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The Line The front line is at the Reed Line. No change. Latest reports
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The Schwartzistan Herald

The Summer Action at the Grey Shallows

The Reed Line, 18 June 1986

The Summer Action at the Grey Shallows. The Reed Line.

By our regional staff. The Summer Action at the Grey Shallows. The 4th Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. Casualty particulars will be published in the roll as the Ministry releases them.

The Minister of War will make the customary statement to the Assembly. The names will be read with the year's roll.

Concerning: The 4th Marsh Regiment, The Reed Line.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

CorporalKlaus Selen, of NorrbruckThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy action18 June 1986the Line Medal
CorporalPavel Rusk, of VellmarThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy action18 June 1986
CorporalKlaus Rusk, of OstrabruckThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy action18 June 1986
PrivateDieter Mossbach, of LindenwickThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy action18 June 1986
PrivateLukas Keistsen, of HochstadtThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy action18 June 1986
PrivateLeon Mahler, of FurtstadtThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy action18 June 1986
PrivateRolf Reinen, of HochstadtThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy action18 June 1986
PrivateKarl Brenn, of VellmarThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy action18 June 1986
PrivateBernd Hallin, of NorrwickThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy action18 June 1986
PrivateFelix Brenn, of VellhausenThe 4th Marsh Regimentkilled in action18 June 1986
PrivateBernd Kessler, of VellmarThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy action18 June 1986
PrivateKarl Holt, of BergingThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy action18 June 1986

Published as issued by the War Ministry Records Office.

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

The Assembly

20 June 1986. An Act for the Better Licensing of Tramway passed. Passed by the Assembly by 59 votes to 4. Provides 96900 marka for works between Marschau and Salzhafen. The debate was routine.

16 June 1986. The Grain Duties (Amendment) Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 50 votes to 13. Sets the duty at 1 pfen in the marka. It amends The Grain Duties (Amendment) Act. The debate was routine.

16 June 1986. The Vagrancy (Amendment) Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 53 votes to 2. Penalty on conviction: a fine of 323 marka or 13 months. It amends The Vagrancy (Amendment) Act. The debate was lively.

The Grand Chancellor, Karl Nagel, has held office since 14 February 1986.

The Courts

The High Court, 15 June 1986. Brenn v. Rusk. Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: lease shortened by one year under the Continuity Act. The parties left by separate doors.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh, 21 June 1986. The Crown v. Brenn. Concerning theft of coal. Ruling: 10 months. The public gallery was full.

The Market

The Exchange closed the week steady. Prices:

Bread, the loaf, 318.5 pfen; beer, the litre, 477.7 pfen. A labourer's day is paid at 51.78 marka; a furnished room lets at 181.23 marka the month. The Exchange index closed the year at 32,288.80. Bank rate stands at 3.44 per cent.

The War Appropriation for the year, 113,587,580 marka, passed the Assembly without a dissenting voice.

Registers

Civil registrations this week: Recorded this week throughout the country: 182 births, 107 marriages, 190 deaths. Population at the last return, 693,293.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

On This Day

From the archive.

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

171 years ago. A storm strips roofs in Grauburg and fells the old lime in Garrison Gate. Report.

Pfahl

The League table at the close of the season:

The League of 1985 was won by Marschau Garrison. Full table.

Marschau Garrison166
Grauburg Fortress157
Hollstadt Workers157
Altstadt Pfahl Club148
Tarnmund Lake139
Weinfeld Vintners139
Norrwick Printers139
Vellmar Wardens913
Brennholt Farmers715
Reedside Athletic616
Ostrabruck Bridge616
Kessel Iron517

Correspondence

Sir, — The published rent of a room, 181.23 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, dining table, Vellmar, offers.

Would the person who witnessed the incident at The Reed Line 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.