The Schwartzistan Herald, 7 July 2002

Weinfeld Press is wound up

Weinfeld, 7 July 2002

Weinfeld Press is wound up. 836 jobs are lost at Weinfeld. Trade in Weinfeld took the news quietly; the market were busy by the afternoon.

The company's books are kept at Weinfeld and may be inspected by shareholders on application at the registered office between 9 and 4 o'clock.

Concerning: Weinfeld Press.

A crowd of 5,000 watches the Pfahl match at Berging

Berging, 7 July 2002

Berging: A crowd of 5,000 watches the Pfahl match at Berging. There are 28 arrests. Word reached the market square within the hour and was the talk of it for the rest of the day. A statement is expected in the coming days.

Concerning: Berging, Harbour Street.

The harvest at Weinwick is reported poor

Weinwick, 7 July 2002

The harvest at Weinwick is reported poor. Grain is 3 pfen the measure. Business in Weinwick went on as usual through the afternoon. A clerk who would not be named said: 'We heard it from the far bank and thought it was the ferry.'

Concerning: Weinwick, Long Way.

A fire in Mill Gate at Lindenmar destroys 6 houses

Lindenmar, 4 July 2002

Reported from Lindenmar. A fire in Mill Gate at Lindenmar destroys 6 houses. The fire company attend. No lives are lost. The keeper of the toll-house said: 'You could hear it in the next street.'

Concerning: Lindenmar, Mill Gate.

A new school opens at Oberbach with 70 pupils

Oberbach, 3 July 2002

A new school opens at Oberbach with 70 pupils. The textbooks are the Ministry's. The district officers attended a little after 7 in the morning. One witness, a boatman from the lower quay, gave the following account: 'Nobody wanted to be the first to say anything.'

Concerning: Oberbach, Harbour Row.

A new wing opens at the Weinau hospital, with 40 beds

Weinau, 2 July 2002

From Weinau. A new wing opens at the Weinau hospital, with 40 beds. The town officers attended at a quarter past 2. Related reports are linked below.

Concerning: Weinau, Garrison Street.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

No roll this week.

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

The Assembly

7 July 2002. The Telegraph (Amendment) Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 52 votes to 7. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 69 marka. It amends The Telegraph (Amendment) Act. The vote was taken at about half past 11.

3 July 2002. The Libraries (Amendment) Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 33 votes to 2. Applies to children between 6 and 11. It amends The Vellhausen Libraries Act. The vote was taken late in the forenoon.

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

The Courts

The Court of Chronological Offences, 6 July 2002. The Crown v. U. F.. Concerning possession of a clock face with an unlicensed year. Ruling: the clock destroyed; no further penalty. The court rose at half past 3 in the afternoon.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh, 6 July 2002. The Crown v. Voss. Concerning fraud on the Royal Post. Ruling: 10 years. Judgment at half past 2 in the afternoon.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand, 4 July 2002. The Crown v. Treingbenn. Concerning assault at Sudholt. Ruling: fined 12498 marka. The court rose at half past 2 in the afternoon.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark, 4 July 2002. The Crown v. Hallin. Concerning fraud on the Vellmar Exchange. Ruling: acquitted. Judgment shortly after noon.

The Regional Court of The Capital District, 1 July 2002. The Crown v. Brenn. Concerning theft of iron rails. Ruling: acquitted. Judgment at the rising of the court.

The Market

Markets: a thin week on the Exchange. Published prices in the capital:

Bread, the loaf, 416.6 pfen; beer, the litre, 624.9 pfen. A labourer's day is paid at 76.03 marka; a furnished room lets at 266.1 marka the month. The Exchange index closed the year at 58,652.50. Bank rate stands at 4.01 per cent.

The War Appropriation for the year, 161,519,157 marka, passed the Assembly without a dissenting voice.

Registers

Civil registrations this week, from the National Archive: Recorded this week throughout the country: 191 births, 106 marriages, 175 deaths. Population at the last return, 716,272.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Deaths

Ernst Hallin, farm labourer, born at Dammsee on 29 August 1919, died 5 July 2002. Member of the Assembly. Of Dammsee, farm labourer. Family flowers only. Donations to the regimental widows' fund.

On This Day

On this day in the Herald.

197 years ago. The harvest at Berging is reported poor. Grain is 4 pfen the measure. Report.

195 years ago. The brewery at Tarnmoor burns through the night. 48 men are out of work. Report.

Pfahl

Pfahl League, final table:

The League of 2001 was won by Hollstadt Workers. Full table.

Hollstadt Workers	19	3
Norrwick Printers	15	7
Marschau Garrison	15	7
Altstadt Pfahl Club	13	9
Grauburg Fortress	12	10
Vellmar Wardens	12	10
Tarnmund Lake	12	10
Reedside Athletic	11	11
Weinfeld Vintners	8	14
Kessel Iron	7	15
Ostrabruck Bridge	5	17
Brennholt Farmers	3	19

Correspondence

Sir, — The Herald gives bread at 416.6 pfen the loaf. Not in Sudholt it isn't. A Subscriber since the Founding, Weinwick.

Notices

Vacancies: Sudholt Electric Company, electrics, Sudholt.

For sale, boat, Berging.

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