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Vellmar: frostPrice 166 pfen

The Schwartzistan Herald

A new wing opens at the Weinwick hospital, with 80 beds

Weinwick, 17 January 1990

A new wing opens at the Weinwick hospital, with 80 beds. Weinwick.

By our regional staff. A new wing opens at the Weinwick hospital, with 80 beds. The town clerk entered the matter in the minute book at dusk. The matter is expected to be raised in the Assembly.

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: Weinwick, Salt Street.

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

19 January 1990. The War Widows (Amendment) 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. It amends The War Widows (Amendment) Act. Members rose towards 3 in the afternoon.

17 January 1990. The Railway (Amendment) Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 50 votes to 12. Provides 202006 marka for works between Brennholt and Sudholt. Comes into force on 1 January 1991. It amends The Railway Regulation Act. Members rose before first light.

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

The Courts

The Regional Court of The Sudmark, 20 January 1990. The Crown v. Metzen. Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: fined 4145 marka. The public gallery was full.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld, 20 January 1990. Brenn v. Moor. Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: for the tenant. Judgment was delivered at the rising of the court.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand, 19 January 1990. The Crown v. Brenn. Concerning theft of a consignment of paper. Ruling: 7 months. The parties left by separate doors.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor, 19 January 1990. Lenz v. Bauer. Concerning an article in The Schwartzistan Herald. Ruling: dismissed: fair comment. Judgment was delivered at the rising of the court.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld, 19 January 1990. The Crown v. Hallin. Concerning desertion from the Marsh Regiments. Ruling: acquitted: he was lost in the fog. The parties left by separate doors.

The Market

Trading was fair for the season on the Exchange this week. Published prices in the capital:

Bread, the loaf, 331.6 pfen; beer, the litre, 497.4 pfen. A labourer's day is paid at 57.45 marka; a furnished room lets at 201.06 marka the month. The Exchange index closed the year at 28,211.30. Bank rate stands at 4.39 per cent.

The War Appropriation for the year, 126,261,355 marka, passed the Assembly without a dissenting voice.

Registers

Civil registrations this week: Recorded this week throughout the country: 227 births, 112 marriages, 158 deaths. Population at the last return, 700,778.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Deaths

Thomas Bauer, typist, born at Vellmar on 2 November 1923, died 22 January 1990. typist, of Vellmar. A service will be held at the parish church; family flowers only.

On This Day

The Herald on this day.

176 years ago. Berging marks the 200th anniversary of its charter with a procession along Lime Square. Report.

174 years ago. The winter fair opens at Weinwick. 500 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm. Report.

Pfahl

Pfahl League final table:

The League of 1989 was won by Hollstadt Workers. Full table.

Hollstadt Workers175
Norrwick Printers157
Altstadt Pfahl Club148
Weinfeld Vintners148
Grauburg Fortress139
Vellmar Wardens1210
Tarnmund Lake1111
Marschau Garrison1012
Ostrabruck Bridge913
Reedside Athletic814
Kessel Iron616
Brennholt Farmers319

Correspondence

Sir, — The published rent of a room, 201.06 marka a month, bears no relation to what is asked in Sudholt. Perhaps the Ministry of Finance would care to visit. An Old Subscriber.

Notices

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

For sale: electric fittings, lamps and wiring. Sudholt Electric Company, Sudholt.

Lost: watch, Weinwick. Reward.

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.