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Hollstadt Workers win the Pfahl League, their 14th title, with 21 wins from 22

Vellmar, 21 November 2015

Hollstadt Workers win the Pfahl League, their 14th title, with 21 wins from 22. Vellmar.

From Vellmar. Hollstadt Workers win the Pfahl League, their 14th title, with 21 wins from 22. Jonas Steinholt of Weinfeld Vintners is top scorer with 41 stakes. Play was held up as the lamps were lit for fog. Readers in Vellmar may send their accounts to the usual address.

By the next morning Vellmar had returned to its ordinary business, the causeway being under a hand's depth of water. A woman who had come in from the market said the town had seen the like before and would see it again.

Concerning: The Pfahl League, Hollstadt Workers, Jonas Steinholt.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

LieutenantJonas Mahler, of VellfurtThe 2nd Marsh Regimentenemy action19 November 2015

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

21 November 2015. The Hochstadt Public Health Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 46 votes to 15. Every town above 2000 inhabitants must appoint an officer under this Act. Comes into force on 1 January 2016. Final reading, without incident.

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

The Courts

The Court of Chronological Offences, 15 November 2015. The Crown v. K. S.. Concerning possession of a clock face with an unlicensed year. Ruling: the clock destroyed; no further penalty. The court rose shortly after noon.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark, 21 November 2015. Kessler v. Moor. Concerning an article in The Evening Courier. Ruling: dismissed: fair comment. The court rose at the rising of the court.

The Regional Court of Westgau, 21 November 2015. The Crown v. Brenn. Concerning desertion from the Marsh Regiments. Ruling: 6 years. The court rose late in the afternoon sitting.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh, 19 November 2015. The Crown v. Vogt. Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: 1 months. The court rose shortly after noon.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh, 17 November 2015. Ilgen v. Lenz. Concerning an unpaid debt of 273051 marka. Ruling: for the plaintiff, half the sum. Judgment late in the afternoon sitting.

The Market

The Exchange was dull. 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: 171 births, 122 marriages, 161 deaths. Population at the last return, 719,980.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

On This Day

From the archive.

206 years ago. A fire in High Walk at Grauburg destroys 8 houses. The garrison attend. No lives are lost. Report.

202 years ago. Grauholt marks the 500th anniversary of its charter with a procession along Well Square. Report.

Pfahl

Pfahl League, final table:

The League of 2015 was won by Hollstadt Workers. Full table.

Hollstadt Workers211
Altstadt Pfahl Club184
Weinfeld Vintners184
Grauburg Fortress157
Norrwick Printers139
Vellmar Wardens1012
Kessel Iron913
Reedside Athletic814
Marschau Garrison715
Brennholt Farmers616
Ostrabruck Bridge418
Tarnmund Lake319

Correspondence

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

Notices

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

For sale, piano, Berging.

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.