Albert Edwin Rees [3928]

  Noted events in his life were:

• Registration: Birth, 1876, Carcoar District, New South Wales. ² 9875/1876
REES, ALBERT EDWIN
ALBERT
JULIA ANNE
CARCOAR

• Newspaper: ARBITRATION COURT, 1923 Jun 26, Perth, , Western Australia, Australia. ³ ARBITRATION COURT. (1923, June 26). The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 -1950), p. 8 Edition: THIRD EDITION. Retrieved July 20, 2012, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article83190129>
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Albert Edwin Rees a loading mainten-ance man on the section of the pipe line immediately east of Southern Cross, said he received 17s 4d a day. He did other work in the town. There were 180 joints to the mile, and these had to be attended to. The ordinary tools weighed from 50 to 60 pounds. Some of the leaks were very dif-ficult to locate, the pipes being six feet below the ground. Sometimes the men had to dive Into the water to plug the pipes. They were never allowed anything for wet jobs. It took about, two hours to patrol a section. If their clothes got wet they had to go on working in them. The bare household expenses were £15 per month. Witness could not make ends meet on the present wage, and had been slipping back for the last three years. Also there were no avenues of employ-ment open to his children, the oldest of whom was 18. The children found it ex-tremely difficult to get to school. One boy had won a scholarship at the Perth Modern School, but it cost witness £50 a year over and above his scholarship sub-sidy, Witness was doubtful if he could keep him there. Another boy had a good chance of getting to the High School, but witness would not be able to keep him there if he did gain admission. Cross-examined by Mr. Munt, witness said his section was not provided with a pump for getting the water out of the trench when bursts occurred. (Proceeding.)

• Newspaper: WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 1923 Jun 27, Perth, , Western Australia, Australia. ⁴ WESTERN AUSTRALIA. (1923, June 27). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 -1954), p. 7. Retrieved July 20, 2012, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22623301>

Albert Edwin Rees. who is a, leading maintenance man on No. 1 station situ-ated a few miles eastward from South-ern Cross, supplied further evidence with regard to the conditions of pump-ing station employees. He had to pa-trol his section of the line, repair joints, and attend to valves, branch mains, etc. Sometimes when a burst occurred he had to strip and plunge under water in a flooded trench to repair the leakage. So far as his finances were concerned he had been "slipping back'' during the last three years; it was very difficult to make both ends meet.
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• Newspaper: W.A. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, 1923 Jul 3, Kalgoorlie, , Western Australia, Australia. ⁵ W.A. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. (1923, July 3). Western Argus (Kalgoorlie, WA : 1916 -1938), p. 13. Retrieved July 20, 2012, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article34258910>

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Albert Edwin Rees, leading maintenance man on the section of the pipe line immediately east of Southern Cross, said he received 17/4 a day. There were 180 joints to the mile, and these had to be attended to. Some of the leaks were very difficult to locate, the pipes being 6 ft. below the surface. Sometimes the men had to dive into the water to plug the pipes. They were never allowed anything for wet jobs. It took about two hours to patrol a section. Bare household expenses were £15 a month. Witness could not make ends meet on the present wage, and had been slipping back for the last three years. Also, there were no avenues of employment open to his children, the eldest of whom was 18. One of his boys had won a scholarship at the Perth Modern School, but it cost witness £50 a year over and above the scholarship subsidy. Witness was doubtful if he could keep the boy at school.

• Registration: Death, 1945, Yilgarn, , Western Australia, Australia. ⁶ REES
ALBERT E
Male




YILGARN
16
1945

Albert married Frances Elizabeth Emily Wood Copp [32755] [MRIN: 12213], daughter of Robert Copp [36269] and Betsy Wood [36270], about 1904 in Menzies, , Western Australia, Australia.¹ (Frances Elizabeth Emily Wood Copp [32755] was born before 1889 and died on 1959 Jul 2 in Marrickville, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Registration: Marriage, 1904, Menzies, , Western Australia, Australia. ⁷ REES
ALBERT EDWIN
Male
COPP
FRANCES ELIZABETH EM
Female
MENZIES

543
1904