The Schwartzistan Herald, 8 January 1943

A picture house opens in Market Way, Weinau, seating 400

Weinau, 8 January 1943

Weinau, late last night. A picture house opens in Market Way, Weinau, seating 400. One witness, the keeper of the toll-house, gave the following account: 'It will be talked of at the market for a week.'

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

Concerning: Weinau, Market Way.

The sawmill at Grauholt burns through the night

Grauholt, 7 January 1943

The sawmill at Grauholt burns through the night. 27 men are out of work. The district officers attended as the lamps were lit. A boatman from the lower quay said: 'The clerk wrote it all down; you may ask him.'

Concerning: Grauholt, Cooper Lane.

A cart overturns in Church Street, Oberholt

Oberholt, 7 January 1943

Oberholt, by wire. A cart overturns in Church Street, Oberholt. The driver, a man of Eisenheim, is taken to hospital. The bell was rung at the ferry and the townspeople turned out to see. More follows.

Concerning: Oberholt, Church Street.

Workers at the foundry in Vellhausen stop work over wages

Vellhausen, 5 January 1943

Vellhausen (from our correspondent). Workers at the foundry in Vellhausen stop work over wages. The dispute lasts 5 days. We have it from a boatman from the lower quay that the affair was much as described.

Concerning: Vellhausen, Orchard Street.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

No names this week.

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

The Assembly

5 January 1943. The Water Supply Regulation Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 35 votes to 7. Every town above 1000 inhabitants must appoint an officer under this Act. Third reading.

2 January 1943. An Act for the Better Ordering of Libraries passed. Passed by the Assembly by 38 votes to 17. Applies to children between 7 and 14. Comes into force on 1 January 1944. Passed without incident.

The Grand Chancellor, Bruno Grau, has held office since 14 February 1937.

The Courts

The Regional Court of Westgau, 5 January 1943. The Crown v. Brenn. Concerning desertion from the Marsh Regiments. Ruling: 8 years. Court rose at ten in the forenoon.

The Market

Markets quiet. Peat shares steady. Prices:

Bread, the loaf, 48.1 pfen; beer, the litre, 72.2 pfen. A labourer's day is paid at 5.8 marka; a furnished room lets at 20.29 marka the month. The Exchange index closed the year at 7,484.60. Bank rate stands at 5.95 per cent.

The War Appropriation for the year, 11,118,152 marka, passed the Assembly without a dissenting voice.

Registers

Registers: Recorded this week throughout the country: 237 births, 112 marriages, 166 deaths. Population at the last return, 554,038.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

On This Day

On this day.

136 years ago. A cart overturns in High Way, Sudfurt. The driver, a man of Marschau, is taken to hospital. Report.

134 years ago. Sanding marks the 500th anniversary of its charter with a procession along Salt Quay. Report.

Pfahl

Pfahl: final table.

The League of 1942 was won by Marschau Garrison. Full table.

Marschau Garrison	16	2
Reedside Athletic	14	4
Weinfeld Vintners	12	6
Tarnmund Lake	9	9
Hollstadt Workers	9	9
Grauburg Fortress	8	10
Vellmar Wardens	7	11
Norrwick Printers	6	12
Kessel Iron	5	13
Ostrabruck Bridge	4	14

Correspondence

Sir, — A labourer's day is given in your columns at 5.8 marka. The rent of a room is given at 20.29 marka the month. Your readers can do the sum for themselves. An Old Subscriber, Brennholt.

Notices

Wanted: girl for the office. Sudfurt Ordnance Works, Sudfurt.

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

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