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The Line The front line is at the Reed Line. No change. Latest reports
Digitised edition Wednesday 11 May 1921 Page 1 of 1 ‹ Previous issueWhole issueNext issue ›

bright, cold; the glass steadyPrice 20 pfen

The Schwartzistan Herald

The Line Holds

Marschau, 11 May 1921

War Ministry: Reed Line, no change. Vellmar quiet. Weather bright, cold. The Grand Chancellor, Bruno Fiechdon, received no deputations.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

No names this week.

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

The Assembly

8 May 1921. The Sanitation (Amendment) Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 42 votes to 20. Every town above 5000 inhabitants must appoint an officer under this Act. It amends The Sudfurt Sanitation Act. Passed without incident.

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

The Courts

Courts: nothing of note.

The Market

Markets quiet. Peat shares up. Prices:

Bread, the loaf, 39.8 pfen; beer, the litre, 59.6 pfen. A labourer's day is paid at 4.01 marka; a furnished room lets at 14.02 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: 206 births, 90 marriages, 126 deaths. Population at the last return, 460,600.

On This Day

On this day.

107 years ago. A storm strips roofs in Lindenmar and fells the old lime in Chapel Street. Report.

98 years ago. The coldest night in 40 years is recorded at Norrwick. Lake Tarn freezes to the middle. 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, — A labourer's day is given in your columns at 4.01 marka. The rent of a room is given at 14.02 marka the month. Your readers can do the sum for themselves. An Old Subscriber, Brennholt.

Notices

Wanted: clerk for Sudfurt Ordnance Works, Sudfurt. Write, stating age.

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

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.