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The Schwartzistan Herald

Weinau Trading House is acquired by Sudmark Wine Company

Weinau, 15 August 2015

Weinau Trading House is acquired by Sudmark Wine Company. Weinau.

Weinau Trading House is acquired by Sudmark Wine Company. The particulars were entered in the register of companies at the Ministry of Finance. A statement is expected in the coming days.

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

Concerning: Weinau Trading House, Sudmark Wine Company.

The summer fair opens at Hollstadt

Hollstadt, 15 August 2015

The summer fair opens at Hollstadt. 800 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm. The matter was the only talk at the inn that evening. We have it from the driver of the carrier's cart that the affair was brief.

Concerning: Hollstadt, Ferry Square.

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

14 August 2015. The Ostrabruck Public Health Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 41 votes to 20. Every town above 5000 inhabitants must appoint an officer under this Act. Final reading, without incident.

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

The Courts

The Court of Chronological Offences, 12 August 2015. The Crown v. H. M.. Concerning possession of an unyear record (a ledger). Ruling: acquitted: the year on the a wine label was illegible. Judgment when the court resumed after the midday adjournment.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld, 16 August 2015. Rusk v. Kessler. Concerning an article in The Evening Courier. Ruling: apology ordered. Judgment at half past 2 in the afternoon.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh, 16 August 2015. The Crown v. Dolten. Concerning desertion from the Marsh Regiments. Ruling: acquitted: he was lost in the fog. The gallery was thin.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark, 13 August 2015. The Crown v. Gerst. Concerning assault at Weinfeld. Ruling: acquitted. The court rose at ten in the forenoon.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld, 12 August 2015. Brenn v. Wasen. Concerning the estate of the late Wasen. Ruling: for the eldest son. The gallery was full.

The Market

The Exchange was thin. Price indicators for the week:

Bread, the loaf, 546.1 pfen; beer, the litre, 819.2 pfen. A labourer's day is paid at 108.13 marka; a furnished room lets at 378.47 marka the month. The Exchange index closed the year at 32,662.80. Bank rate stands at 3.83 per cent.

The War Appropriation for the year, 225,234,811 marka, passed the Assembly without a dissenting voice.

Registers

National Archive weekly return: Recorded this week throughout the country: 177 births, 108 marriages, 168 deaths. Population at the last return, 719,980.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

On This Day

On this day in the Herald.

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

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

Pfahl

Final standings:

The League of 2014 was won by Grauburg Fortress. Full table.

Grauburg Fortress184
Altstadt Pfahl Club184
Hollstadt Workers166
Norrwick Printers157
Weinfeld Vintners139
Tarnmund Lake1111
Kessel Iron1012
Marschau Garrison1012
Ostrabruck Bridge715
Vellmar Wardens616
Reedside Athletic517
Brennholt Farmers319

Correspondence

Sir, — The Herald gives bread at 546.1 pfen the loaf. Not in Sudholt it isn't. A Reader.

Notices

Vacancies: Sudholt Electric Company, electrics, Sudholt.

For sale, piano, Vellmar.

Anyone who saw the incident at Weinau 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.