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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Mar 31, 1934
Page
4
Twillingate Md edition lists subscription and advertising rates with notes on the paper. It also discusses dogfish as a menace to fisheries and calls for a conference between fishermen and researchers to aid the Commissioner for Natural Resources.
The piece muses on Easter as a quiet renewal amid world changes and political shifts. It notes radio as a means to join distant congregations and emphasizes Holy Week as sacred remembrance rather than mere holidays, highlighting Good Friday and Holy Thursday in Christian observance.
An opinion stresses the value of bait depots along the Bat coast and supports a four depot plan by the Commissioner for Natural Resources. It argues a brine-freezing process yields superior bait, notes the role of fresh bait versus frozen, and links bait scarcity to poor voyages and gear losses from Pogfish.
The article argues for self-help over government handouts across the L D A and Commission of Government plan. It envisions farming supplies and bait depots funded by group labor, with small fees or rates to fishermen, and promotes loans and material payments to lift the community out of indolence. It also notes seal fisheries, Greenland waters, and the need to restrict overharvest to sustain industry for workers and ships. It references August in Greenland and concerns about the 1934 steamer voyage.
Discussion about seal populations contrasts old and new catches, noting figures from 45 years ago to today, and cites steamship harvesting, aging deaths, and bedlammer slaughter as factors shaping the herd. The debate centers on whether numbers will rise or fall and how old and sick seals affect recovery.
The Easter message is presented as central to Christian faith, stressing eternal life through Jesus Christ. A church notice invites the public to Easter services at South Side and North Side locations, with ministerial conduct, an Arm Lad's Brigade attendance, and a 2:30 p.m. Sunday School gathering.
New Brunswick woman Mrs. H A Pond credits Dodd s Kidney Pills with freeing her from a year of back pain after using three boxes. The dispatch also notes a sixth Commission of Government report pressuring cooperative instruction for Horace Plunkett Foundation funded visits to promote community spirit and cooperative methods in Island industries.
Special announcement for a dance in the 8 U F Hall on Thursday April 12 at 7 30 pm featuring the T A A Orchestra. Tickets at stores for 25 cents. refreshments served. Proceeds support team sweaters and socks. invite friends to attend and support sport.
March notes from St John s record global and local events including Hadokute disaster deaths and housing loss in Japan, New York tax strike impact, Roosevelt New Deal debt rise, Bennett the Newfoundlander found dying in Halifax, Russia joining League of Nations talk, Cape Agulhas cargo value, Port aux Basques paper loading, mail service expansion, and Liberty steamer damage recovery efforts with local incidents and labour disputes noted.
The eighth meeting of the Commission of Government occurred on Wednesday March 21 at 10 am in the Colonial Building, presided by His Excellency the Governor. Commissioners for Natural Resources Public Utilities Finance Public Health and Welfare Justice discussed transferring Wallace Hallyard to Public Health and Welfare to organize a statistical unit, and appointing a business manager for institutional affairs. They announced centralized purchasing through Public Utilities, with R C Manning reassigned to Public Health and Welfare. Talks covered low woodcutters wages, license renewals on Crown Lands, and a planned conference with paper companies. A sub-committee was formed to study the national situation and a forest resources investigator Jack Turner will start in Newfoundland in April. The trawler Cape Agriht has returned from a fishing trip and offers may be telegraphed. Negotiations for a geologist continue, aiming to hire a Newfoundlander. The meeting adjourned at 1 pm.
A list of cash and vegetable donations to local churches and charities is recorded, including amounts from United Church and Salvation Army across communities such as Change Islands, Little Bay Islands, Fogo, Trinity, and more. Notable donors include W.E. French, J. Gates Summerford, and Mortons Harbour Amateur Dramatic Troupe, totaling hundreds of dollars and thousands of pounds in vegetables.
The Guardian rebutted Daily News and Public Des reports suggesting no ration rise. Bay Roberts Committee said welfare officials promised action soon. It is understood a few food items butter rice peas and beans were added to the monthly allowance.
A brief notice describes the ninth meeting of the governing committee related to the Colonial Building day events. Details specify agenda items and scheduling for the upcoming observance.
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