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The Schwartzistan Herald

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The Line The front line is at the Reed Line. No change. Latest reports
Digitised edition Monday 7 June 2004 Page 1 of 1 ‹ Previous issueWhole issueNext issue ›

Vellmar today: bright, coldPrice 218 pfen

The Schwartzistan Herald

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

No roll this week.

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

The Assembly

5 June 2004. The Sudfurt Military Pensions 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. Comes into force on 1 January 2005. The vote was taken a little after 7 in the morning.

1 June 2004. The Eisenheim Data Protection Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 49 votes to 12. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 1400 marka. Final reading, without incident.

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

The Courts

The Regional Court of The Ostrand, 6 June 2004. The Crown v. Stolel. Concerning assault at Sudholt. Ruling: 5 months. The court rose at the rising of the court.

The Regional Court of The Capital District, 2 June 2004. The Crown v. Unger. Concerning fraud on the Royal Post. Ruling: 17 months with hard labour. Judgment shortly after noon.

The Market

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

Bread, the loaf, 435.2 pfen; beer, the litre, 652.8 pfen. A labourer's day is paid at 79.49 marka; a furnished room lets at 278.22 marka the month. The Exchange index closed the year at 53,165.10. Bank rate stands at 3.63 per cent.

The War Appropriation for the year, 170,920,677 marka, passed the Assembly without a dissenting voice.

Registers

Civil registrations this week, from the National Archive: Recorded this week throughout the country: 159 births, 90 marriages, 164 deaths. Population at the last return, 717,463.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

On This Day

On this day in the Herald.

197 years ago. A new bridge is opened at Kessel by the Minister of the Interior. It has 8 arches. Report.

189 years ago. A fire in High Gate at Tarnmund destroys 7 houses. The town watch attend. No lives are lost. Report.

Pfahl

Final standings:

The League of 2003 was won by Hollstadt Workers. Full table.

Hollstadt Workers184
Marschau Garrison166
Grauburg Fortress148
Reedside Athletic148
Norrwick Printers1111
Tarnmund Lake1111
Kessel Iron1111
Weinfeld Vintners1012
Altstadt Pfahl Club1012
Vellmar Wardens814
Ostrabruck Bridge715
Brennholt Farmers220

Correspondence

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

Notices

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

Room to let, Vellmar, 278.22 marka a month, references.

Lost: cat, Vellmar. 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.