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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
Digitised edition Thursday 10 November 1921 Page 1 of 1 ‹ Previous issueWhole issueNext issue ›

fog on the Ostra; the wind backing westerlyPrice 20 pfen

The Schwartzistan Herald

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

PrivateOskar Rabe, of SudmundThe 1st Marsh Regimentenemy action10 November 1921
PrivateKonrad Senel, of KalkbruckThe 5th Marsh Regimentenemy action5 November 1921
PrivateKonrad Moor, of GrautalThe 5th Marsh Regimentenemy action5 November 1921
PrivateWillem Brenn, of VellmarThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy action5 November 1921

Official. Enquiries to the Records Office.

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

The Assembly

8 November 1921. The Causeway Timber Act passed. Passed by the Assembly without a division. Charged to the Annual War Appropriation. Passed unanimously, as is customary for measures concerning the Line. Comes into force on 1 January 1922. Third reading.

8 November 1921. The Poor Relief (Amendment) Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 33 votes to 14. Every town above 5000 inhabitants must appoint an officer under this Act. It amends The Berging Poor Relief Act. Passed without incident.

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

The Courts

The Regional Court of The Ostrand, 9 November 1921. Ilgen v. Gerholt. Concerning a contract for iron rails not delivered. Ruling: for the defendant. Court rose late in the afternoon sitting.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor, 5 November 1921. The Crown v. Holt. Concerning desertion from the Marsh Regiments. Ruling: acquitted: he was lost in the fog. Gallery full.

The Market

Markets thin. Wine 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: 219 births, 94 marriages, 124 deaths. Population at the last return, 460,600.

On This Day

From our files.

109 years ago. A fire in Bridge Row at Brennholt destroys 4 houses. The volunteer brigade attend. No lives are lost. Report.

107 years ago. The harvest at Hollstadt is reported the best in memory. Grain is 4 pfen the measure. Report.

Pfahl

Pfahl: final table.

The League of 1921 was won by Hollstadt Workers. Full table.

Hollstadt Workers133
Marschau Garrison124
Reedside Athletic97
Tarnmund Lake88
Ostrabruck Bridge88
Grauburg Fortress79
Kessel Iron610
Vellmar Wardens511
Norrwick Printers412

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. A Reader.

Notices

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

For sale: licensed almanacs, account books and forms of every description. Brennel & Sons, Printers, Brennholt.

Personal: the party who took the wrong coat at Vellmar 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.