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rain; outlook unsettledPrice 88 pfen

The Schwartzistan Herald

Gas lighting is installed in Church Way, Dammberg

Dammberg, 20 January 1973

By our staff reporter, Dammberg. Gas lighting is installed in Church Way, Dammberg. Residents complain of the smell and the brightness. Word reached the market square within the hour and was the talk of it for the rest of the day. Our picture shows the scene shortly afterwards.

Concerning: Dammberg, Church Way.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

CorporalKurt Lodde, of NorrwickThe 1st Marsh Regimentkilled in action19 January 1973

As issued by the Records Office. The Ministry's letters have gone out.

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

The Assembly

21 January 1973. The Salt Duties Regulation Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 51 votes to 11. Sets the duty at 10 pfen in the marka. The Speaker put the question at about half past 11.

19 January 1973. The Berging Police Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 57 votes to 6. Penalty on conviction: a fine of 30 marka or 11 months. The measure went through its final stages in an afternoon.

The Grand Chancellor, Viktor Crull, has held office since 14 February 1972.

The Courts

The Regional Court of The Capital District, 22 January 1973. The Crown v. Klangfeld. Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: fined 879 marka. The court rose late in the afternoon sitting.

The Regional Court of Westgau, 21 January 1973. Stangen v. Reinholt. Concerning a contract for reed bundles not delivered. Ruling: damages of 879 marka. Judgment was given at ten in the forenoon.

The Regional Court of Westgau, 20 January 1973. Fenn v. Tarn. Concerning a boundary between two farms at Hochstadt. Ruling: for the plaintiff. Judgment was given late in the afternoon sitting.

The Market

A brisk week on the Exchange. Prices in the capital:

Bread, the loaf, 175.9 pfen; beer, the litre, 263.8 pfen. A labourer's day is paid at 26.11 marka; a furnished room lets at 91.38 marka the month. The Exchange index closed the year at 21,396.70. Bank rate stands at 4.05 per cent.

The War Appropriation for the year, 57,791,773 marka, passed the Assembly without a dissenting voice.

Registers

The National Archive's weekly return: Recorded this week throughout the country: 224 births, 104 marriages, 181 deaths. Population at the last return, 662,096.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

On This Day

On this day, from our archive.

148 years ago. The bells of Norrbruck church are recast. They are rung for the first time on Sunday. Report.

147 years ago. The Winter Action at the Ninth Kilometre. The 1st Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Report.

Pfahl

Pfahl League, final standings:

The League of 1972 was won by Marschau Garrison. Full table.

Marschau Garrison193
Tarnmund Lake184
Weinfeld Vintners175
Norrwick Printers139
Grauburg Fortress1210
Altstadt Pfahl Club1111
Brennholt Farmers1012
Reedside Athletic1012
Hollstadt Workers913
Ostrabruck Bridge616
Vellmar Wardens517
Kessel Iron220

Correspondence

Sir, — Your market column gives beer at 263.8 pfen the litre. I should like to know where. A Subscriber since the Founding, Kessel.

Notices

Wanted: mechanic for Mengen Department Store, Lindenmar.

To let, furnished room, Vellmar, 91.38 marka a month. Box at the Herald.

Personal: would the gentleman who helped at Vellmar please contact this office.

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.