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The Schwartzistan Herald

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

CorporalManfred Miner, of SandfeldThe 1st Marsh Regimentenemy action23 August 2004

Roll as issued by the Ministry.

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

The Assembly

The Assembly did not sit this week.

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

The Courts

The High Court, 28 August 2004. Hallin v. Kolm. Concerning an article in The Evening Courier. Ruling: dismissed: fair comment. The court rose shortly after noon.

The Court of Chronological Offences, 28 August 2004. The Crown v. B. D.. Concerning possession of a clock face with an unlicensed year. Ruling: fined 5439 marka. The court rose late in the afternoon sitting.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh, 26 August 2004. Brenn v. Hallin. Concerning smoke from a paper mill at Vellhausen. Ruling: dismissed. Judgment at half past 3 in the afternoon.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor, 25 August 2004. Kessler v. Brenn. Concerning an article in The Evening Courier. Ruling: dismissed: fair comment. The court rose at ten in the forenoon.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand, 25 August 2004. Brenn v. Stiegl. Concerning a contract for iron rails not delivered. Ruling: for the defendant. The court rose at the rising of the court.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor, 24 August 2004. Grollalel v. Bastbik. Concerning a contract for a consignment of paper not delivered. Ruling: contract void. The gallery was full.

The Market

The Exchange was steady. Price indicators for the week:

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: 180 births, 98 marriages, 173 deaths. Population at the last return, 717,463.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Deaths

Karl Sandar, shop assistant, born at Furtstadt on 20 November 1952, died 25 August 2004. Of Furtstadt, shop assistant. Family flowers only. Donations to the regimental widows' fund.

On This Day

From the archive.

198 years ago. The harvest at Hagenkirchen is reported average. Grain is 3 pfen the measure. Report.

195 years ago. A fire in Well Row at Sandfeld destroys 4 houses. The volunteer brigade 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 Tarnmoor. Nobody else came. A Subscriber since the Founding, Weinwick.

Notices

Vacancies: Sudholt Electric Company, electrics, Sudholt.

For sale: electrical work for houses and works. Sudholt Electric Company, Sudholt.

Found: wallet, Hochstadt.

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.