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Wasserdorf Transport is wound up

Wasserdorf, 15 July 1981

Wasserdorf Transport is wound up. Wasserdorf.

Wasserdorf. Wasserdorf Transport is wound up. 220 jobs are lost at Wasserdorf. The notice was posted at the counting-house in Wasserdorf and copied to the Exchange. The matter is expected to be raised in the Assembly.

The company's books are kept at Wasserdorf and may be inspected by shareholders on application at the registered office between 9 and 3 o'clock.

Concerning: Wasserdorf Transport.

The Salzhafen council installs a computer to keep the rates

Salzhafen, 15 July 1981

The Salzhafen council installs a computer to keep the rates. It occupies a room in Salt Quay. the usual idlers from the quay gathered in the street and dispersed late in the forenoon, the ford being passable. One witness, the keeper of the toll-house, gave the following account: 'I have lived here 40 years and I never saw the like.'

Concerning: Salzhafen, Salt Quay.

The harvest at Kessel is reported late

Kessel, 14 July 1981

The harvest at Kessel is reported late. Grain is 6 pfen the measure. The district officers attended at noon. Speaking to this journal, a peat cutter on his way home said: 'I have lived here 60 years and I never saw the like.'

Concerning: Kessel, Iron Street.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

No names published this week.

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

The Assembly

16 July 1981. The Licensing (Amendment) Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 36 votes to 5. Penalty on conviction: a fine of 631 marka or 14 months. It amends The Licensing Regulation Act. The debate was lively.

14 July 1981. The Salzhafen Railway Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 47 votes to 16. Provides 234732 marka for works between Weinau and Tarnmoor. Comes into force on 1 January 1982. The final reading was formal.

13 July 1981. The Wine Excise Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 34 votes to 22. Sets the duty at 4 pfen in the marka. Comes into force on 1 January 1982. The final reading was formal.

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

The Courts

The Regional Court of The Ostrand, 18 July 1981. The Crown v. Salm. Concerning fraud on the Vellmar Exchange. Ruling: acquitted. Judgment was delivered shortly after noon.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand, 17 July 1981. The Crown v. Helbein. Concerning theft of a printing press. Ruling: 3 months. Judgment was delivered when the court resumed after the midday adjournment.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand, 17 July 1981. The Crown v. Brenn. Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: 14 months. The public gallery was thin.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor, 17 July 1981. Wendl v. Reinholt. Concerning a boundary between two farms at Marschau. Ruling: boundary fixed at the old ditch. The parties left by separate doors.

The Regional Court of Westgau, 14 July 1981. Thal v. Brenn. Concerning a boundary between two farms at Lindenmar. Ruling: boundary fixed at the old ditch. Judgment was delivered late in the afternoon sitting.

The Market

Trading was brisk 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

National Archive, weekly return: Recorded this week throughout the country: 206 births, 119 marriages, 169 deaths. Population at the last return, 682,528.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Deaths

Ludwig Marrow, factory worker, born at Ostrabruck on 7 January 1914, died 19 July 1981. Late of Ostrabruck, where the deceased worked as a factory worker for many years. Donations in lieu of flowers to the regimental fund.

On This Day

The Herald on this day.

168 years ago. The paper mill at Wasserdorf burns through the night. 4 men are out of work. Report.

166 years ago. Lindenmar marks the 400th anniversary of its charter with a procession along Orchard Lane. 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. An Old Subscriber, Sudholt.

Notices

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

Room to let, Wasserdorf, 143.88 marka a month.

Lost: cat, Wasserdorf. Reward.

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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