Edwin Joseph KEENE [605]

  General Notes:

1876 SA Births 169/252 KEENE Edwin Joseph John Alexander KEENE Julia ROSE, Adelaide
1952 SA Deaths 779/779 KEENE Edwin Joseph, Adelaide

Daily Herald (Adelaide) Friday 20 Feb 1920
NEW WAGES BOARD.
The following have been nominated as representatives of employers on the iron and steel moulders wages board:-Reginald Leslie Cox, c/o J. S. Bagshaw & Sons, Ltd., factory superintendent; Allen Cameron Harley, jun, c/o A. C. Harley & Co, Adelaide, ironfounder; Edwin Joseph Keene, 35 Bakewell road, Evandale, iron and brass founder; Thomas Lander, c/o Union Engineering Company, Ltd., Southwork, managing director; and Lewis Henry Parker, 71 Roebuck street, Mile End, works manager. The representatives of the employes are:-Albert Henry Coles, of Albert street, Prospect, furnace man; Walter Fitzgerald, 276 Currie street, Adelaide, fettler; George William Langford, Victoria street, Paddington, Knee water, iron moulder; Frederick Baker Stafford, 222 Jeffcott street, North Adelaide, moulder; and George Gregory Stowdor, 5 Wilkinson road, Parkside, metal moulder.

The Register Friday 20 May 1934
NEW LOCAL COMPANY.
Hudd & Co., Limited, capital, £38,000 in 30,000 shares of £1 each, of which 9,850 are to be issued to the vendor as fully paid up pursuant to agreement. Objects, -to purchase, acquire, and take over as a going concern all the business and assets, including goodwill of William Hudd and Co., of 224 Divett place, Adelaide, motor cycle and cycle accessories dealers, and oil the liabilities in connection there with. Applicants for formation of company, Edmund William Hudd, Prospect, merchant 1; Edwin Joseph Keene, Wayville, ironmonger, 1; Frederick James Woods, Adelaide, merchant, 1; Gordon Stanley Gunn, Prospect, merchant 1; Harold Marchant, Torrensville, merchant, 1; Samuel Wilson, Prospect, merchant 1. First directors. Messrs. W. Hudd, S. Wilson, Dr. C. V. Wells, and E. J. Keene. Registered office, 24 Divett place, Adelaide. Incorporated May 28.

The Advertiser Friday 24 July 1936
Conspiracy and Larceny Charges
Alexander John Russell, laborer, of Kensington road, Marryatville, and William Desmond Costello, laborer, of Hanson street, City, were charged before Mr. Muirhead, P.M. in No. 1 Adelaide Police Court yesterday, with having, at Hindmarsh, on July 22, conspired together with intent to defraud by means of a false pretence, namely, that certain metal was white metal. Cyril Howard Morrell, laborer, of Vinrace street, City, and Russell were charged that, between July 26 and 27, at Hindmarsh, they stole 13 cwt. of lead cable wire, valued at £42, the property of Edwin Joseph Keene. The three men were remanded until July 31. Bail was allowed to each in a bond of £40, with two sureties for £20 each. Assistant Police Prosecutor Bond appeared for file police, and Mr. E. Mill.

New Thursday 13 August 1936
MAN TO BE TRIED ON THEFT COUNT
Conspiracy Charge Fails
A charge against William Desmond Costello, laborer, of Hanson street. Alexander John Russell, laborer, of Marryatville, and Cyril Howard Morrell, dealer, of Adelaide, was dismissed by Mr. Muirhead. P.M., in the Adelaide Police Court. They were charged with having at Hindmarsh on July 22 conspired together with intent to defraud by falsely I pretending that certain metal was white metal. Russell and Morrell were also charged with having, on or about June 27, at Adelaide, stolen 30 cwt. of lead cable wire, valued at £42 belonging to Edwin Joseph Keene. Mr. Muirhead discharged Russell, and committed Morrell for trial, allowing bail on defendant's own bond of £60 with a surety of £30. Morrell reserved his defence. The Assistant Police Prosecutor (Mr. Bond) prosecuted, and Mr. E. Millhouse appeared for the two defendants. Buildings at Norwood. The value of plans and specifications for new buildings and additions, approved by the Kensington and Norwood Council at their last meeting, amounts to £4,610. These include one new dwelling.

News Friday 8 Feb 1952
KEENE.-On February 8, at his residence, 9 Trevelyan street, Wayville, Edwin Joseph, the loved husband of Vera Irene Keene, and loving father of Joan and Vera.

News Friday 8 Feb 1952
FUNERAL
KEENE.-The Friends of the late Mr. EDWIN JOSEPH KEENE are respectfully informed that his Funeral will leave his late Residence, 5 Trevelyan street, Wayville, on SATURDAY at 11 a.m. for the Centennial Park Cemetery. ALFRED JAMES & SONS. A.F.D.A. Unley and Mile End.

Edwin married Vera Irene Gwendolyn HUGHES [595] [MRIN: 209], daughter of George Robert II HUGHES [240] and Mary FISHER [284], on 10 Apr 1911 in Methodist Church, Parkside, Adelaide, South Australia. (Vera Irene Gwendolyn HUGHES [595] was born on 23 Aug 1890 in North Adelaide, South Australia, died on 3 Jun 1983 in Wayville, Adelaide, South Australia and was cremated on 6 Jun 1983 in Centennial Park Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia.)

  Marriage Notes:

1911 SA Marriages 247/78 KEENE Edwin Joseph HUGHES Vera Irene Gwendolyn, Adelaide

The Register Thursday 18 May 1911
Marriage Notice:
KEENE-HUGHES-On the 10th April, at the Parkside Methodist Church, by the Rev. W. Jeffries, Edwin Joseph, eldest son of John A. Keene, Adelaide, to Vera Irene, youngest daughter of Geo. R. Hughes. Eastwood.