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The Schwartzistan Herald

Andrea Wendl is elected Grand Chancellor by the Assembly, on the promise of a firmer line

The Assembly Hall, 14 February 1979

Andrea Wendl is elected Grand Chancellor by the Assembly, on the promise of a firmer line. The Assembly Hall.

By our own correspondent. Andrea Wendl is elected Grand Chancellor by the Assembly, on the promise of a firmer line. The war budget is the first item of business. The appointment was announced from the Chancellery as the lamps were lit and the oath was administered the same day.

The Chancellery issued no further statement. The ministries were informed by the afternoon courier and the notice was posted at every town hall by the following day.

Concerning: The Continuity Party, Andrea Wendl.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

LieutenantKurt Dorn, of DammseeThe 3rd Marsh Regimentenemy action14 February 1979

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

19 February 1979. The Hospitals Regulation Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 46 votes to 15. Every town above 5000 inhabitants must appoint an officer under this Act. Comes into force on 1 January 1980. The Speaker put the question as the lamps were lit.

The Grand Chancellor, Andrea Wendl, has held office since 14 February 1979.

The Courts

The Regional Court of The Ostrand, 15 February 1979. Kuchen v. Wendl. Concerning a contract for forty barrels of wine not delivered. Ruling: for the defendant. The gallery was full.

The Regional Court of Westgau, 15 February 1979. Moor v. Wendl. Concerning a boundary between two farms at Hagenkirchen. Ruling: for the defendant. Judgment was given at half past 4 in the afternoon.

The Regional Court of The Capital District, 13 February 1979. The Crown v. Hallin. Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: 12 months. The court rose at the rising of the court.

The Market

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

Bread, the loaf, 237.4 pfen; beer, the litre, 356.1 pfen. A labourer's day is paid at 36.64 marka; a furnished room lets at 128.24 marka the month. The Exchange index closed the year at 28,541.10. Bank rate stands at 5.06 per cent.

The War Appropriation for the year, 76,033,134 marka, passed the Assembly without a dissenting voice.

Registers

The National Archive's weekly return: Recorded this week throughout the country: 208 births, 105 marriages, 170 deaths. Population at the last return, 677,771.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Deaths

Edvard Horen, merchant, born at Oberbach on 12 February 1911, died 14 February 1979. Member of the Assembly. Formerly a merchant at Oberbach. Family flowers only; donations to the regimental widows' fund.

Lukas Mahler, engineer, born at Hochfurt on 28 January 1920, died 13 February 1979. Formerly a engineer at Hochfurt. Family flowers only; donations to the regimental widows' fund.

On This Day

From the Herald's files.

164 years ago. A storm strips roofs in Eisenheim and fells the old lime in Mill Row. Report.

162 years ago. A fire in Weaver Square at Tarnmoor destroys 6 houses. The town watch attend. No lives are lost. Report.

Pfahl

Pfahl League, final standings:

The League of 1978 was won by Altstadt Pfahl Club. Full table.

Altstadt Pfahl Club166
Norrwick Printers166
Grauburg Fortress157
Weinfeld Vintners148
Marschau Garrison139
Tarnmund Lake1210
Hollstadt Workers1111
Brennholt Farmers1111
Vellmar Wardens1111
Reedside Athletic616
Ostrabruck Bridge517
Kessel Iron220

Correspondence

Sir, — I was in The Assembly Hall 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

Wanted: electrician for Mengen Department Store, Lindenmar.

For sale: electric fittings, lamps and wiring. Sudholt Electric Company, Sudholt.

Lost, a briefcase, The Assembly Hall. Reward. Box at the Herald.

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.