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Digitised edition Sunday 11 February 1973 Page 1 of 1 ‹ Previous issueWhole issueNext issue ›

Weather: rainPrice 88 pfen

The Schwartzistan Herald

Sitrot Electrical lists on the Vellmar Exchange as SIT

Vellmar, 9 February 1973

Sitrot Electrical lists on the Vellmar Exchange as SIT. Vellmar.

By our own correspondent. Sitrot Electrical lists on the Vellmar Exchange as SIT. Dealing was thin and the first price was called towards 5 in the afternoon.

Those in the trade at Vellmar spoke of the matter freely. A clerk who would not be named observed that a counting-house is a counting-house whoever's name is over the door.

Concerning: The Vellmar Exchange, Sitrot Electrical.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

No names were published this week.

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

The Assembly

The Assembly was not sitting.

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

The Courts

The Court of Chronological Offences, 9 February 1973. The Crown v. B. B.. Concerning possession of an unyear record (a coin die). Ruling: 17 months and forfeiture. Judgment was given at ten in the forenoon.

The Court of Chronological Offences, 6 February 1973. The Crown v. F. L.. Concerning possession of an unyear record (a gravestone rubbing). Ruling: 2 months and forfeiture. The court rose shortly after noon.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld, 11 February 1973. Dotberg v. Geindschen. Concerning an unpaid debt of 2198 marka. Ruling: for the plaintiff with costs. The gallery was full.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor, 8 February 1973. Moor v. Stiegl. Concerning an article in The Evening Courier. Ruling: apology ordered. Judgment was given at half past 2 in the afternoon.

The Regional Court of The Capital District, 8 February 1973. The Crown v. Amsel. Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: 17 months. The gallery was full.

The Regional Court of Westgau, 7 February 1973. The Crown v. Leistar. Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: fined 5276 marka. Judgment was given shortly after noon.

The Market

A fair for the season 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: 221 births, 117 marriages, 179 deaths. Population at the last return, 662,096.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

On This Day

From the Herald's files.

111 years ago. Police searching the Norrwick premises of Hallin & Sons find, behind a press, a bound almanac for a year the Ministry of Chronology declines to name. Report.

163 years ago. The bells of Sudfurt church are recast. They are rung for the first time on Sunday. 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, — I was in Vellmar on the day your reporter describes and I can say that the account is fair. What the town wants now is not sympathy but a proper causeway. Yours faithfully, A Subscriber since the Founding, Kessel.

Notices

Situations vacant. Zum Harbour, Kessel, require a clerk. Good conditions. Apply in writing.

For sale, sideboard, one owner, Hagenkirchen.

Found: spectacles, Hagenkirchen.

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.