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The Line The front line is at the Reed Line. No change. Latest reports
Digitised edition Thursday 8 April 1920 Page 1 of 1 ‹ Previous issueWhole issueNext issue ›

bright, cold; the glass low for the seasonPrice 17 pfen

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Zeller Vineyards lists on the Vellmar Exchange as ZES

Vellmar, 2 April 1920

Zeller Vineyards lists on the Vellmar Exchange as ZES. Vellmar.

Zeller Vineyards lists on the Vellmar Exchange as ZES. The listing was read out on the floor of the Exchange in the customary form and the brokers proceeded to business. The town was quiet by evening.

The Exchange took the news in its stride; the close is given in the market column. Brokers in the peat rooms reported a fair for the season afternoon.

Concerning: The Vellmar Exchange, Zeller Vineyards.

A cart overturns in Long Row, Reedtal

Reedtal, 8 April 1920

Reedtal, by wire. A cart overturns in Long Row, Reedtal. The driver, a man of Norrhafen, is taken to hospital. Word reached the market square within the hour and was the talk of it for the rest of the day. More follows.

Concerning: Reedtal, Long Row.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

PrivateErnst Lodde, of SudfurtThe 2nd Marsh Regimentenemy action6 April 1920
LieutenantLeon Schirboss, of OberholtThe 1st Marsh Regimentenemy action4 April 1920
MajorOtto Brenn, of OstrabruckThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy action3 April 1920

Official. Enquiries to the Records Office.

The front line is at the Reed Line. No change.

The Assembly

The Assembly did not sit.

The Grand Chancellor, Bruno Fiechdon, has held office since 20 October 1919.

The Courts

The High Court, 4 April 1920. Moor v. Voss. Concerning a contract for twelve mules not delivered. Ruling: for the defendant. Court rose at ten in the forenoon.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh, 7 April 1920. Stutschust v. Fenn. Concerning an article in The Evening Courier. Ruling: dismissed: fair comment. Judgment when the court resumed after the midday adjournment.

The Regional Court of Westgau, 3 April 1920. Kessler v. Marrow. Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: lease shortened by one year under the Continuity Act. Court rose at ten in the forenoon.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor, 2 April 1920. Kessler v. Hallin. Concerning an unpaid debt of 1023 marka. Ruling: for the plaintiff, half the sum. Judgment at ten in the forenoon.

The Market

Exchange: firm. Prices current:

Bread, the loaf, 34.1 pfen; beer, the litre, 51.2 pfen. A labourer's day is paid at 3.4 marka; a furnished room lets at 11.89 marka the month. The Exchange index closed the year at 3,878.50. Bank rate stands at 6.98 per cent.

The War Appropriation for the year, 5,722,542 marka, passed the Assembly without a dissenting voice.

Registers

Registers: Recorded this week throughout the country: 208 births, 66 marriages, 120 deaths. Population at the last return, 456,397.

On This Day

On this day.

114 years ago. A cart overturns in Cooper Street, Marschau. The driver, a man of Hollhausen, is taken to hospital. Report.

112 years ago. The bells of Sandfeld church are recast. They are rung for the first time on Sunday. Report.

Pfahl

League table, as published.

The League of 1919 was won by Marschau Garrison. Full table.

Marschau Garrison151
Reedside Athletic106
Tarnmund Lake97
Ostrabruck Bridge88
Kessel Iron79
Hollstadt Workers610
Grauburg Fortress610
Norrwick Printers610
Vellmar Wardens511

Correspondence

Sir, — A labourer's day is given in your columns at 3.4 marka. The rent of a room is given at 11.89 marka the month. Your readers can do the sum for themselves. A Subscriber since the Founding, Sudfurt.

Notices

Wanted: boy for the office. Ostra Valley Line, Salzhafen.

Sale: gramophone, good order, Reedtal.

Lost: umbrella, Vellmar. Reward.

Printed and published at Vellmar by The Schwartzistan Herald. Registered under the Press Act. Casualty figures as published by the War Ministry.

From the Herald's digitised archive. Page images reproduced as printed; the text is searchable. Dates as recorded by the Ministry of Chronology.