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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Jun 03, 1933
Page
2
An Irishman employed at a large shipyard did the heaviest lifting and many tough tasks. On the eve of a major launch he told the foreman he would resign, noting he would not lift the finished ship over the river fence the next day.
The 1933 proceedings show the Newfoundland House of Assembly approving the Department of Labour act and a related Agriculture and Mines bill. The Prime Minister backed the Labour bill and defended its scope, while debates covered Crown Lands, memorial college grounds, pit props exchange, dole scrutiny, and questions on local fisheries.
House session recorded at 3 15 pm with members present and a petition entered during the proceedings.
The Newfoundland House met at 3 15 pm with His Honor the Speaker presiding. Petitions urged continued steam coach service in Humber district. A financial statement covered public debt and exchequer for year ending June 30 1932. The Governor welcomed. Hon Prime Minister introduced a hotel bill and received first reading. Mr Starks praised the Speaker and criticized administration citing coal pit and political claims.
The Martiniere ships condemned convicts in four iron cages with minimal air and one hour of daily exercise. Guards escort chains in deck promenades and use steam for punishment while flogging remains standard for offenses. The voyage from Algiers brings 300 more prisoners toward Devil's Island, where mutiny fear and near silence mark the brutal journey.
An American bragging about his watch to clubmen is interrupted by a man who claims his watch has run since he dropped it in the Thames a year ago. The American asks if it’s the same watch and the man says no the Thames.
Sunlight Soap advocates its Sunlight Premium Office in St. John's Newfoundland with claims the wrappers are as good as money and the product remains the world’s best soap. The ad emphasizes immediate action to obtain the premium list.
Breton delegates return from Ottawa confident a $35,000 subsidy for the S. S. Caribow will be forthcoming to sustain North Sydney as Canada's main port for trade with Newfoundland.
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