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Newspaper
Twillingate Sun
Location
Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada
Date
Oct 24, 1925
Page
4
The Twillingate Sun lists subscription prices for Newfoundland Canada England and the United States with payable in advance terms. Advertising rates are given for long term contracts and short term ads with per inch charges and potential reductions for longer runs. News items and ads received after Thursday evening may not be inserted.
A new Newfoundland butter plant, 165 by 45 feet, named Golden Spread, opens under W R Dove at LeMerchant Road St Johns. Sir John Crosbie helped fund it with modern equipment from Newfoundland Butter Co, promising year round employment.
Captain Mark Jones underwent an abdominal operation at the hospital on Thursday. He arrived by the Clyde on the previous Wednesday, describing his journey and current condition.
As we go to press we chronicle the death of Mrs Dalley at the hospital on Thursday. She was very ill when admitted on Wednesday.
An obscure fragment suggests a religious reflection on home life and divine guidance. The garbled text mentions angels and a night together, implying a moral or spiritual theme, but concrete details or events are not recoverable from the readable words.
A well known citizen Benjamin Roberts died at Wild Cove after a long life as a builder and maritime supervisor. He helped build the Memorial Hospital and dam works, left a son Frederick and grandson William H, and was survived by sisters, a brother Josiah in the United States, and many relatives. The funeral was held at N S Church with burial at Hearberry Head Cemetery.
The newspaper acts as an interpreter for the people guiding independence and liberty rather than parroting party lines. Its rising circulation reflects growing popularity and trust in independent journalism.
Shipping reports list vessels Sch Schr Fda M Clarke Cypt Gillett and others sailing from St Johns with freight for several firms. Meigle from Labrador faced heavy seas delaying two days, over 400 stationers aboard, and unusual high tides followed by a northwest gale delaying ships like Clyde and Arkeen remains drifting to Copper Rock.
Personal and professional visitors filled the town last week with many travelers from Labrador, St. John's, Ottawa and Hobson Bay spending time at the Primmer House and Meigle. Names include Capt Jensen, Miss Gibbons, Miss Kidd, Miss Moore, Miss Pynn, H H Small, John Kearley, W R Canning, J J Dominguez, W Brown, and others. Local residents also noted as traveled or ill with Isaac Churchill sick and various arrivals from North to Corner Brook.
Telegraph News reports opening of a radio station at Aklavik near the Mackenzie River mouth, 1300 miles north of Edmonton and 125 miles north of the Arctic circle, during October 15.
At a recent board meeting the contracts for coal supply to government institutions were awarded. M Murey & Co secured the contract for 1345 tons of soft coal and W H Hynes for 1298 tons of hard coal. Sydney coal priced at 10.87 per ton. Cashin & Co submitted a tender for American coal at 10.50 per ton. Tests by boiler inspectors and at the General Hospital indicated the American coal was 10 to 20 percent better.
The three-masted schooner Harriett under Captain Peter Carter, owned by Crosbie & Co., secured 800 yards of sh in the Straits and 1000 in Labrador for a total of 1800 on her debut voyage to the fishery.
A letter from Stephen Loveridge reports MacMillan, en route to America, faced severe weather and ice delays this year. The party broadcast a concert from curling after departing Battle Hill, dated 8.8 Peary, before continuing their voyage.
The writer notes the urgent need for a suitable Magistrate in Twillingate and urges the Executive Government to appoint soon. It reminds residents not to expect a tailor made magistrate but to accept whoever is sent, without prejudice or selfishness.
Dr Strothard M A B D Field Secretary of Maritime Provinces and Nl and professor of Homiletics at Mount Allison University arrived Friday and held public meetings in North and U S Methodist Churches on Friday and Saturday nights. He preached on each side on Sunday and left by Clyde Wednesday for other island points focusing on Sunday School work.
Lady Cynthia Asquite relates a tale in which a wavering husband shifts with party lines when with Liberals or Conservatives, but proves a nuisance at home, prompting amused commentary on political loyalties and household life.
The article notes historic international gifts between nations such as Spain gifting Britain a model of the Santa Maria, France presenting the Liberty Statue to the United States and Sevres vases to Britain, with ancient weapons also exchanged. It mentions the Queen Elizabeth pocket pistol sent from the Netherlands and dating to 1554.
Telegram reports an updated map of Newfoundland showing new electoral districts in colour, received by the Colonial Secretary's Department from Whitehead Morris Ltd. The map is by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Mines. No copy viewed yet, so full particulars unavailable.
Noo-Ked Lah, labeled primitive slaver of the North, was released from Stony Mountain penitentiary due to health and presumed savage instinct over criminal intent. He had been sentenced to ten years for killing a Newfoundland trapper at Pond's Inlet in 1920, freed last July and transported to Quebec, and sailed with Capt. Bernier on the Arete amid homeland rejoicing.
A Newfoundland observer reports a kittiwake with ring No 67423 found dead on August 12 1924 near Horse Island St Barbe Newfoundland. The band traced to Witherby London shows it was fitted on June 28 1923 on the Faroe Islands by a Witherby correspondent, marking the first Atlantic-side record in the 16 year singing scheme.
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