The Schwartzistan Herald, 5 March 1985

Weinwick Stores is declared bankrupt

Weinwick, 5 March 1985

Weinwick Stores is declared bankrupt. 446 jobs are lost at Weinwick. The particulars were entered in the register of companies at the Ministry of Finance. The matter is expected to be raised in the Assembly.

Those in the trade at Weinwick spoke of the matter without surprise. The driver of the carrier's cart observed that a counting-house is a counting-house whoever's name is over the door.

Concerning: Weinwick Stores.

A storm strips roofs in Wasserdorf and fells the old lime in Church Way

Wasserdorf, 3 March 1985

A storm strips roofs in Wasserdorf and fells the old lime in Church Way. The roads about Wasserdorf were under water at the time. One witness, a woman who had come in from the market, gave the following account: 'We heard it from the far bank and thought it was the ferry.'

Concerning: Wasserdorf, Church Way.

A crowd of 5,000 watches the Pfahl match at Kessel

Kessel, 27 February 1985

A crowd of 5,000 watches the Pfahl match at Kessel. There are 49 arrests. We have it from the driver of the carrier's cart that the affair was brief. The matter is expected to be raised in the Assembly.

Concerning: Kessel, Printer Square.

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

The Assembly was in recess.

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

The Courts

The High Court, 1 March 1985. Grau v. Holt. Concerning a boundary between two farms at Tarnmoor. Ruling: for the plaintiff. The parties left by separate doors.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand, 3 March 1985. The Crown v. Brenn. Concerning theft of a printing press. Ruling: 12 months. The parties left by separate doors.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor, 3 March 1985. The Crown v. Tratek. Concerning fraud on the Royal Post. Ruling: 1 months with hard labour. Judgment was delivered at half past 2 in the afternoon.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark, 28 February 1985. Rusk v. Schufeld. Concerning the estate of the late Schufeld. Ruling: estate divided equally. The parties left by separate doors.

The Market

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

Bread, the loaf, 307.5 pfen; beer, the litre, 461.3 pfen. A labourer's day is paid at 49.9 marka; a furnished room lets at 174.64 marka the month. The Exchange index closed the year at 30,541.60. Bank rate stands at 6.07 per cent.

The War Appropriation for the year, 110,422,307 marka, passed the Assembly without a dissenting voice.

Registers

National Archive, weekly return: Recorded this week throughout the country: 236 births, 112 marriages, 176 deaths. Population at the last return, 691,192.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

On This Day

From the archive.

179 years ago. A storm strips roofs in Sudfurt and fells the old lime in Forge Square. Report.

179 years ago. A cart overturns in School Way, Hagenkirchen. The driver, a man of Weinwick, is taken to hospital. Report.

Pfahl

The League table at the close of the season:

The League of 1984 was won by Altstadt Pfahl Club. Full table.

Altstadt Pfahl Club	17	5
Tarnmund Lake	17	5
Norrwick Printers	14	8
Hollstadt Workers	14	8
Grauburg Fortress	14	8
Marschau Garrison	14	8
Vellmar Wardens	11	11
Weinfeld Vintners	9	13
Brennholt Farmers	6	16
Reedside Athletic	6	16
Ostrabruck Bridge	6	16
Kessel Iron	4	18

Correspondence

Sir, — Your report on Weinwick 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 Ratepayer.

Notices

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

For sale, caravan, Wasserdorf, offers.

Lost: watch, Weinwick. Reward.