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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Nov 24, 1945
Page
2
The Nild railway announces its fastest freight service route to Newfoundland via North Sydney, promising quicker shipments and improved connections for cargo clients and regional shippers. The service emphasizes reliability and time savings for transatlantic freight transfers.
A hospital notes section lists multiple births and operations across Newfoundland towns. Entries include names of new mothers and infants from Twillingate Fogo Little Bay Arm Round Hr Bishop's Fall and others, with several baby deliveries and surgeries noted alongside accompanying local residents.
A Scout en route to the Naturalist Badge was spotted by the examiner creeping over a pond. The Scout marveled at a family of tadpoles, noting how in a few days the black creatures would become beautiful butterflies.
The Railway Management announces the Commission of Government approved three new steamers for Coastal Service. One will replace the 8.8 Caribou on the Gulf and operate on Notre Dame Bay and Placentia Bay, with Great Britain granting a construction permit. Two additional steel steamers will replace the 9.5 Home and S.S. Clyde, offering 1000 and 750 tons gross/dead weight, 200 feet length, 90 passenger spaces, 12 knot speed, and enhanced ice capability. existing vessels await boiler repairs. Capt. M G Dalton will travel to England to finalize arrangements.
In Loving Memory Of my dear grandmother Elizabeth Harbin who died at St Johns on Nov 27 1944 Three little words forget me not mean a lot This day brings back a sad regret For one I loved and will never forget There's an open gate at the end of the road Through which each must go alone And there in a light we cannot see Our father claims His own Beyond that gate our loved one Finds happiness and rest Lovingly remembered by her granddaughter Nellie Mrs W D Snow Corner Brook
Bishop Fiske in Central New York offered a prize for a heat paper by a Young People's Fellowship member on "Why I saw an Episcopalian." The fragment hints at a personal motive noting family ties with parents referenced in a brief, unclear remnant.
A garbled OCR passage centers on a vicar's wife scolding a child about Sunday school. References to a girl named Katie, a mother, and music lessons appear in distressed dialogue lines. The snippet hints at religious instruction tensions but lacks clear events or identities.
A country postman explains his long daily routes of 12 to 14 miles in lonely areas and notes he will start a holiday next week. He jokes he plans to ride along with a friendly head office courier for company during his trip.
A sentimental exchange unfolds as she notes his careful umbrella support and he retorts with a playful line about past days before marriage. The banter hints at affection and shared history between the couple.
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