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The Schwartzistan Herald

Reedkalsoft lists on the Vellmar Exchange as AHO

Vellmar, 14 March 2017

Reedkalsoft lists on the Vellmar Exchange as AHO. Vellmar.

Reedkalsoft lists on the Vellmar Exchange as AHO. The listing was read out on the floor of the Exchange in the customary form and the brokers proceeded to business. 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 wine rooms reported a quiet afternoon.

Concerning: The Vellmar Exchange, Reedkalsoft.

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

17 March 2017. An Act for the Better Provision of Aviation passed. Passed by the Assembly by 53 votes to 7. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 147 marka. The vote was taken towards 4 in the afternoon.

16 March 2017. The Marsh Regiments Pay 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. The vote was taken a little after 9 in the morning.

13 March 2017. The Aviation (Amendment) Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 47 votes to 16. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 36 marka. Comes into force on 1 January 2018. It amends The Aviation Regulation Act. The debate was brief.

11 March 2017. The Sanitation (Amendment) Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 36 votes to 9. Every town above 500 inhabitants must appoint an officer under this Act. It amends The Sanitation (Amendment) Act. The vote was taken towards 5 in the afternoon.

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

The Courts

The Court of Chronological Offences, 14 March 2017. The Crown v. S. K.. Concerning assertion of the unyear in a public house at Hagenkirchen. Ruling: 12 months. The court rose when the court resumed after the midday adjournment.

The High Court, 14 March 2017. Grelar v. Brenn. Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: for the tenant. The court rose at half past 2 in the afternoon.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark, 17 March 2017. Sell v. Mahler. Concerning an article in The Evening Courier. Ruling: apology ordered. The court rose at the rising of the court.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand, 15 March 2017. Hallin v. Fenn. Concerning smoke from a foundry at Dammberg. Ruling: damages of 2794 marka. The court rose shortly after noon.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand, 15 March 2017. Reinholt v. Stiegl. Concerning smoke from a gasworks at Brennholt. Ruling: injunction granted. The court rose at ten in the forenoon.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand, 13 March 2017. The Crown v. Brenn. Concerning theft of a printing press. Ruling: bound over. The gallery was full.

The Market

The Exchange was steady. Price indicators for the week:

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: 156 births, 88 marriages, 184 deaths. Population at the last return, 719,282.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

On This Day

On this day in the Herald.

202 years ago. A fire in Chapel Street at Dammberg destroys 4 houses. The town watch attend. No lives are lost. Report.

201 years ago. A cart overturns in Salt Way, Berging. The driver, a man of Tarnmund, is taken to hospital. 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. An Old Subscriber.

Notices

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

Room to let, Vellmar, 389.52 marka a month, references.

Found: phone, Vellmar.

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.