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The Schwartzistan Herald

Pfeil Brewery is wound up

Sanding, 15 February 2012

Pfeil Brewery is wound up. Sanding.

Pfeil Brewery is wound up. 818 jobs are lost at Sanding. The particulars were entered in the register of companies at the Ministry of Finance. Readers in Sanding may send their accounts to the usual address.

The Exchange took the news in its stride; the close is given in the market column. Brokers in the textile rooms reported a fair for the season afternoon.

Concerning: Pfeil Brewery.

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 names were published this week.

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

The Assembly

The Assembly did not sit this week.

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

The Courts

The High Court, 15 February 2012. Marsch v. Adler. Concerning a boundary between two farms at Vellhausen. Ruling: for the defendant. The court rose shortly after noon.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark, 19 February 2012. Marsch v. Egge. Concerning a boundary between two farms at Weinfeld. Ruling: for the defendant. The gallery was full.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor, 19 February 2012. Kennhardt v. Rusk. Concerning an unpaid debt of 38030 marka. Ruling: dismissed. The gallery was thin.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld, 18 February 2012. Tarnholt v. Moor. Concerning an unpaid debt of 15212 marka. Ruling: for the plaintiff, half the sum. The gallery was thin.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld, 18 February 2012. Hauk v. Kaltz. Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: for the tenant. The court rose shortly after noon.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor, 17 February 2012. Brenn v. Birk. Concerning a boundary between two farms at Dammsee. Ruling: boundary fixed at the old ditch. The court rose at half past 3 in the afternoon.

The Market

The Exchange was thin. 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

Civil registrations this week, from the National Archive: Recorded this week throughout the country: 168 births, 101 marriages, 151 deaths. Population at the last return, 719,904.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

On This Day

On this day in the Herald.

197 years ago. A storm strips roofs in Eisenheim and fells the old lime in Mill Row. Report.

195 years ago. A fire in Weaver Square at Tarnmoor destroys 6 houses. The town watch 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, — Three cheers for your correspondent in Sanding. Nobody else came. Paterfamilias, Vellmar.

Notices

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

For sale, bicycle, Vellmar.

Anyone who saw the incident at Sanding 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.