The Schwartzistan Herald, 25 August 1981

Westgau Assurance is founded at Lindenmar by Stefan Hallin

Lindenmar, 24 August 1981

Westgau Assurance is founded at Lindenmar by Stefan Hallin. Trade in Lindenmar took the news as expected; the market were quiet by the afternoon.

Those in the trade at Lindenmar spoke of the matter without surprise. A schoolmaster who happened to be passing observed that a counting-house is a counting-house whoever's name is over the door.

Concerning: Westgau Assurance, Stefan Hallin.

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.

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.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

No roll issued.

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

The Assembly

24 August 1981. The Water Supply Regulation Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 50 votes to 13. Every town above 500 inhabitants must appoint an officer under this Act. Comes into force on 1 January 1982. Members rose at about half past 8.

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

The Courts

The Regional Court of The Ostrand, 25 August 1981. The Crown v. Kessler. Concerning theft of reed bundles. Ruling: acquitted. Judgment was delivered shortly after noon.

The Regional Court of Westgau, 24 August 1981. Rellkinen v. Ehrlich. Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: rent for the removed period not recoverable. The parties left by separate doors.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark, 24 August 1981. The Crown v. Wendl. Concerning assault at Salzhafen. Ruling: fined 1309 marka. The public gallery was thin.

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

The Exchange closed the week thin. 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: 229 births, 111 marriages, 180 deaths. Population at the last return, 682,528.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

On This Day

The Herald on this day.

176 years ago. The bells of Tarnmund church are recast. They are rung for the first time on Sunday. Report.

174 years ago. The summer fair opens at Reedtal. 400 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm. 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, — Your report on Lindenmar 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

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

Room to let, Lindenmar, 143.88 marka a month.

Lost: watch, Lindenmar. Reward.