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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Apr 11, 1942
Page
3
The text details offences and penalties for noncompliance with price and rental regulations, including failure to produce documents, false information, and default fines. It covers landlord tenant rules, rent controls, exemptions by licence, board investigations, and the commissioner’s powers to set maximum rents and approve increases with various conditions.
The court may bar the offender from business activities for a period on third or later offences. A contravening person faces up to three months on summary conviction or up to five years on indictment. Provisions apply as the Attorney General or prosecutor request.
Published by authority under The Emergency Powers Defence Act 1940 the Governor in Commission announced regulations concerning dwellings defined as separate living units in Newfoundland. The rules designate a Commissioner for Public Health and Welfare or his replacement to apply orders, with limits on rents including board or furniture.
The passage notes regulations named Defence (Rent Restrictions) Regulations of 1941. It states the regulations may be cited by that title and provides the formal naming used for legal reference. The content implies a wartime framework applying rent controls.
In Montreal on March 12 the £110,000 negligence suit against Quebec Airways was nearing completion. Widows of Gerald Davidson and Joseph Cote claim the 1939 Labrador coast crash that killed them and Pilot Joseph Fecteau was caused by airline negligence. Testimony said Davidson was told to expect a radio and a capable pilot. Mrs. Davidson stated De Blicquy piloted the first leg and that she was told his six to ten day absence.
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