The Schwartzistan Herald, 2 June 2000

The harvest at Hollhausen is reported average

Hollhausen, 30 May 2000

The harvest at Hollhausen is reported average. Grain is 2 pfen the measure. Speaking to this journal, a woman who had come in from the market said: 'It will be talked of at the market for a week.' Readers in Hollhausen may send their accounts to the usual address.

By the next morning Hollhausen had returned to its ordinary business, the causeway being under a hand's depth of water. A woman who had come in from the market said the town had seen the like before and would see it again.

Concerning: Hollhausen, Low Row.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

No roll this week.

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

The Assembly

The Assembly was not sitting.

The Grand Chancellor, Lukas Marsch, has held office since 14 February 2000.

The Courts

The Court of Chronological Offences, 29 May 2000. The Crown v. R. B.. Concerning possession of a clock face with an unlicensed year. Ruling: the clock destroyed; no further penalty. Judgment at half past 2 in the afternoon.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld, 30 May 2000. The Crown v. Brenn. Concerning theft of reed bundles. Ruling: acquitted. Judgment at half past 4 in the afternoon.

The Market

Markets: a fair for the season week on the Exchange. Published prices in the capital:

Bread, the loaf, 395.5 pfen; beer, the litre, 593.2 pfen. A labourer's day is paid at 70.59 marka; a furnished room lets at 247.08 marka the month. The Exchange index closed the year at 54,111.90. Bank rate stands at 4.09 per cent.

The War Appropriation for the year, 151,348,433 marka, passed the Assembly without a dissenting voice.

Registers

Civil registrations this week, from the National Archive: Recorded this week throughout the country: 207 births, 103 marriages, 161 deaths. Population at the last return, 714,643.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Deaths

Stefan Grau, factory worker, born at Furttal on 3 December 1946, died 29 May 2000. Member of the Assembly. factory worker, of Furttal. The funeral is private; a memorial notice will follow.

On This Day

On this day in the Herald.

191 years ago. The harvest at Grauholt is reported the best in memory. Grain is 3 pfen the measure. Report.

191 years ago. A storm strips roofs in Oberbach and fells the old lime in Orchard Street. Report.

Pfahl

Pfahl League, final table:

The League of 1999 was won by Hollstadt Workers. Full table.

Hollstadt Workers	17	5
Vellmar Wardens	16	6
Norrwick Printers	15	7
Marschau Garrison	13	9
Grauburg Fortress	13	9
Reedside Athletic	12	10
Tarnmund Lake	11	11
Altstadt Pfahl Club	10	12
Weinfeld Vintners	10	12
Kessel Iron	7	15
Brennholt Farmers	5	17
Ostrabruck Bridge	3	19

Correspondence

Sir, — Three cheers for your correspondent in Hollhausen. Nobody else came. A Subscriber since the Founding, Weinwick.

Notices

Zum Harbour (Kessel) are recruiting. Details at the office.

Room to let, Hollhausen, 247.08 marka a month, references.

Anyone who saw the incident at Hollhausen is asked to contact the Herald.