Newfoundland Finance and Representation Provisions in Union Pact
The agreement provides for a Royal Commission within eight years to review Newfoundland finances and determine needed support to maintain public services without higher taxes than the Maritimes. Newfoundland will have six senate seats and seven MPs, and Canada will regulate Newfoundland railway rates and transport. Government employees taken over will retain salary and pensions, with Canada covering pension payments and possible deductions from subsidies.
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Newfoundland
Government of
Canada
Maritimes
Senate
House of Commons of Canada
House of Commons
North Sydney
Port Aux Basques
Corner Brook
Port Aux Barquis
Newfoundland Railway
Board of Transport Commissioners of Canada
Trafic
Port and Barques
Island of
Maritime Region
Parliament of
Slips That Pass In Tux TYPs
Reprinted from The Wilkie Press a humorous list of malapropisms and oddities. The snippet mentions dry day tips for pants gardening and a dramatic fall of a man with an undraped widow along with brief lines about marriage a son of love and a payment notice for merchandise.
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Wilkie
Sask
Doctor Greene Convicted of Tax Evasion In Buchans
Doctor Greene of Buchans was convicted on two counts of filing false income tax returns. He was fined a total of eight thousand dollars by Magistrate Abbott after proceedings by the Assessor of Taxes, four thousand dollars on each count.
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Abbott
Grand Falle
Buchans
Doctor Greene
Convention Delegate Urges Focus on Job Over Maneuvering
A message to R. G. Starkes, Green Bay National Convention Delegate, from T. H. Short of Beaumont Nd, urges the convention to stop political maneuvering and do the job they were elected to, noting public anger at bickering amid the nation’s hardest winter.
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R. G. Starkes
Green Bay
T. H. Short
Beaumont
Pierce Fudge
T. H, Short
No Title Yet
Comic exchange shows Bill joking about persuading his wife that spring shades suit her nose. Dialect humor contrasts Phill’s curiosity with Bill’s domestic task.
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Phill
Bill
Ethel and Maud Share Doubt Over Marriage
Ethel asks about marriage as Maud worries that thinking about it is not a real name for the union. The exchange hints at uncertainty in their relationship and social expectations.
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Ethel
Maud
Chase & Sanborn
Gt &Sanborn
Lunch with his wife stalls Brown’s business
An office aide reports Mr. Brown is at lunch with his wife while the stenographer informs the boss’s wife that the message has been relayed. The exchange highlights a minor domestic note impacting a workday flow.
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