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Vellmar today: wind from the eastPrice 279 pfen

The Schwartzistan Herald

Kaner Engineering lists on the Vellmar Exchange as VDC

Vellmar, 20 February 2017

Kaner Engineering lists on the Vellmar Exchange as VDC. Vellmar.

Kaner Engineering lists on the Vellmar Exchange as VDC. The listing was read out on the floor of the Exchange in the customary form and the brokers proceeded to business. The Herald will follow the matter.

The company's books are kept at Vellmar and may be inspected by shareholders on application at the registered office between 10 and 4 o'clock.

Concerning: The Vellmar Exchange, Kaner Engineering.

The first train reaches Lindenmar

Lindenmar, 21 February 2017

From Lindenmar. The first train reaches Lindenmar. The journey from Vellmar takes 3 hours. a small crowd gathered in the street and dispersed at dusk, the roads being dry for the season. Readers in Lindenmar may send their accounts to the usual address.

Concerning: Lindenmar, Mill Gate.

The winter fair opens at Dammberg

Dammberg, 18 February 2017

By our staff in Dammberg. The winter fair opens at Dammberg. 700 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm. A boatman from the lower quay said: 'We heard it from the far bank and thought it was the ferry.'

Concerning: Dammberg, Weaver Way.

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

18 February 2017. The Reserve Forces (Amendment) Act passed. Passed by the Assembly without a division. Charged to the Annual War Appropriation. Passed unanimously, as is customary for measures concerning the Line. Comes into force on 1 January 2018. It amends An Act for the Better Provision of Reserve Forces. The debate was brief.

18 February 2017. The Universities (Amendment) Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 48 votes to 14. Applies to children between 5 and 13. It amends The Universities (Amendment) Act. The debate was short.

17 February 2017. The Iron Tariff Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 46 votes to 13. Sets the duty at 3 pfen in the marka. Final reading, without incident.

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

The Courts

The High Court, 17 February 2017. Hallin v. Dielmann. Concerning a boundary between two farms at Weinau. Ruling: for the defendant. Judgment late in the afternoon sitting.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark, 22 February 2017. Voss v. Brenn. Concerning smoke from a distillery at Tarnmund. Ruling: dismissed. The gallery was thin.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand, 21 February 2017. The Crown v. Tann. Concerning assault at Norrbruck. Ruling: fined 6987 marka. Judgment at the rising of the court.

The Regional Court of The Capital District, 16 February 2017. Jost v. Wendl. Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: lease shortened by one year under the Continuity Act. Judgment when the court resumed after the midday adjournment.

The Market

Markets: a quiet week on the Exchange. Published prices in the capital:

Bread, the loaf, 559 pfen; beer, the litre, 838.5 pfen. A labourer's day is paid at 111.29 marka; a furnished room lets at 389.52 marka the month. The Exchange index closed the year at 27,266.70. Bank rate stands at 4.54 per cent.

The War Appropriation for the year, 232,746,212 marka, passed the Assembly without a dissenting voice.

Registers

National Archive weekly return: Recorded this week throughout the country: 154 births, 98 marriages, 158 deaths. Population at the last return, 719,282.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

On This Day

On this day in the Herald.

212 years ago. A fire in Chapel Quay at Salzhafen destroys 4 houses. The town watch attend. No lives are lost. Report.

208 years ago. The Ostra rises 60 centimetres above its mark at Reedtal. Cellars in Short Row are flooded. Report.

Pfahl

Pfahl League, final table:

The League of 2016 was won by Grauburg Fortress. Full table.

Grauburg Fortress175
Hollstadt Workers175
Weinfeld Vintners157
Altstadt Pfahl Club139
Kessel Iron1111
Vellmar Wardens1111
Norrwick Printers1012
Reedside Athletic1012
Tarnmund Lake814
Brennholt Farmers814
Marschau Garrison616
Ostrabruck Bridge616

Correspondence

Sir, — The Herald gives bread at 559 pfen the loaf. Not in Sudholt it isn't. Vigilans, Sudholt.

Notices

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

For sale: electric fittings, lamps and wiring. Sudholt Electric Company, Sudholt.

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.