Western Mail 25 December 1901, page 62
The name of Coote and Maley is known throughout the East Murchison goldfield as brewers of the purest ale. Since this enterprising firm started operations in Lawlers, they have continued to prosper, and although the gradual increase of business has from time to time necessitated the extension of buildings, their plant and brewing accommodation is still inadequate for the output. The firm produces a fine light ale, admirably suited to this warm climate.
East Murchison News 21 February 1903, page 7
Made from the best hops and malt with the purest of water, and matured in a cool underground cellar, it is of a quality hard to beat and, after all, it is quality that tells; their future success is assured. The firm’s manager is Mr Maley, a gentleman who is well-known and widely respected.
The East Murchison Brewery – Coote and Maley Proprietors, Lawlers – Image TROVE
For the information of visitors to Lawlers, it may be stated that the best hotel there is owned and managed by Mr T. Callaghan, selling Coote and Maley Ales. The Great Eastern Hotel, Lawlers, has the homely surroundings of an old established hostelry, and on account of the first-class accommodation provided, it is liberally patronised by the traveller.
Great Western Hotel Lawlers – Image SLWA
The dining room is spacious, the table good, the bedrooms cool and lofty, and, above all. plunge and shower baths are provided to afford some degree of comfort to visitors after a wearisome coach drive. Only the best of wines and spirits are stocked, and this, combined with good management, is responsible for the high place this hotel holds in public estimation.
Dining Room of the Great Eastern Hotel Lawlers – Photo SLWA
There were three partners in the business of Coote and Mayley – George Isaac Audley Coote – Charles Crowther Maley – William Henry Elliott; the partnership was dissolved in 1903.
This popular advertising jingle talks of Coote and Maley beer – East Murchison News, 9 March 1901, page 6
THE BEST DRINKS
Talk of Coote and Maley’s beer
And other drinks as well,
Usher’s special, O.V.G.,
Or famous D.C.L.,
The most refreshing drink of all
The nicest beverage made
Taken straight or with a dash
Is Tyrer’s Lemonade.
It braces up the system,
And makes a fellow feel :
That life ain’t beer and skittles
But that it’s bally real.
There’s many a man who oft is
On a bed of sickness laid
Because he hasn’t drank enough
Of Tyrer’s Lemonade.
Because he stuffs himself oe’r night
With pints of local beer,
And mixes it with whiskey
When he’s fairly on his ear.
Then in the morning when he wakes
His head is fit to burst,
And feels he is the sole possessor
Of the ‘Great Australian Thirst’.
He wants a drink to put him straight,
Here’s a one that cannot fail,
There is no pick-me-up on earth
Like Tyrer’s Ginger Ale.
The greatest ‘corpse-reviver”
That ever yet was made
Is mixed with Tyrer’s Ginger Ale,
Or Tyrer’s Lemonade.
About the partners:
COOTE: George Isaac Audley was from Glenorchy, Tasmania. He married Clara Ida ATHERTON; he was the son of Sir Moses Audley Coote and Alice Harriett Aaron. They had four children: George Edmund Audley, born in Lawlers, WA, in 1902; Percival Audley, born in 1903 in Queensland; Douglas Audley, born in 1905 in Queensland; and Charlotte Alice, born in 1907 in Queensland. George died in 1968, aged 72 years, and is buried in Mareeba, Queensland.
MALEY: Charles Crowther was from Geraldton, WA. He married Sarah Teresa McKeefry at Saint Mary’s Church, Lawlers in 1909. He was the son of John Stephen MALEY and Elizabeth Kniest WALDECK; he died aged 53 in 1929. By 1915, Charles and Sarah had separated, and Charles had a de facto relationship with Verna Marion Amarnell Davey. The couple had four children: Albert Joseph born 1915, Evyline May born 1919, plus two others stillborn.
Charles Crowther Maley and Sarah Teresa nee McKeefry on their wedding day in Lawlers in 1909.
ELLIOTT William Henry Adolphus was from Sandhurst, Victoria. He was the son of Albert Elliott and Annie Brain. He married Martha Tryphena Watkins in Kalgoorlie, WA, in 1897. They had no children; he died in 1938, aged 71 yrs and was buried in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery, WA.
William Henry Adolphus Elliott – Image Ancestry.com
John Stephen Maley and sons. L-R Back – Solomon Shenton, Charles Crowther, Frederick William, Albert Edward & Henry Kennedy. Front: Septimus Frank, Arthur Roy, John Stephen and John Morrison.
The Maley Family – Image Ancestry.com
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