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The Schwartzistan Herald

The Summer Action at the Third Stake

The Reed Line, 17 June 2016

The Summer Action at the Third Stake. The Reed Line.

The Summer Action at the Third Stake. The 3rd Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. The Ministry's dispatch was received at towards 5 in the afternoon and is given above without alteration. The regiment's depot has been informed. The line holds.

The regiments remain at their posts. The Ministry states that supplies are moving up the causeway by night as usual and that the garrison at Marschau is at full strength.

Concerning: The 3rd Marsh Regiment, The Reed Line.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

CorporalAndreas Krastmat, of GrautalThe 3rd Marsh Regimentenemy action17 June 2016
LieutenantFinn Kaltz, of NorrbruckThe 3rd Marsh Regimentenemy fire17 June 2016

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

The Assembly did not sit this week.

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

The Courts

The High Court, 16 June 2016. Hallin v. Tresel. Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: lease shortened by one year under the Continuity Act. The gallery was thin.

The High Court, 15 June 2016. Dorn v. Tockel. Concerning a contract for a printing press not delivered. Ruling: contract void. The court rose late in the afternoon sitting.

The Court of Chronological Offences, 12 June 2016. The Crown v. M. K.. Concerning possession of a clock face with an unlicensed year. Ruling: the clock destroyed; no further penalty. Judgment shortly after noon.

The Market

The Exchange was fair for the season. Price indicators for the week:

Bread, the loaf, 558.5 pfen; beer, the litre, 837.8 pfen. A labourer's day is paid at 1107.52 marka; a furnished room lets at 418.91 marka the month. The Exchange index closed the year at 27,701.40. Bank rate stands at 3.98 per cent.

The War Appropriation for the year, 227,046,856 marka, passed the Assembly without a dissenting voice.

Registers

National Archive weekly return: Recorded this week throughout the country: 148 births, 87 marriages, 157 deaths. Population at the last return, 719,676.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Deaths

Rainer Haunn, carpenter, born at Grauburg on 27 March 1941, died 13 June 2016. Member of the Assembly. carpenter, of Grauburg. The funeral is private; a memorial notice will follow.

On This Day

On this day in the Herald.

207 years ago. Brenn Vineyards is founded at Salzhafen by Ulrik Brenn. Report.

200 years ago. A new bridge is opened at Norrbruck by the Minister of the Interior. It has 8 arches. 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, — Your report from The Reed Line was accurate and I am grateful for it. The district office has been told; it has been told before. A Reader of Grautal.

Notices

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

Room to let, The Reed Line, 418.91 marka a month, references.

Lost: cat, The Reed Line. Reward.

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.