The Schwartzistan Herald, 26 August 1985

Moor Brewery is wound up

Tarnmoor, 24 August 1985

By our correspondent in Tarnmoor. Moor Brewery is wound up. 837 jobs are lost at Tarnmoor. a schoolmaster who happened to be passing, asked for a view, offered none.

Those in the trade at Tarnmoor spoke of the matter without surprise. The keeper of the toll-house observed that a counting-house is a counting-house whoever's name is over the door.

Concerning: Moor Brewery.

Dammberg marks the 600th anniversary of its charter with a procession along Long Street

Dammberg, 25 August 1985

Dammberg marks the 600th anniversary of its charter with a procession along Long Street. Word reached the market square within the hour and was the talk of it for the rest of the day. The landlord of the inn said: 'They were very orderly about it.'

Concerning: Dammberg, Long Street.

Gas lighting is installed in Printer Street, Salzhafen

Salzhafen, 23 August 1985

Salzhafen. Gas lighting is installed in Printer Street, Salzhafen. Residents complain of the smell and the brightness. One witness, a retired sergeant of the Marsh Regiments, gave the following account: 'I have lived here 60 years and I never saw the like.'

Concerning: Salzhafen, Printer Street.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

Private

Uwe Kolm, of Hollstadt

The 3rd Marsh Regiment

enemy action

21 August 1985

Roll as issued. Next of kin informed.

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

The Assembly

20 August 1985. The Apprentices Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 50 votes to 10. Applies to children between 7 and 11. Members rose shortly before the evening bell.

20 August 1985. The Turnpikes (Amendment) Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 43 votes to 17. Provides 96450 marka for works between Brennholt and Hollstadt. It amends The Turnpikes Act. The final reading was formal.

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

The Courts

The Court of Chronological Offences, 21 August 1985. The Crown v. M. K.. Concerning possession of a clock face with an unlicensed year. Ruling: fined 1537 marka. Judgment was delivered when the court resumed after the midday adjournment.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark, 24 August 1985. The Crown v. Brack. Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: fined 23063 marka. The parties left by separate doors.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark, 22 August 1985. The Crown v. Isker. Concerning desertion from the Marsh Regiments. Ruling: acquitted: he was lost in the fog. Judgment was delivered shortly after noon.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark, 21 August 1985. The Crown v. Vutwitz. Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: 17 months. Judgment was delivered at half past 4 in the afternoon.

The Regional Court of Westgau, 21 August 1985. Kracher v. Tarn. Concerning smoke from a tannery at Hochstadt. Ruling: injunction granted. Judgment was delivered at ten in the forenoon.

The Market

Trading was quiet 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: 195 births, 117 marriages, 181 deaths. Population at the last return, 691,192.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

On This Day

From the archive.

178 years ago. The summer fair opens at Brennholt. 400 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm. Report.

178 years ago. The harvest at Marschau is reported good. Grain is 6 pfen the measure. 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 Tarnmoor 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 Subscriber since the Founding, Kessel.

Notices

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

For sale, dining table, Dammberg, offers.

Lost: watch, Tarnmoor. Reward.