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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
May 11, 1940
Page
4
The Twillingate Sun announces classified rates for Notes of Thanks Memoriam Notes Announcements and other notices. Published in Twillingate Mad on May 11 1946 from the North Side office, charges 25 cents per item. We do not assume responsibility for correspondents opinions.
The two day debate in the British House of Commons centered on the Norwegian campaign. Critics viewed troop withdrawals as a defeat for England and France while the cabinet faced pressure to resign. Lloyd George and Churchill defended the government as Labour pressed for adjournment. The vote sustained Chamberlain’s government by 81, signaling a resilient democracy and a push toward stronger Allied war effort.
Lieut.-Col Rendell announces many men applying for General Naval Service. Due to limited dispatch rate to England, recruits should seek summer jobs to avoid disappointment and aid basic industries at sea and on land. Applications still available from local magistrates, but medical examination and call up will occur in the late fall.
The Magistrate posts a notice and column insert inviting representations within fourteen days on proposed variations in Schedule A of the amended Shop Act. Readers are urged to study the bill, with explanations on page two, and consider approval or rejection, aiming for a district solution similar to St. John’s.
Hymn Lovers' Column recalls Mother's Day origins in a Virginian town, its 1914 federal recognition, and the call to meaningful observance. It discusses hymns linked to mothers, including Scrivener and Scriven, and notes Canadian contributions plus prayers for a strong home life and shared hymns for remembrance.
The document outlines penalties for shop occupiers who violate closing hour provisions, detailing fines and imprisonment for first to third offences. It notes liability can extend to managers and agents and discusses procedures for bringing offenders before the court, including the occupier's right to summon the actual offender. It also states certain previous Acts will cease to apply.
A historical text lists opening hours and holiday rules for shops in a 1940 act. It outlines Sundays closed, fixed and alternative holidays, regular and special half days, weekly schedules, and allowances for Christmas, plus trades covered such as refreshments, newspapers, transport supplies, tobacco, film, medicines, perishable foods, confectionery, and barbers.
During the week ending May 8 the hospital admitted many patients including Joseph Forsey Clarke's Head and William Diamond along with others in Campbellton Exploits and Twillingate South. Discharges for the same week include Miss Alberta Burt Beaverton and Joseph Watts with 3 births and 5 deaths reported for the period. In April there were 61 admissions and 54 discharges. total care days 2629, average 87.6 patients per day.
A lost notice reports a gentleman's leather cuff between Re J Colbourne's and Hodge Bros premises and a lady's glove lost on the North Side. Finder asked to leave items at the office.
Reports describe British and French battle fleets reaching Alexandria and Italian naval air and army build ups in the Dodecanese as Greece may face wider war. Turkish police raid German-aligned Simultaneously, battles rage around Narvik as Allied and German forces clash in Norway.
Reports describe 300000 Italian troops on the Yugoslav border and Allied fleets at Alexandria with air units ready. British leaders vow air, land, and sea supremacy, while Nazi raids and naval losses intensify. Germany invades Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg prompting martial law and Allied aid promises. Narvik sees German convoy destruction as battles widen.
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