Albion Edward Alfred Brewer (1904 - aft. 1949)

Born 26 Feb 1904 in Carlton North, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

This profile is part of the Brewer Name Study.

Biography

Albion was born in 1904. He was the son of Edward Brewer and Clara Hamilton. ^[1]

Albion married Kathleen (Cassidy) Brewer (bef.1910-) in 1928, and they had three children.

Albion and his wife were publicans and operated pubs throughout Western Australia.

In 1948, Albion took legal action to seek a Publican's Licence to operate the Exchange Hotel in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. His legal case was successful.^[2]

Albion Edward Alfred Brewer successfully sought in the Kalgoorlie Licensing Court yesterday, ... the transfer to himself of a publican's general licence held by Albert Shirley, in respect of the Exchange Hotel in Kalgoorlie. On behalf of the Police Sergeant J. White objected to the transfer.

It was stated by. the applicant that he was 44 years of age, with a wife and three children and was residing at the Exchange Hotel.

After furnishing details of his military service in. the last war, he stated that he was honourably discharged with a permanent disability.

He was the licensee of a hotel at Sawyer's Valley from March 10, 1944, to March 7, 1945, and on March 19, 1945, his application for a licence at the Cleopatra Hotel in Fremantle was granted. There he remained until September 5 1947.

He had secured a lease of the Exchange Hotel and paid £4000 for the stock, furniture, plant and fittings on a walk-in walk-out basis. The police had not objected to his previous licences. In August 1944, and January 1945, under the provisions, of the National Security Regulations he had been prosecuted for not shutting his premises at Sawyer's Valley at 6 p.m. and was fined in respect of those two charges £2 and £3 respectively. While conducting the Cleopatra Hotel he was fined in August, 1947, £10 in connection with the contents of a bottle of Scotch. whisky, but there was never any suggestion that he had broken down the liquor. The applicant explained that he had purchased the whisky from a man who had been on a ship and it had been bottled in Scotland. Tne applicant had not, adulterated it, but the contents did not comply with what was demanded under West Australian law. To Sergeant White: He did not test the strength of the whisky in the bottle and had purchased only the one bottle.

If he were granted the transfer he sought in respect of the Exchange Hotel his wife, who had had previous experience, would be prepared to conduct the catering. Sergeant J. Firth, of the Liquor Inspection Branch in Perth, was called by Sergeant White and told of the circumstances relating to the conviction in connection with the bottle of whisky.

To Mr. Vincent he said that the applicant was of good moral character and that applied also to his wife. Mr. Draper announced that- the application for the transfer would be granted.

He passed away after 1949.

Sources

1. ↑ The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Victoria, Australia, Marriage Records; Registration number: 1821 / 1904; Family name: BREWER; Given name(s): Albion Edward Alfred; Place of event: CARLTON NORTH, Australia; Mother's name: Clara Maud; Mother's family: HAMILTON; Father's Name:Edward
2. ↑ PUBLICAN'S LICENCE (1948, June 3). Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved November 7, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article95725714

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