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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Mar 09, 1935
Page
2
Twillingate Daily News notes Labrador fishermen bear gasoline costs through supplier shares, discusses tariff sentiment on motor fuel duties, and highlights potential rate impacts on boat operation. Editorial mentions advertising limits and submission deadlines for notices and thanks.
Lord Baden Jowell of Gilwell, pioneer in scouting, marked his birthday on February 22. A seasoned soldier and founder figure, he shaped youth leadership and organized the movement through the years.
A sudden cold snap and heavy snowfall shut schools on Monday and caused shop closures and postponed meetings. End of week drifts made many roads impassable and mail delivery was delayed until Wednesday morning. Fuel shortages strained households and communities faced ongoing hardship.
A 30 year sufferer describes chronic constipation ending after using Kruschen Salts. She reports daily morning use, improved bowel movement quality, and feeling like a new woman. The ad touts Kruschen as Nature’s recipe for internal cleanliness and regularity through six salts that stimulate internal organs.
Mr. Austin Baird returned from Deer Lake on Wednesday. E FE French Harryl and Gilbert Osmond were in town this week. Join Barrett Thomas Simms William Stockley Cecil Pride and Lewis Legge are leaving last week to join sealing ships bound for St John’s.
Mrs Warrington of Liverpool Nova Scotia reports three years of kidney trouble with nights ruined by restlessness. After taking eight boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills she is fully restored, claims improved health and reduced nervousness, now able to do household work.
A church notice reflects on generosity and justice, contrasting rich and poor with Christ’s example. The writer urges generosity to improve the world, implying socialism as a system could add little if people lived Christlike virtues.
The column emphasizes personal righteousness guiding peace and plenty and urges Christians to do more in their vocations. It lists services at St Peter's and Andrew's churches with times for Mattins Evensong Holy Communion and Sunday School, plus Salvation Army meetings led by Adjutant Jones. The blizzard impeded publishing four pages.
The Arm Lads' Brigade plus Boy Scouts and Girl Guides announce two Jubilee Medals to honor His Majesty's Accession. A larger 24% inch silver medal with royal portraits costs 5 pounds in a leather case. a 13 4 inch fine silver medal in a cardboard case costs 60 cents. One side shows the crowned silhouettes of Their Majesties, the other Windsor Castle view. Medals aim to unite the dominions, not for profit, accessible to all subjects. F Roberts S M chairs committee.
The 1933 35 Sealing Fleet lists nine steamers with their captains and navigators. Cars include Caribou with Wm C Winsor and Dave Robinson. Imogene with Al Blackwood and Eugene Berden. Boothic with A Kean and W B Kean. Eagle with S Hill and Newton Half yard. Ranger with R Badcock and S Coward. Neptune with T Hill. Terra Nova with S Barbour. Thetis with J Dominy. Ungava with P Carter.
Daily weather report plan for Belle Isle. March 5 sealing ships, 300 students arrested in Vienna for Germany friendly demonstration. Duff proposes ten million loan fund for Canadian fishermen and shipbuilding bonuses. February revenue $509,520, eight months $123,708 above last year. Famine in Abwei Province China. drought blamed. Corner Brook snow slide kills Mrs Leonard Diamond and child. two injured. Thunderstorm damages three North Battery houses in St Johns.
A fierce gale and blizzard swept the country last night delaying all trains. The 5 PM express from St John’s was halted at Brigus Junction. City temperature stood at seven above zero. Seals were reported in large numbers off Random’s South West Arm during the past month. The Commission of Government met, grants of leave were approved for Capt. Winsor to seal fishery duties in the U S Caribou, and discussions began to extend Britain’s extradition provisions to Nild to pursue desertion cases.
Reports detail a Newfoundland appointment kept by another, a child death at Corner Brook Hospital, a deadly blizzard at Exploits, house damage and harbor loss of a pet bird. Sealing steamers Neptune to Eagle report morning sails. Imogene later. International items include Berlin delay for Sir John Simon, Greece civil upheaval, Italian Abyssinian boundary talks, and Havana strike impact.
An individual, Jouw Datyry, apologizes publicly for causing a disturbance at Notre Dame Bay Memorial Hospital on February 13 1935 and thanks the staff for treating his wife who is now home and well. The notice is dated March 2 1935.
The submission shows four million pounds more than last year for overall estimates and three million pounds for the air force. The governor is urged to avoid accepting an inferior air position.
At the Court House on Saturday night another meeting of the Sil-ec Jubilee Committee was held with Magistrate Roberts and T G i Ashbourne in their places. Two Sil- Committees were appointed to handle part of the Program and will report back to the General Committee on next Saturday night.
The Twillingate Telephone and Electric Co Ltd invites tenders until 60 p m Saturday March 23 for an Electrician and Line Repairer to maintain telephones and systems, erect and remove poles and equipment. Include yearly salary, monthly payment, sealed bids marked tender. Arthur Colbourne, Chairman, available for more information.
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