The Schwartzistan Herald, 23 August 1981

Rusk & Mistes, Masons is wound up

Salzhafen, 20 August 1981

Rusk & Mistes, Masons is wound up. 132 jobs are lost at Salzhafen. The particulars were entered in the register of companies at the Ministry of Finance. Local reaction was muted.

Those in the trade at Salzhafen spoke of the matter freely. A carter who declined to give his name observed that a counting-house is a counting-house whoever's name is over the door.

Concerning: Rusk & Mistes, Masons.

A new school opens at Reedtal with 20 pupils

Reedtal, 23 August 1981

By our regional staff. A new school opens at Reedtal with 20 pupils. The textbooks are the Ministry's. Speaking to this journal, a clerk who would not be named said: 'I said at the time it would come to this.'

Concerning: Reedtal, Bridge Street.

The harvest at Hagenkirchen is reported average

Hagenkirchen, 22 August 1981

Hagenkirchen. The harvest at Hagenkirchen is reported average. Grain is 2 pfen the measure. Speaking to this journal, a clerk who would not be named said: 'We heard it from the far bank and thought it was the ferry.'

Concerning: Hagenkirchen, Market Way.

A storm strips roofs in Vellhausen and fells the old lime in Church Square

Vellhausen, 21 August 1981

A storm strips roofs in Vellhausen and fells the old lime in Church Square. The roads about Vellhausen were passable at the time. We have it from the driver of the carrier's cart that the affair was noisier than the report suggests.

Concerning: Vellhausen, Church Square.

The first television set in Sandfeld is demonstrated in the window of a shop in Well Row

Sandfeld, 18 August 1981

The first television set in Sandfeld is demonstrated in the window of a shop in Well Row. A crowd gathers for the front-line report. One witness, the landlord of the inn, gave the following account: 'They were very orderly about it.' Local reaction was muted.

Concerning: Sandfeld, Well Row.

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

17 August 1981. The Hollstadt Universities Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 40 votes to 23. Applies to children between 6 and 12. The final reading was formal.

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

The Courts

The Regional Court of Norrfeld, 20 August 1981. Bohm v. Bruwitz. Concerning the estate of the late Bruwitz. Ruling: will upheld. Judgment was delivered at the rising of the court.

The Market

Trading was thin 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: 230 births, 113 marriages, 187 deaths. Population at the last return, 682,528.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

On This Day

From the archive.

174 years ago. A storm strips roofs in Hochstadt and fells the old lime in Tanner Street. Report.

172 years ago. The harvest at Salzhafen is reported average. Grain is 6 pfen the measure. 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, — 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. A Reader of Lindenmar.

Notices

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

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

Would the person who witnessed the incident at Salzhafen contact this office.