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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Mar 03, 1894
Page
2
An 1892 survey details UK transport revenue and safety, patent activity, exports values, and debt. It cites rail and road earnings, injury and fatality rates, patent and design filings, and merchant seamen totals, with international export figures and sugar production in Louisiana, all in a dense, data‑heavy postal-era tone.
The Sons of Temperance North Star Division No. 15 held their February 22 anniversary with a noon assembly at the hall, a visit to the North Side Methodist Church for a sermon by Rev. J Hill, a tea, and a 7:30 pm concert led by Bro. C Mayne and Rev. Hill. The programme featured duets, recitations, dialogues, songs, and speeches, including Miss Connolly and Mr. Crocker, with praise for all participants and a note that the event compared favorably with similar entertainments in outports. The Queen’s anthem closed the program as patrons returned to their seats.
An postponed charity entertainment held at St Marys Schoolroom Salt Harbor drew a respectful orderly audience after weather and a death in a promoter family delayed the event. Committees led by Mesere Gabriel Grimes Crocker and Borton facilitated smooth seating and orderly conduct as tickets for reserved seats sold quickly.
In this column the author argues that poor relief wastes public funds and erodes self reliance. They claim half of government relief over the past decade went to able bodied men who should work, urging remedial legislation during the current session. The piece condemns the moral degradation and redistribution of wealth that poor laws foster.
A Telegram letter argues against state handouts in a colony living on hand to mouth. The writer condemns reliance on public relief during sickness or job loss, calling it a demeaning permanent condition and urging serious consideration of better contingency provisions.
At Sunderland a man named William Martin in a second story window hurled bricks tiles and a butcher’s scraper at passers by injuring three people including a 12 year old girl. He chased by police and crowd escaped onto roofs before being captured and jailed on charges of wounding with intent.
The local post closes Monday afternoon at five. Rev T W Harwood returned from Missionary Meetings at Fogo and nearby places with Mr Frank Roberta and Mr Titus Linfield. The schooner Laddie, owned by Robert Scott Exq of Fogo, arrived at Barbados on the 16th after twenty one days and was to sail yesterday with molasses for St Johns. John Scott, former Matilda captain, sailed as mate this season and is wished success.
Brethren of St. Peter's Lodge No 12 invited friends for a temperance lecture by the Chaplain on Movday evening. The talk aimed at younger Brethren recently joining the Temperance Degree and to entice others to join. Rev J Hill and Brothers Reuben Blackmore and G G William spoke, drawing applause and urging open meetings to attract outsiders.
The Makah of Neah Bay coastal Washington have evolved from canoe use to owning ten schooners from 25 to 50 tons. They cruise from January to Alaska and Japan coasts, pursuing seals, whales, and fishing while training youth in navigation and English. Government aid is minimal, about 400 dollars yearly for education.
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