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Lamm Brewery lists on the Vellmar Exchange as LAY

Vellmar, 9 October 2012

Lamm Brewery lists on the Vellmar Exchange as LAY. Vellmar.

Lamm Brewery lists on the Vellmar Exchange as LAY. The tone of the market was quiet. Related reports are linked below.

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

Concerning: The Vellmar Exchange, Lamm Brewery.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

No roll this week.

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

The Assembly

9 October 2012. The Turnpikes Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 33 votes to 26. Provides 202720 marka for works between Sudfurt and Marschau. Comes into force on 1 January 2013. Final reading, without incident.

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

The Courts

The Court of Chronological Offences, 11 October 2012. The Crown v. M. A.. Concerning assertion of the unyear in print. Ruling: 4 years and the press forfeit. Judgment at half past 2 in the afternoon.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh, 14 October 2012. The Crown v. Brenn. Concerning desertion from the Marsh Regiments. Ruling: returned to the regiment. The gallery was thin.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld, 10 October 2012. Brenn v. Mahler. Concerning an article in The Schwartzistan Herald. Ruling: for the plaintiff, 101413 marka. Judgment when the court resumed after the midday adjournment.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld, 10 October 2012. The Crown v. Stinel. Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: 10 months. The gallery was thin.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld, 9 October 2012. The Crown v. Mertz. Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: fined 2535 marka. The gallery was full.

The Market

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

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: 176 births, 108 marriages, 153 deaths. Population at the last return, 719,904.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Deaths

Leon Prill, official, born at Vellhausen on 13 November 1936, died 12 October 2012. Member of the Assembly. Of Vellhausen, official. Family flowers only. Donations to the regimental widows' fund.

On This Day

From the archive.

207 years ago. Sudholt marks the 700th anniversary of its charter with a procession along Ferry Gate. Report.

203 years ago. The coldest night in 60 years is recorded at Eisenheim. Lake Tarn freezes to the middle. 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 Vellmar. Nobody else came. Vigilans, Sudholt.

Notices

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

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

Anyone who saw the incident at Vellmar 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.