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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Jul 08, 1933
Page
2
Advert reads that Dr Hamilton's Pills digest meals and relieve sour stomach and bad breath. Claims include improved digestion and increased strength, with relief from headaches and constipation, and promises of renewed vigor, sold everywhere.
June 12 1933 session saw petitions from Bell Island miners on seed potatoes tabled questions answered by the Secretary of State and amendments to the Public Utilities Bill discussed by the Prime Minister who favored a two week delay not two months. The Fire Insurance Local Government and Insolvency Bills were deferred and the Anglo Newfoundland Development Company timber holding bill received second reading with Agriculture Minister noting the firm acquired licenses from Dr Mooney and Mr Stafford and that saw mill projects would be pursued to support enlarged plant output.
The passage notes a Silett Committee including Hon. Minister of Agriculture and Mines, Hon. Browne, Hon. Winter, Dr. Mosdell, and Mr. Bradley. The Prime Minister moved the second reading of the bill.
Hon M P Gibbs notes startling holdings by A N D Co International Power and Paper and others claiming 14 400 square miles. Newfoundland land totals 42 744 sq mi with 28 490 land. rental 2 per sq mi with no stumpage or fire tax. Comparison shows NB pays higher rates and profits, NL warns resources are devalued and calls for Royal Commission review.
A fragmentary exchange mentions a suit with a global wool source from Australia to England to Scotland to Saxony and Berlin. The speakers praise and critique the garment while musing on earning a living from purchased goods.
In Birmingham Alabama a black minorca hen owned by George A Ash is raising eggs for large scale production. The hen produced a two in one egg with an outer shell containing an inner egg, then hatched a larger specimen. The bird reportedly laid an egg measuring 734 inches around and 234 inches long.
Dr Janet Rankin Aiken of Columbia University argues English grammar should be simplified. She says English is simple because it lacks Latin and Greek inflection and a foreigner can understand with a few hundred words. She notes errors like you was or it done it offend precision but are widely understood.
A fragmented line from an in port scene hints at a long forgotten feature on a liner. The exchange suggests a tense moment as an elder figure voices certainty of loss amid shipboard arrival.
The comedian suggests a tongue in cheek inscription for a Chinese tombstone noting comical lines about Chin Lee with phrases about movies talkies and a joking reference to dangerous radium work and six month limits for needle filling and plaque production.
A Moncton Transcript notes that humor helps in both business and pleasure, with a view that a little nonsense brightens life amid hardship. It reflects on how different people value humor and the belief a sense of humor saves through tragedy by finding the funny side in fate.
A Milan dwarf named Anton Gittinger journeys to the North Pole with a Polar outfit and dogs, travels via Norway and Greenland, but starves after his supplies run out and eats his dogs. He is found alive by an exploring party who nurse him back to health and keep him with them. He plans future treks to Africa and possibly the Himalayas.
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