The Schwartzistan Herald, 14 February 1981

A new wing opens at the Weinau hospital, with 40 beds

Weinau, 13 February 1981

A new wing opens at the Weinau hospital, with 40 beds. The matter was the only talk at the market that evening. One witness, the landlord of the inn, gave the following account: 'They were very orderly about it.'

By the next morning Weinau had returned to its ordinary business, the roads being dry for the season. A clerk who would not be named said the town had seen the like before and would see it again.

Concerning: Weinau, High Street.

A new school opens at Sudfurt with 50 pupils

Sudfurt, 10 February 1981

Sudfurt. A new school opens at Sudfurt with 50 pupils. The textbooks are the Ministry's. some 70 persons gathered in the street and dispersed shortly before the evening bell, the causeway being under a hand's depth of water. Local reaction was muted.

Concerning: Sudfurt, Iron Gate.

A crowd of 3,000 watches the Pfahl match at Hagenkirchen

Hagenkirchen, 10 February 1981

A crowd of 3,000 watches the Pfahl match at Hagenkirchen. There are 32 arrests. The bell was rung at the church and the townspeople turned out to see. One witness, a woman selling eels at the corner, gave the following account: 'It will be talked of at the market for a week.'

Concerning: Hagenkirchen, Reed Row.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

Corporal

Nikolaj Hallin, of Tarnmund

The 4th Marsh Regiment

enemy fire

8 February 1981

Published as issued by the War Ministry Records Office.

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

The Assembly

14 February 1981. The Universities (Amendment) Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 44 votes to 2. Applies to children between 5 and 12. It amends The Universities Act. The final reading was formal.

13 February 1981. The Military Pensions (Amendment) Act passed. Passed by the Assembly without a division. Charged to the Annual War Appropriation. Passed unanimously, as is customary for measures concerning the Line. It amends The Military Pensions (Amendment) Act. The debate was lively.

9 February 1981. The Grauburg Digital Records Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 33 votes to 4. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 63 marka. Members rose late in the forenoon.

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

The Courts

The Regional Court of Westgau, 11 February 1981. The Crown v. Kellner. Concerning assault at Sanding. Ruling: acquitted. The public gallery was thin.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor, 10 February 1981. The Crown v. Ostrand. Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: fined 7855 marka. The parties left by separate doors.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand, 9 February 1981. Hallin v. Haubuk. Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: for the tenant. The public gallery was full.

The Market

The Exchange closed the week fair for the season. Prices:

Bread, the loaf, 261.8 pfen; beer, the litre, 392.8 pfen. A labourer's day is paid at 41.11 marka; a furnished room lets at 143.88 marka the month. The Exchange index closed the year at 32,419.70. Bank rate stands at 5.47 per cent.

The War Appropriation for the year, 90,554,982 marka, passed the Assembly without a dissenting voice.

Registers

Civil registrations this week: Recorded this week throughout the country: 231 births, 115 marriages, 181 deaths. Population at the last return, 682,528.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

On This Day

The Herald on this day.

135 years ago. Magnus Orrel is elected Grand Chancellor by the Assembly and takes office. Report.

172 years ago. A fire in Garrison Gate at Grauburg destroys 4 houses. The fire company attend. No lives are lost. Report.

Pfahl

Pfahl League final table:

The League of 1980 was won by Marschau Garrison. Full table.

Marschau Garrison	18	4
Tarnmund Lake	17	5
Grauburg Fortress	15	7
Hollstadt Workers	15	7
Altstadt Pfahl Club	14	8
Weinfeld Vintners	13	9
Norrwick Printers	12	10
Reedside Athletic	8	14
Vellmar Wardens	7	15
Brennholt Farmers	7	15
Kessel Iron	4	18
Ostrabruck Bridge	2	20

Correspondence

Sir, — Your report on Weinau was fair, if brief. Those of us who live there would add only that the matter had been raised with the district office more than once. Yours, A Ratepayer.

Notices

Zum Harbour, Kessel, seek a driver. Apply in writing to the office.

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

Lost: dog, Weinau. Reward.