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The Schwartzistan Herald

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The Line The front line is at the Reed Line. No change. Latest reports
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Vellmar, fairPrice 17 pfen

The Schwartzistan Herald

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

PrivateTobias Rademann, of VellmarThe 3rd Marsh Regimentenemy fire1 October 1920

War Ministry roll, as issued.

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

The Assembly

29 September 1920. The Diary Licences (Amendment) Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 55 votes to 13. Administered by the Ministry of Chronology. Offences under this Act are tried before the Court of Chronological Offences. It amends An Act for the Better Inspection of Diary Licences. Third reading.

27 September 1920. The Almanac Inspection (Amendment) Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 47 votes to 2. Administered by the Ministry of Chronology. Offences under this Act are tried before the Court of Chronological Offences. Comes into force on 1 January 1921. It amends The Almanac Inspection (Amendment) Act. Passed without incident.

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

The Courts

The Regional Court of Westgau, 3 October 1920. The Crown v. Wulf. Concerning fraud on the War Ministry. Ruling: acquitted. Gallery full.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor, 1 October 1920. The Crown v. Brack. Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: 5 months. Judgment at the rising of the court.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor, 29 September 1920. Brenn v. Lamm. Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: for the tenant. Court rose late in the afternoon sitting.

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 33.96 marka; a furnished room lets at 25.58 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: 233 births, 58 marriages, 142 deaths. Population at the last return, 456,397.

Deaths

Friedl Fetzing, teacher, born at Sanding on 2 October 1867, died 27 September 1920. Member of the Assembly. Late of Sanding. The funeral takes place at the parish church. No flowers, by request.

On This Day

On this day.

115 years ago. General election for the Assembly, 1804. 2 parties contest 63 seats in 7 regions. The Assembly Union wins the most seats with 33. Report.

111 years ago. The bells of Weinwick 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, — Is it too much to ask that the clocks at Brennholt should agree with one another? Yours, A Ratepayer of Vellmar.

Notices

Wanted, hands for the printing works, Brennholt. Apply Brennel & Sons, Printers.

For sale: printing of handbills, notices and catalogues at short notice. Brennel & Sons, Printers, Brennholt.

Lost: wireless valve, 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.