the table, dealt Alderman Reaney a blow, hitting him on the left cheek and causing blood to flow. Alderman Reaney and Coker ilo-i 1. lii-ianili alderman jumped from their seats and ratepayers who were inside the Council Chambers, rushed in and in a little time separated the ??ers The alderman, including Alderman Coker and Reaney, then resumed their seats and the business was proceeded with. The meeting lasted until midnight. A report of the proceedings is held over.
APA citation
NORTH ROCKHAMPTON COUNCIL. (1904, December 29). Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878-1954), p. 5. Retrieved April 3, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article53022866
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Death reference 1945/001018 Qld State Library<hr>
FUNERAL NOTICE
THE relatives and Friends of Mr and Mrs A. A. Coker, 143 Campbell Street (Son and Daughter-in-law), are repectfully invited to attend the Funeral of their deceased beloved Father, Father-in-law, and Relative, the late MR ARTHUR COKER, of Armstrong Street, North Rockhampton, to move from our Funeral Chapel, William Street, THIS (Wednesday) AFTERNOON at 4 o'clock, for the North Rockhampton Cemetery.
No Flowers-By Request.
FINLAYSON & MCKENZIE,
Funeral Directors, Telephone No. 2269.
A.O.F.
The Members of Court Maid Marion are requested to attend the Funeral of their late Bro. Arthur Coker this Wednesday Afternoon, at 4 o'clock.
By Order, CR.
Members of Courts Robin Hood and Lady Norman are also invited to attend.
Members of Courts Robin Hood and Lady Norman are also invited to attend.
Family Notices. (1945, February 28). Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved September 28, 2011, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56381226
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Coker family plot at the North Rockhampton Cemetery is in the Church of England area Compartment 3, Section 3. There are eight burials; three each in graves 4, 5 and two in grave 6. Buried in grave 4 are: Arthur Coker 28/2/1945, Emily Ellen Coker 24/6/1970 and Estel Frances Maud Coker 16/1/1886.
Buried in grave 5 are: Arthur Coker 22/12/1925, Harry Coker 17/10/1924 and James Thomas Coker 4/8/1920. Buried in grave 6 are: Constance Ellen Coker 28/3/1884 and Mary Florence Coker 6/12/1902<hr>
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Marriage date: Apr 1858
Marriage place: Essex
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1858 Marriage solemnised at St Margaret's Church in the Parish of Barking in the county of Essex
No 346, June 7. James Thomas Coker, 18, bachelor, rigger of Barking. Father: William Coker, rigger
AND
Emily Lee 18 spinster of Barking. Father: Thomas Lee, farmer.
Married in the parish church according to the rites and ceremonies of the established church after banns by me H.F.Seymour. Witesses: Thomas Bray and Selina Allen.<hr>
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