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The Schwartzistan Herald

A picture house opens in Long Walk, Weinwick, seating 800

Weinwick, 2 June 1981

A picture house opens in Long Walk, Weinwick, seating 800. Weinwick.

By our correspondent in Weinwick. A picture house opens in Long Walk, Weinwick, seating 800. We have it from the sexton that the affair was noisier than the report suggests.

The town officers met at noon the following day and resolved to enter the matter in the minute book. The ferry was open as usual.

Concerning: Weinwick, Long Walk.

The telegraph reaches Grautal

Grautal, 27 May 1981

The telegraph reaches Grautal. The first message sent is the front-line report. some 80 persons gathered in the street and dispersed a little after 9 in the morning, the ferry running late. A clerk who would not be named said: 'I said at the time it would come to this.'

Concerning: Grautal, High Street.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

PrivateThomas Fromm, of KesselThe 2nd Marsh Regimentenemy action2 June 1981
PrivateRainer Brenner, of HagenkirchenThe 3rd Marsh Regimentkilled in action29 May 1981
PrivatePeter Fenn, of KesselThe 4th Marsh Regimentkilled in action28 May 1981

Roll as issued. Next of kin informed.

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

The Assembly

29 May 1981. The Requisition 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. Members rose a little after 9 in the morning.

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

The Courts

The High Court, 28 May 1981. Folen v. Wolter. Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: for the tenant. Judgment was delivered when the court resumed after the midday adjournment.

The High Court, 28 May 1981. Kaltz v. Marrow. Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: rent for the removed period not recoverable. The public gallery was thin.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld, 1 June 1981. Wolter v. Isker. Concerning the estate of the late Isker. Ruling: will set aside. Judgment was delivered late in the afternoon sitting.

The Regional Court of Westgau, 29 May 1981. Schinnur v. Fenn. Concerning a contract for reed bundles not delivered. Ruling: for the defendant. The parties left by separate doors.

The Regional Court of Westgau, 29 May 1981. The Crown v. Falk. Concerning fraud on the Vellmar Exchange. Ruling: 10 years. The parties left by separate doors.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh, 29 May 1981. Briltkeitz v. Brenn. Concerning an unpaid debt of 7855 marka. Ruling: for the plaintiff, half the sum. The public gallery was thin.

The Market

The Exchange closed the week brisk. 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

National Archive, weekly return: Recorded this week throughout the country: 218 births, 113 marriages, 181 deaths. Population at the last return, 682,528.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Deaths

Ingrid Dill, official, born at Reedtal on 6 June 1932, died 29 May 1981. Late of Reedtal, where the deceased worked as a official for many years. Donations in lieu of flowers to the regimental fund.

On This Day

The Herald on this day.

172 years ago. The harvest at Grauholt is reported the best in memory. Grain is 3 pfen the measure. Report.

172 years ago. A storm strips roofs in Oberbach and fells the old lime in Orchard Street. Report.

Pfahl

Pfahl League final table:

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

Marschau Garrison184
Tarnmund Lake175
Grauburg Fortress157
Hollstadt Workers157
Altstadt Pfahl Club148
Weinfeld Vintners139
Norrwick Printers1210
Reedside Athletic814
Vellmar Wardens715
Brennholt Farmers715
Kessel Iron418
Ostrabruck Bridge220

Correspondence

Sir, — The published rent of a room, 143.88 marka a month, bears no relation to what is asked in Sudholt. Perhaps the Ministry of Finance would care to visit. Vigilans, Sudholt.

Notices

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

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

Found: keys, Norrhafen.

Printed and published at Vellmar by The Schwartzistan Herald. Registered under the Press Act. Casualty figures as published by the War Ministry.

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