The Schwartzistan Herald, 18 August 2014

Tarnholt Department Store is acquired by Sandfeld Peat Company

Reedtal, 18 August 2014

Tarnholt Department Store is acquired by Sandfeld Peat Company. The particulars were entered in the register of companies at the Ministry of Finance. Related reports are linked below.

Those in the trade at Reedtal spoke of the matter with some satisfaction. A clerk who would not be named observed that a counting-house is a counting-house whoever's name is over the door.

Concerning: Tarnholt Department Store, Sandfeld Peat Company.

Bristnekar Import is declared bankrupt

Oberholt, 14 August 2014

Reported from Oberholt. Bristnekar Import is declared bankrupt. 434 jobs are lost at Oberholt. The notice was posted at the counting-house in Oberholt and copied to the Exchange. The Herald will follow the matter.

Concerning: Bristnekar Import.

A motor omnibus service begins between Wasserdorf and Dammsee

Wasserdorf, 18 August 2014

A motor omnibus service begins between Wasserdorf and Dammsee. The bell was rung at the church and the townspeople turned out to see. We have it from the keeper of the toll-house that the affair was noisier than the report suggests.

Concerning: Wasserdorf, Harbour Street.

Gas lighting is installed in Short Row, Reedtal

Reedtal, 18 August 2014

Gas lighting is installed in Short Row, Reedtal. Residents complain of the smell and the brightness. A woman who had come in from the market said: 'Nobody wanted to be the first to say anything.' Readers in Reedtal may send their accounts to the usual address.

Concerning: Reedtal, Short Row.

A motor omnibus service begins between Oberholt and Sudholt

Oberholt, 17 August 2014

A motor omnibus service begins between Oberholt and Sudholt. One witness, the keeper of the toll-house, gave the following account: 'The clerk wrote it all down; you may ask him.' A statement is expected in the coming days.

Concerning: Oberholt, Bridge Street.

The first train reaches Reedtal

Reedtal, 15 August 2014

By our staff in Reedtal. The first train reaches Reedtal. The journey from Vellmar takes 5 hours. One witness, a woman selling eels at the corner, gave the following account: 'You could hear it in the next street.'

Concerning: Reedtal, Ferry Square.

A fire in Salt Row at Kessel destroys 7 houses

Kessel, 14 August 2014

Kessel: A fire in Salt Row at Kessel destroys 7 houses. The garrison attend. No lives are lost. We have it from a clerk who would not be named that the affair was noisier than the report suggests.

Concerning: Kessel, Salt Row.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

No roll this week.

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

The Assembly

12 August 2014. The Broadcasting Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 40 votes to 11. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 730 marka. The vote was taken at noon.

12 August 2014. The Firearms Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 42 votes to 17. Penalty on conviction: a fine of 730 marka or 11 months. Comes into force on 1 January 2015. The debate was short.

The Grand Chancellor, Renate Brenn, has held office since 14 February 2014.

The Courts

The Regional Court of The Ostrand, 18 August 2014. Hallin v. Fenn. Concerning an unpaid debt of 16292 marka. Ruling: for the plaintiff, half the sum. The court rose at half past 3 in the afternoon.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld, 12 August 2014. The Crown v. Quast. Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: 13 months. The gallery was full.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor, 12 August 2014. Brenn v. Fenn. Concerning a boundary between two farms at Berging. Ruling: for the plaintiff. The court rose when the court resumed after the midday adjournment.

The Market

Markets: a brisk 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: 133 births, 105 marriages, 174 deaths. Population at the last return, 720,071.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

On This Day

On this day in the Herald.

204 years ago. A storm strips roofs in Weinau and fells the old lime in Garrison Street. Report.

204 years ago. The sawmill at Marschau burns through the night. 53 men are out of work. Report.

Pfahl

Pfahl League, final table:

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

Grauburg Fortress	20	2
Reedside Athletic	15	7
Altstadt Pfahl Club	14	8
Hollstadt Workers	14	8
Norrwick Printers	13	9
Weinfeld Vintners	12	10
Kessel Iron	12	10
Marschau Garrison	8	14
Vellmar Wardens	7	15
Tarnmund Lake	7	15
Brennholt Farmers	5	17
Ostrabruck Bridge	5	17

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 Subscriber since the Founding, Weinwick.

Notices

Vacancies: Sudholt Electric Company, electrics, Sudholt.

For sale, boat, Oberholt.

Lost: dog, Reedtal. Reward.