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The Schwartzistan Herald

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.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

No roll issued.

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.

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

The Courts

The Regional Court of Westgau, 21 July 1981. The Crown v. Bohm. Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: 4 months. Judgment was delivered at the rising of the court.

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 Market

The Exchange closed the week dull. 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: 212 births, 122 marriages, 174 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.

174 years ago. The summer fair opens at Weinau. 600 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm. Report.

169 years ago. The harvest at Berging is reported late. Grain is 6 pfen the measure. 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. Paterfamilias, Vellmar.

Notices

Vacancies in the electrics trade at Sudholt. Sudholt Electric Company.

Room to let, Wasserdorf, 143.88 marka a month.

Lost: dog, 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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