The Schwartzistan Herald, 25 February 2005

The Winter Action at Ollen's Landing

The Reed Line, 19 February 2005

From the War Ministry. The Winter Action at Ollen's Landing. The 2nd Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. The Ministry's report is printed as received. The front line is at the Reed Line. No change.

The front line is at the Reed Line. No change. The War Ministry's roll for the week is printed in the usual place and the Ministry asks that enquiries from next of kin be addressed to the Records Office and not to this journal.

Concerning: The 2nd Marsh Regiment, The Reed Line.

The Kessel council installs a computer to keep the rates

Kessel, 24 February 2005

Reported from Kessel. The Kessel council installs a computer to keep the rates. It occupies a room in Garrison Square. The parish officers attended at noon. Related reports are linked below.

Concerning: Kessel, Garrison Square.

The harvest at Grauburg is reported the best in memory

Grauburg, 24 February 2005

The harvest at Grauburg is reported the best in memory. Grain is 3 pfen the measure. One witness, a clerk who would not be named, gave the following account: 'The clerk wrote it all down; you may ask him.' The Herald will follow the matter.

Concerning: Grauburg, Bridge Quay.

A cart overturns in Garrison Street, Sandfeld

Sandfeld, 24 February 2005

By our staff in Sandfeld. A cart overturns in Garrison Street, Sandfeld. The driver, a man of Marschau, is taken to hospital. The bell was rung at the town hall and the townspeople turned out to see. Readers in Sandfeld may send their accounts to the usual address.

Concerning: Sandfeld, Garrison Street.

The Sanding council installs a computer to keep the rates

Sanding, 22 February 2005

The Sanding council installs a computer to keep the rates. It occupies a room in Reed Lane. Business in Sanding went on briskly through the afternoon. A woman who had come in from the market said: 'Nobody wanted to be the first to say anything.'

Concerning: Sanding, Reed Lane.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

Corporal	Finn Teltel, of Hollstadt	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	killed in action	19 February 2005
Private	Andreas Steirut, of Oberholt	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	enemy action	19 February 2005
Private	Finn Falk, of Ostrabruck	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	killed in action	19 February 2005
Private	Kurt Meill, of Hagensee	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	enemy action	19 February 2005
Private	Rolf Dellberg, of Vellmar	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	killed in action	19 February 2005
Sergeant	Anton Hallin, of Hagenkirchen	The 2nd Marsh Regiment	killed in action	19 February 2005

As published by the War Ministry Records Office. The names will be read on Victory Day.

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

The Assembly

24 February 2005. The Public Health (Amendment) Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 54 votes to 6. Every town above 5000 inhabitants must appoint an officer under this Act. It amends The Public Health Regulation Act. The vote was taken at a quarter past 2.

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

The Courts

The Court of Chronological Offences, 25 February 2005. The Crown v. A. B.. Concerning possession of an unyear record (a ship's log). Ruling: acquitted: the year on the a bundle of letters was illegible. The court rose at half past 2 in the afternoon.

The High Court, 21 February 2005. Brenn v. Vardil. Concerning an unpaid debt of 2225 marka. Ruling: for the plaintiff with costs. Judgment when the court resumed after the midday adjournment.

The Regional Court of Westgau, 25 February 2005. The Crown v. Neiner. Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: 15 months. The court rose at ten in the forenoon.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor, 24 February 2005. Sinder v. Stiegl. Concerning an unpaid debt of 5562 marka. Ruling: for the plaintiff with costs. The court rose at ten in the forenoon.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark, 22 February 2005. Brenn v. Deichen. Concerning an article in The Evening Courier. Ruling: apology ordered. The gallery was full.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark, 21 February 2005. Marsch v. Wendl. Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: lease shortened by one year under the Continuity Act. The gallery was thin.

The Market

The Exchange was steady. Price indicators for the week:

Bread, the loaf, 445 pfen; beer, the litre, 667.5 pfen. A labourer's day is paid at 810.95 marka; a furnished room lets at 333.77 marka the month. The Exchange index closed the year at 47,639. Bank rate stands at 4.77 per cent.

The War Appropriation for the year, 175,377,555 marka, passed the Assembly without a dissenting voice.

Registers

National Archive weekly return: Recorded this week throughout the country: 182 births, 111 marriages, 167 deaths. Population at the last return, 717,666.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Deaths

Rolf Lenz, soldier, born at Hollstadt on 25 January 1948, died 24 February 2005. Minister of Foreign Affairs. Of Hollstadt, soldier. Family flowers only. Donations to the regimental widows' fund.

On This Day

From the archive.

199 years ago. The harvest at Weinfeld is reported late. Grain is 4 pfen the measure. Report.

198 years ago. A storm strips roofs in Sudholt and fells the old lime in Low Lane. Report.

Pfahl

Final standings:

The League of 2004 was won by Hollstadt Workers. Full table.

Hollstadt Workers	18	4
Norrwick Printers	15	7
Weinfeld Vintners	14	8
Grauburg Fortress	14	8
Reedside Athletic	14	8
Altstadt Pfahl Club	13	9
Vellmar Wardens	10	12
Kessel Iron	9	13
Marschau Garrison	8	14
Brennholt Farmers	7	15
Ostrabruck Bridge	6	16
Tarnmund Lake	4	18

Correspondence

Sir, — Your report from The Reed Line was accurate and I am grateful for it. The district office has been told; it has been told before. A Reader of Kessel.

Notices

Vacancies: Sudholt Electric Company, electrics, Sudholt.

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

Found: wallet, Kessel.