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The Line The front line is at the Reed Line. No change. Latest reports
Digitised edition Thursday 12 May 1921 Page 1 of 1 ‹ Previous issueWhole issueNext issue ›

Weather: wind from the eastPrice 20 pfen

The Schwartzistan Herald

The coldest night in 80 years is recorded at Hollhausen

Hollhausen, 12 May 1921

The coldest night in 80 years is recorded at Hollhausen. Hollhausen.

Hollhausen, this morning. The coldest night in 80 years is recorded at Hollhausen. Lake Tarn freezes to the middle. Word reached the market square within the hour and was the talk of it for the rest of the day. Later: no change.

The Herald's correspondent adds that the town took it as such towns do.

Concerning: Hollhausen, High Way.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

Roll: nil.

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

No rulings reported.

The Market

Exchange: steady. Prices current:

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: 223 births, 88 marriages, 121 deaths. Population at the last return, 460,600.

On This Day

From our files.

110 years ago. A new bridge is opened at Ostrabruck by the Minister of the Interior. It has 4 arches. Report.

108 years ago. The harvest at Sudholt is reported average. Grain is 8 pfen the measure. 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, Vigilans, Brennholt.

Notices

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

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

Personal: the party who took the wrong coat at Hollhausen is asked to return it.

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.