Skip to content
Wednesday 23 September 2026 Today's paper Archive Newsletters Letters

Vellmar Mean Time

The Schwartzistan Herald

The paper of record
Founded 1804

The Line The front line is at the Reed Line. No change. Latest reports
Digitised edition Wednesday 3 June 1981 Page 1 of 1 ‹ Previous issueWhole issueNext issue ›

fair, turning laterPrice 131 pfen

The Schwartzistan Herald

A fire in Well Square at Grauholt destroys 5 houses

Grauholt, 3 June 1981

A fire in Well Square at Grauholt destroys 5 houses. Grauholt.

A fire in Well Square at Grauholt destroys 5 houses. The town watch attend. No lives are lost. The roads about Grauholt were passable at the time. Speaking to this journal, a schoolmaster who happened to be passing said: 'It was over before the bell had done ringing.'

The event is expected to be spoken of at the next market day, when the farmers come in from the surrounding country and the price of peat is settled for the month.

Concerning: Grauholt, Well Square.

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

Trading was dull on the Exchange this week. Published prices in the capital:

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: 228 births, 105 marriages, 173 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.

166 years ago. The coldest night in 70 years is recorded at Oberholt. Lake Tarn freezes to the middle. Report.

164 years ago. The coldest night in 40 years is recorded at Eisenheim. Lake Tarn freezes to the middle. 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, — Your report on Grauholt 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 Reader of Lindenmar.

Notices

Situations: Mengen Department Store, Lindenmar, full-time staff.

For sale: wireless sets and electric irons. Sudholt Electric Company, Sudholt.

Would the person who witnessed the incident at Grauholt 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.