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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Apr 26, 1930
Page
4
The Twillingate Sun lists subscription prices for Newfoundland Canada England and other countries with advance payment. Advertising rates are shown for long term and short term placements with a 25 cent note for notes of thanks. The paper disclaims responsibility for late news items and reader opinions.
Reports say Lloyd George supports Snowdon Budget despite a large deficit and accuses Snowdon of settling Churchill's gambling debts. Dispatches from Bombay claim Gandhi's civil disobedience spreads across India with clashes injuring several. An educated person is said to know if there is peace or war. What about India?
A well rendered show held Thursday night by the Arm Lad's Brigade featured band selections dialogues and other items to entertain the audience. Mr J W Minty former Captain chaired and spoke briefly. The hall was filled and many were turned away with plans to repeat the program Monday at Alexandra Hall.
The Thursday night event by the Salvation Army organizations and Boy Scout drill drew a packed hall. Band selections and other items pleased attendees while proceeds surpassed $100, including entrance fees and candy and ice cream sales.
St Andrew’s Sewing Class held its Annual Tea and Sale of Work Tuesday night in their Hall. The tea attracted many attendees and was well prepared. The event raised funds for the Sunday School.
A fragmentary note reports Abram Kean Jr arriving at St Johns on the 17th with a weight showing 14 pounds and 6.5 ounces, and notes about baggage or state of health.
Letter to the editor from a hospital official warns residents not to rely on work on the new wing. He notes the project will use concrete blocks and masonry, with limited digging and only about twenty five workers at peak. Experienced tradespeople are prioritized, leaving few openings for unskilled labor.
In Twillingate Sun report H C Roberts thanks God and praises Lucy Gillard for her quick actions when five year old Ruby nearly drowned after tumbling into a well. Gillard called for help, kept the child’s head above water with a stick, and Roberts rescued Ruby with a ladder.
Motor Boat Dorothy left on Wednesday with Captain Butcher and part crew of St. Clyde en route to St. John's to bring the Bay steamer in to commence passenger, mail, and freight service.
An online style notice from Harlan Rideout and Ch Churchill offers carpentry painting paper hanging and related services across Cape Fogo to Cape John. They invite calls or letters and promise satisfactory work by contract or hourly rate.
The New Wing Campaign of Memorial Hospital lists acknowledgments totaling 1518 81 with various donors including Miss Mary N. Xeate secretary and Mrs H E French. A letter from K Wellington Roberts and a pledge from Dr Albert Godenier accompanies additional support. The notice dated April 25 1933 notes thanks led by K M Batten chairman and Batten secretary.
The Children of St. Peter’s Day School announce an Annual Sale on April 30 at the Parish Hall. Doors open 6 p.m. Admission is general. Revenue sources include Tea, 40 cents. Children tea 30 cents. Counter I girls work. Counter II boys work. Candy. Ice cream 5 and 10 cent portions. Grab Bag. Door register of attendees.
The firm of John Maunder offers an illustrated sheet featuring many prominent St John’s buildings and surrounding areas with views of outlying districts and approximate distances from the Maunder Store on Dy.
A resident writes a grateful note to the editor thanking Doctors Parsons and Wood, the nursing staff, and the hospital team for care during a March 17 admission and a three week stay. Special thanks go to Mr John Guy for his blood donation and wishes are offered for the New Wing Campaign Committee.
Mrs. Adolphus Fifield of Sunny Side Sstring Neck thanks Doctor Parsons and the Memorial Hospital nurses for their kind care during her illness. She also thanks visiting friends and the editor for space in the paper.
New Brunswick resident Mrs. W Berry credits Dodd’s Kidney Pills with relief from kidney trouble. She keeps a box at home and recommends them to others suffering from kidney pain. The ad cites kidney weakness as the cause and notes the pills strengthen kidneys and relieve backache. Available from Druggists and The Dodds Medicine Co Toronto Ontario.
Mrs. Edwin A Crowther of St. John's expresses gratitude through our columns for telegrams and letters of sympathy in the loss of her husband who passed away a few weeks ago.
The Brigade the Arm Lads schedule a second contest on Monday night April 28 at Alexander Hall. Doors open at 7:30 for general admission ten cents and reserve seats at seven quarters.
Telegraph dispatch notes Canadian liquor export focus moving to St Pierre and Miquelon as English and Scotch manufacturers concentrate there. Obituaries include Lady Morine of Toronto. Fire destroys Jonas Stuckless home at Millertown. Regular tri weekly train service between St John's and Port aux Basques resumes tomorrow. Government candidate Leon Murphy announced for Pia Centia West. Nascopie and Terra Nova seal counts and voyage notes, with seals estimated around two million near Quirpon and Straits of Belle Isle. Ranger and Nascopie crews report pelts and cargo figures while United States Senate rejects quota proposal affecting Canada and Newfoundland immigration. Elections in Placentia West Bona Vista North and Lewisporte scheduled May 7 nomination, May 17 polling. Leo Murphy and Nathan Winsor named, Lady Helena Squires named for Lewisporte. Terra Nova reports 3633 seals landed. Nascopie 32 26 1/4.
Professor Adolphus Linfield of Boston University School of Theology lectured on The Impact of Personality at the Hingham Methodist Episcopal Church Monday evening under the American Bible Class. The Martin Chapter of the American Bible Class in Dorchester provided the music.
His Excellency the Governor in Council appoints Frank Roberts J P to be a Notary Public for the Colony Nfld Gazette.
Confederation Life reports corrections to their Hospital New Wing Fund list. Mr. Martin Young is listed from North Side but is the hospital electrician living on the South Side. An error in a price cited for a subscription by Ashbournes Ltd. is corrected to 100 dollars. Mr. Thomas Roberts Sr. of Wild Cove should receive 50 cents credited to the campaign start. The list from Morton's Harbour, via J. W. Small, appears on page two of this issue.
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