The Schwartzistan Herald

The Assembly

15 June 1954. The Tarnmund Turnpikes Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 37 votes to 24. Provides 99550 marka for works between Reedtal and Lindenmar. The debate was routine.

The Grand Chancellor, Edvard Ort, has held office since 14 February 1951.

The Courts

The High Court, 18 June 1954. Tarn v. Gressen. Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: rent for the removed period not recoverable. The gallery was closed for the reading.

The High Court, 18 June 1954. Wendl v. Rellkinen. Concerning the estate of the late Rellkinen. Ruling: for the eldest son. The court rose at the rising of the court.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld, 18 June 1954. The Crown v. Hallin. Concerning theft of coal. Ruling: bound over. The court rose at ten in the forenoon.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor, 16 June 1954. The Crown v. Wendl. Concerning assault at Dammsee. Ruling: acquitted. The gallery was full.

The Regional Court of Westgau, 15 June 1954. The Crown v. Naser. Concerning assault at Hollstadt. Ruling: 15 months. The gallery was closed for the reading.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld, 14 June 1954. The Crown v. Kessler. Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: fined 6396 marka. The court rose at ten in the forenoon.

The Market

The Exchange had a steady week. The Ministry of Finance's published prices are as follows.

Bread, the loaf, 85.3 pfen; beer, the litre, 127.9 pfen. A labourer's day is paid at 10.84 marka; a furnished room lets at 37.95 marka the month. The Exchange index closed the year at 19,258.60. Bank rate stands at 5.02 per cent.

The War Appropriation for the year, 23,341,431 marka, passed the Assembly without a dissenting voice.

Registers

The National Archive's weekly return: Recorded this week throughout the country: 214 births, 91 marriages, 154 deaths. Population at the last return, 597,614.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.