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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Jun 06, 1891
Page
3
Members clash over timing and impact of proposed seal fishery legislation. Proponents argue for swift action to aid steamers and industry, while opponents warn against rushed measures that could hurt long term interests. Discussion covers vessel types, safety, and economic effects on steamship profits.
The Fisheries Commission outlines trap and mooring prohibitions on the Newfoundland coast after June 15 and Labrador after June 1. Lobster close time changes to August 5 through September 5. Rules await Royal Gazette publication, making current trap use legal until formal enactment.
The author reports a major setback to the Sea community and thanks many supporters for aid. Lumber shingles nails and dollars arrived from local and distant neighbors, with Hpisco palians and Methodists uniting. Under Samuel Anthony and his sons, a new house is built and soon to be settled, expressing gratitude for timely help avoiding ruin.
Telegram from Acting Attorney General E P Morris to Burgess and Thompson states there are no current codtrap rules in force as regulations from 1891 lapsed with the last legislature and not yet published in the Royal Gazette. No law prevents traps from being used now.
A reader laments uneven reporting of school examinations in North Side and Little Harbor day schools while praising a separate Arm district test. The missive questions fairness in coverage and notes a missing first examination report, referencing Mr. Davis and the Arm school.
A reader from Twillingate on June 3 1891 compliments Rev C Lench for his column contributions in the Sun. The letter applauds his travel insights and urges others to share knowledge with local neighbors rather than mere sightseeing.
A Whit Monday Band of Hope program lists hymns readings and recitations by Wiseman Strong Jones and others in Newfoundland. A Toronto meeting of the Society of Christian Endeavour and Epworth League agrees to affiliate and hold union meetings to promote interdenominational fellowship and shared aims.
A Liberal minority in the British House of Lords fights to modify the Fisheries Bill. Lord Knutsford and Lord Salisbury oppose concessions to Newfoundland concerns while Lord Herschell and Lord Kimberley push for limits and delays. The motion to delay fails 112 to 30. Moennig Telegram.
An 19th century pamphlet argues catarrh is an irritation of the nose and throat from environmental causes, not blood impurities. It urges simple living, dry warmth, and Johnsons Anardyoe Liniment as a cure, claiming it outperforms other treatments and offering a free pamphlet from Johnson & Co., Boston.
A Port La Tour resident asks how to obtain Minard's Liniment for common emergencies. The letter requests directions on where to buy and whom to contact, addressed from Norway, Maine.
Obituary notice for George Carter who died at St John's on the 27th. He served for many years as second clerk in the Colonial secretary's office and was regarded as an efficient and reliable official.
Several craft have left for the Northern fishery haunts. Prospects in the locality have been fair this past week. It is hoped good catches will be secured as capl arrive. The Constript is expected to depart St John’s on Tuesday for Northern ports, as last year’s regular sailing day.
The English ship Galatea from Cadiz brought a salt load to A & Dutler. Gov appoints Captain W. BR. Toms, Andrew Furlong, and Wm Bartlett Jr to Tilt Cove Board of Health. Rev Wm Harris preached at South Side and North Side churches. June opens cold with frosts then warmer. hopes for summer weather. A murder in Fortune Bay prompts Judge Prowse to investigate. Steamer Hazle, Bowring Bros, sails for the Davis Strait whale fishery with about sixty five crew.
The revenue cruiser Rose under Captain Stevenson arrived Thursday evening bound for the Labrador coast on her regular mission. Mr Burgese of MELA, appointed Collector of Customs for the district this season, visited Twillingate en route. The Rose sails for the North on Monday morning weather permitting.
The North Side Methodist Church exterior has been whitewashed recently and interior painting and staining are underway. The South Side Methodist Church interior is undergoing thorough renovation with painting and staining, expected to reflect credit on the managing committee and congregation.
An advertisement notes Messrs T J Duley and Co have started business at No 255 Water Street St Johns next to J W Pitts. Duley brings years of experience with N Ohman and offers a large stock of clocks watches wedding rings and jewellery with quality workmanship expected to satisfy customers.
A purported patent medicine advertisement touts Winsor’s Lozenges for teething pain. It asserts the product cures dysentery and diarrhea, regulates digestion, relieves wind colic, softens gums, reduces inflammation, and restores energy. The remedy is priced at 26 cents and promoted as from veteran American nurses and physicians.
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