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Vellmar today: frostPrice 279 pfen

The Schwartzistan Herald

Electric light is switched on in the market square at Sudfurt

Sudfurt, 13 June 2017

Electric light is switched on in the market square at Sudfurt. Sudfurt.

Electric light is switched on in the market square at Sudfurt. We have it from a woman who had come in from the market that the affair was brief. Related reports are linked below.

The town officers met at about half past 10 the following day and resolved to make a return to the Ministry of the Interior. The ferry was open as usual.

Concerning: Sudfurt, Printer Quay.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

No roll this week.

The front line is at the Reed Line. No change.

The Assembly

10 June 2017. The Schools (Amendment) Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 57 votes to 3. Applies to children between 5 and 16. Comes into force on 1 January 2018. It amends The Schools (Amendment) Act. The debate was short.

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

The Courts

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh, 13 June 2017. Hauk v. Rusk. Concerning a boundary between two farms at Sandfeld. Ruling: for the plaintiff. Judgment late in the afternoon sitting.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark, 9 June 2017. Reinholt v. Brenner. Concerning smoke from a gasworks at Tarnmund. Ruling: dismissed. The gallery was full.

The Market

The Exchange was fair for the season. 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

Civil registrations this week, from the National Archive: Recorded this week throughout the country: 146 births, 107 marriages, 163 deaths. Population at the last return, 719,282.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Deaths

Klaus Brenn, teacher, born at Bruchberg on 2 March 1935, died 7 June 2017. Member of the Assembly. teacher, of Bruchberg. The funeral is private; a memorial notice will follow.

On This Day

On this day in the Herald.

212 years ago. Ulrik Datel becomes Chief Justice of the High Court. Report.

210 years ago. The paper mill at Hagenkirchen burns through the night. 30 men are out of work. 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: assistant wanted. Apply to the registered office.

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

Anyone who saw the incident at Sudfurt 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.