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The Line The front line is at the Reed Line. No change. Latest reports
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A new wing opens at the Reedtal hospital, with 40 beds

Reedtal, 18 January 2014

A new wing opens at the Reedtal hospital, with 40 beds. Reedtal.

From Reedtal. A new wing opens at the Reedtal hospital, with 40 beds. We have it from a schoolmaster who happened to be passing that the affair was noisier than the report suggests.

The matter will be raised at the next meeting of the town officers, when the ratepayers will hear of it in the usual form.

Concerning: Reedtal, Long Row.

A crowd of 5,000 watches the Pfahl match at Oberbach

Oberbach, 13 January 2014

A crowd of 5,000 watches the Pfahl match at Oberbach. There are 59 arrests. perhaps 500 people by the constable's count gathered in the street and dispersed as the lamps were lit, frost having made the causeway treacherous. A peat cutter on his way home said: 'It will be talked of at the market for a week.'

Concerning: Oberbach, Orchard Street.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

PrivateTimo Brenn, of HochstadtThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy action14 January 2014

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

18 January 2014. The Railway Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 42 votes to 1. Provides 204400 marka for works between Oberholt and Hochstadt. Comes into force on 1 January 2015. Final reading, without incident.

16 January 2014. The Railway (Amendment) Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 47 votes to 15. Provides 114610 marka for works between Reedtal and Tarnmoor. It amends The Railway (Amendment) Act. Final reading, without incident.

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

The Courts

The Regional Court of The Ostrand, 18 January 2014. Brenn v. Brenn. Concerning smoke from a foundry at Sudholt. Ruling: damages of 40731 marka. The gallery was thin.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor, 16 January 2014. Rusk v. Leng. Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: rent for the removed period not recoverable. The court rose at the rising of the court.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh, 14 January 2014. Briendin v. Beiler. Concerning a boundary between two farms at Reedtal. Ruling: for the defendant. Judgment late in the afternoon sitting.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand, 13 January 2014. The Crown v. Melen. Concerning assault at Sudholt. Ruling: 11 months. Judgment at half past 2 in the afternoon.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand, 13 January 2014. Rabe v. Dahlmann. Concerning smoke from a distillery at Dammberg. Ruling: injunction granted. The court rose shortly after noon.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh, 12 January 2014. Tarnholt v. Brack. Concerning the estate of the late Brack. Ruling: for the eldest son. The court rose at half past 3 in the afternoon.

The Market

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

Bread, the loaf, 543.1 pfen; beer, the litre, 814.6 pfen. A labourer's day is paid at 105.52 marka; a furnished room lets at 369.32 marka the month. The Exchange index closed the year at 31,545.40. Bank rate stands at 3.45 per cent.

The War Appropriation for the year, 217,195,469 marka, passed the Assembly without a dissenting voice.

Registers

National Archive weekly return: Recorded this week throughout the country: 153 births, 86 marriages, 146 deaths. Population at the last return, 720,071.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

On This Day

On this day in the Herald.

205 years ago. The coldest night in 80 years is recorded at Lindenmar. Lake Tarn freezes to the middle. Report.

198 years ago. The coldest night in 30 years is recorded at Sudfurt. Lake Tarn freezes to the middle. Report.

Pfahl

Pfahl League, final table:

The League of 2013 was won by Grauburg Fortress. Full table.

Grauburg Fortress202
Reedside Athletic157
Altstadt Pfahl Club148
Hollstadt Workers148
Norrwick Printers139
Weinfeld Vintners1210
Kessel Iron1210
Marschau Garrison814
Vellmar Wardens715
Tarnmund Lake715
Brennholt Farmers517
Ostrabruck Bridge517

Correspondence

Sir, — Your report from Reedtal was accurate and I am grateful for it. The district office has been told; it has been told before. A Ratepayer.

Notices

Kessler Vineyards, Weinwick: assistant wanted. Apply to the registered office.

Room to let, Reedtal, 369.32 marka a month, references.

Found: phone, Weinfeld.

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.