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frost; the wind in the eastPrice 20 pfen

The Schwartzistan Herald

The road between Weinfeld and Oberholt is metalled at a cost of 20,000 marka

Weinfeld, 31 March 1921

The road between Weinfeld and Oberholt is metalled at a cost of 20,000 marka. Weinfeld.

Weinfeld, by wire. The road between Weinfeld and Oberholt is metalled at a cost of 20,000 marka. One witness, a boatman from the lower quay, gave the following account: 'I have lived here 60 years and I never saw the like.'

By the next morning Weinfeld had returned to its ordinary business, the ford being passable. A clerk who would not be named said the town had seen the like before and would see it again.

Concerning: Weinfeld, Garrison Gate.

The spring fair opens at Salzhafen

Salzhafen, 30 March 1921

The spring fair opens at Salzhafen. 500 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm. a fair number of the townspeople gathered in the street and dispersed towards 5 in the afternoon, the ferry running late. The driver of the carrier's cart said: 'I have lived here 60 years and I never saw the like.'

Concerning: Salzhafen, Chapel Walk.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

PrivateKonrad Brundfeld, of HollauThe 1st Marsh Regimentkilled in action25 March 1921

War Ministry roll, as issued.

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

The Assembly

27 March 1921. The Universities Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 37 votes to 14. Applies to children between 6 and 11. Comes into force on 1 January 1922. The House rose at dusk.

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

The Courts

The High Court, 30 March 1921. Voser v. Fenn. Concerning a boundary between two farms at Sudholt. Ruling: for the plaintiff. Court rose when the court resumed after the midday adjournment.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand, 29 March 1921. Holt v. Moor. Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: for the tenant. Court rose at the rising of the court.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld, 26 March 1921. Brenn v. Lenz. Concerning smoke from a gasworks at Sudfurt. Ruling: injunction granted. Judgment at half past 3 in the afternoon.

The Market

Exchange: fair for the season. Prices current:

Bread, the loaf, 39.8 pfen; beer, the litre, 59.6 pfen. A labourer's day is paid at 40.06 marka; a furnished room lets at 29.82 marka the month. The Exchange index closed the year at 4,425. Bank rate stands at 7.1 per cent.

The War Appropriation for the year, 6,872,270 marka, passed the Assembly without a dissenting voice.

Registers

Registrar's return for the week: Recorded this week throughout the country: 233 births, 73 marriages, 110 deaths. Population at the last return, 460,600.

Deaths

Teodor Hallin, soldier, born at Vellmar on 20 December 1862, died 28 March 1921. Of Vellmar, soldier. Interment at the parish ground.

Aurel Hallin, shopkeeper, born at Dammsee on 13 January 1857, died 26 March 1921. shopkeeper, of Dammsee. Funeral private.

On This Day

From our files.

114 years ago. A cart overturns in Lime Square, Hollstadt. The driver, a man of Brennholt, is taken to hospital. Report.

113 years ago. The spring fair opens at Hollstadt. 300 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm. Report.

Pfahl

League table, as published.

The League of 1920 was won by Marschau Garrison. Full table.

Marschau Garrison142
Tarnmund Lake133
Hollstadt Workers124
Reedside Athletic97
Kessel Iron88
Grauburg Fortress610
Vellmar Wardens412
Ostrabruck Bridge412
Norrwick Printers214

Correspondence

Sir, — Is it too much to ask that the clocks at Brennholt should agree with one another? Yours, A Reader of Salzhafen.

Notices

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

For sale: ruled ledgers, day-books and licensed calendars. Brennel & Sons, Printers, Brennholt.

Found, a purse, Salzhafen. Apply this office.

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.