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Vellmar today: wind from the eastPrice 254 pfen

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Bauer Department Store is founded at Weinfeld by Marta Bauer

Weinfeld, 10 February 2012

Bauer Department Store is founded at Weinfeld by Marta Bauer. Weinfeld.

Bauer Department Store is founded at Weinfeld by Marta Bauer. The particulars were entered in the register of companies at the Ministry of Finance. The Herald will follow the matter.

The Exchange took the news in its stride; the close is given in the market column. Brokers in the wine rooms reported a quiet afternoon.

Concerning: Bauer Department Store, Marta Bauer.

A crowd of 7,000 watches the Pfahl match at Berging

Berging, 14 February 2012

A crowd of 7,000 watches the Pfahl match at Berging. There are 11 arrests. The town clerk entered the matter in the minute book late in the forenoon. One witness, a boatman from the lower quay, gave the following account: 'They were very orderly about it.'

Concerning: Berging, Salt Way.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

No roll this week.

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

The Assembly

10 February 2012. The Marsh Regiments Pay (Amendment) 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. It amends The Marsh Regiments Pay Regulation Act. Final reading, without incident.

The Grand Chancellor, Uwe Jann, has held office since 14 February 2007.

The Courts

The Regional Court of Norrfeld, 13 February 2012. The Crown v. Wendl. Concerning assault at Hollhausen. Ruling: acquitted. Judgment at ten in the forenoon.

The Regional Court of Westgau, 13 February 2012. Kirbruch v. Voss. Concerning a contract for iron rails not delivered. Ruling: damages of 38030 marka. The court rose shortly after noon.

The Market

The Exchange was brisk. Price indicators for the week:

Bread, the loaf, 507.1 pfen; beer, the litre, 760.6 pfen. A labourer's day is paid at 97.21 marka; a furnished room lets at 340.23 marka the month. The Exchange index closed the year at 56,451.80. Bank rate stands at 4.64 per cent.

The War Appropriation for the year, 204,871,012 marka, passed the Assembly without a dissenting voice.

Registers

National Archive weekly return: Recorded this week throughout the country: 153 births, 96 marriages, 173 deaths. Population at the last return, 719,904.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

On This Day

From the archive.

166 years ago. Magnus Orrel is elected Grand Chancellor by the Assembly and takes office. Report.

203 years ago. A fire in Garrison Gate at Grauburg destroys 4 houses. The fire company attend. No lives are lost. Report.

Pfahl

Final standings:

The League of 2011 was won by Altstadt Pfahl Club. Full table.

Altstadt Pfahl Club175
Grauburg Fortress157
Weinfeld Vintners148
Hollstadt Workers139
Norrwick Printers139
Vellmar Wardens139
Kessel Iron1210
Reedside Athletic913
Marschau Garrison814
Ostrabruck Bridge814
Tarnmund Lake616
Brennholt Farmers418

Correspondence

Sir, — Your report from Weinfeld was accurate and I am grateful for it. The district office has been told; it has been told before. Paterfamilias, Oberbach.

Notices

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

For sale, sofa, Oberbach.

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

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.