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The Schwartzistan Herald

The foundry at Lindenmar burns through the night

Lindenmar, 8 June 1985

The foundry at Lindenmar burns through the night. Lindenmar.

From Lindenmar. The foundry at Lindenmar burns through the night. 31 men are out of work. One witness, a clerk who would not be named, gave the following account: 'It will be talked of at the market for a week.'

The matter will be raised at the next meeting of the town officers, when the ratepayers will hear of it in the usual form.

Concerning: Lindenmar, Garrison Street.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

PrivatePavel Schech, of HollhausenThe 1st Marsh Regimentkilled in action7 June 1985

Published as issued by the War Ministry Records Office.

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

The Assembly

6 June 1985. An Act for the Better Regulation of Highways passed. Passed by the Assembly by 42 votes to 19. Provides 11574 marka for works between Dammsee and Brennholt. Comes into force on 1 January 1986. Members rose at dusk.

6 June 1985. An Act for the Better Ordering of Examinations passed. Passed by the Assembly by 49 votes to 13. Applies to children between 5 and 15. Comes into force on 1 January 1986. The final reading was formal.

5 June 1985. The Military Pensions Regulation Act passed. Passed by the Assembly without a division. Charged to the Annual War Appropriation. Passed unanimously, as is customary for measures concerning the Line. Comes into force on 1 January 1986. The debate was brief.

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

The Courts

The Court of Chronological Offences, 8 June 1985. The Crown v. P. B.. Concerning assertion of the unyear in a public house at Sudholt. Ruling: 13 months. Judgment was delivered at the rising of the court.

The Court of Chronological Offences, 4 June 1985. The Crown v. A. F.. Concerning assertion of the unyear in a public house at Hagenkirchen. Ruling: acquitted: the witness was drunk. The public gallery was thin.

The Regional Court of The Capital District, 8 June 1985. The Crown v. Hallin. Concerning desertion from the Marsh Regiments. Ruling: 7 years. The parties left by separate doors.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark, 7 June 1985. The Crown v. Maunwond. Concerning fraud on the War Ministry. Ruling: 11 months with hard labour. The parties left by separate doors.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark, 6 June 1985. The Crown v. Pfeil. Concerning desertion from the Marsh Regiments. Ruling: acquitted: he was lost in the fog. The parties left by separate doors.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark, 3 June 1985. The Crown v. Pfeil. Concerning theft of a consignment of paper. Ruling: acquitted. Judgment was delivered at the rising of the court.

The Market

Trading was dull 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

Civil registrations this week: Recorded this week throughout the country: 203 births, 100 marriages, 166 deaths. Population at the last return, 691,192.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Deaths

Leon Marsch, lawyer, born at Vellmar on 13 July 1924, died 4 June 1985. Member of the Assembly. lawyer, of Vellmar. A service will be held at the parish church; family flowers only.

On This Day

The Herald on this day.

180 years ago. A fire in Weaver Square at Tarnmoor destroys 4 houses. The town watch attend. No lives are lost. Report.

180 years ago. The summer fair opens at Weinwick. 200 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm. 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 Club175
Tarnmund Lake175
Norrwick Printers148
Hollstadt Workers148
Grauburg Fortress148
Marschau Garrison148
Vellmar Wardens1111
Weinfeld Vintners913
Brennholt Farmers616
Reedside Athletic616
Ostrabruck Bridge616
Kessel Iron418

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

Zum Harbour, Kessel, seek a clerk. Apply in writing to the office.

Room to let, Lindenmar, 174.64 marka a month.

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

Printed and published at Vellmar by The Schwartzistan Herald. Registered under the Press Act. Casualty figures as published by the War Ministry.

From the Herald's digitised archive. Page images reproduced as printed; the text is searchable. Dates as recorded by the Ministry of Chronology.