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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 was not sitting.

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 Regional Court of Norrfeld, 18 June 2016. The Crown v. Brenn. Concerning desertion from the Marsh Regiments. Ruling: acquitted: he was lost in the fog. Judgment when the court resumed after the midday adjournment.

The Market

The Exchange was brisk. 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: 139 births, 76 marriages, 163 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

From the archive.

211 years ago. The bells of Hollhausen church are recast. They are rung for the first time on Sunday. Report.

210 years ago. The Ostra rises 80 centimetres above its mark at Ostrabruck. Cellars in Bridge Lane are flooded. 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, — Three cheers for your correspondent in The Reed Line. Nobody else came. A Reader of The Reed Line.

Notices

The Station Hotel (Grautal) are recruiting. Details at the office.

For sale: electrical work for houses and works. Sudholt Electric Company, Sudholt.

Found: wallet, Sudfurt.

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.