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The Schwartzistan Herald

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The Line The front line is at the Reed Line. No change. Latest reports
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Vellmar today: frostPrice 286 pfen

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Hallin Clockworks (Licensed) lists on the Vellmar Exchange as FDH

Vellmar, 13 August 2018

Hallin Clockworks (Licensed) lists on the Vellmar Exchange as FDH. Vellmar.

Vellmar: Hallin Clockworks (Licensed) lists on the Vellmar Exchange as FDH. Dealing was brisk and the first price was called at about half past 11.

The company's books are kept at Vellmar and may be inspected by shareholders on application at the registered office between 9 and 4 o'clock.

Concerning: The Vellmar Exchange, Hallin Clockworks (Licensed).

The summer fair opens at Berging

Berging, 11 August 2018

The summer fair opens at Berging. 500 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm. The town officers attended towards 2 in the afternoon. Speaking to this journal, the sexton said: 'I said at the time it would come to this.'

Concerning: Berging, Old Gate Walk.

The bells of Wasserdorf church are recast

Wasserdorf, 10 August 2018

The bells of Wasserdorf church are recast. They are rung for the first time on Sunday. The matter was the only talk at the quay that evening. Speaking to this journal, a woman selling eels at the corner said: 'You could hear it in the next street.'

Concerning: Wasserdorf, Reed Lane.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

SergeantMarkus Wendl, of VellmarThe 4th Marsh Regimentkilled in action9 August 2018

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 Court of Chronological Offences, 10 August 2018. The Crown v. K. B.. Concerning possession of a clock face with an unlicensed year. Ruling: fined 114229 marka. The gallery was thin.

The Court of Chronological Offences, 10 August 2018. The Crown v. T. B.. Concerning possession of a clock face with an unlicensed year. Ruling: fined 7139 marka. Judgment when the court resumed after the midday adjournment.

The Regional Court of The Capital District, 12 August 2018. Tunder v. Treingbenn. Concerning a boundary between two farms at Eisenheim. Ruling: for the defendant. The court rose when the court resumed after the midday adjournment.

The Regional Court of Westgau, 11 August 2018. Moor v. Brenn. Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: lease shortened by one year under the Continuity Act. Judgment at ten in the forenoon.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark, 11 August 2018. Gerst v. Giess. Concerning an article in The Schwartzistan Herald. Ruling: apology ordered. The gallery was thin.

The Market

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

Bread, the loaf, 571.1 pfen; beer, the litre, 856.7 pfen. A labourer's day is paid at 114.23 marka; a furnished room lets at 399.82 marka the month. The Exchange index closed the year at 32,066.50. Bank rate stands at 3.67 per cent.

The War Appropriation for the year, 233,393,966 marka, passed the Assembly without a dissenting voice.

Registers

Civil registrations this week, from the National Archive: Recorded this week throughout the country: 162 births, 99 marriages, 151 deaths. Population at the last return, 718,887.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

On This Day

From the archive.

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

209 years ago. A storm strips roofs in Hollhausen and fells the old lime in Ferry Street. Report.

Pfahl

Pfahl League, final table:

The League of 2017 was won by Hollstadt Workers. Full table.

Hollstadt Workers175
Weinfeld Vintners166
Grauburg Fortress148
Altstadt Pfahl Club139
Norrwick Printers139
Reedside Athletic1210
Marschau Garrison1012
Vellmar Wardens814
Tarnmund Lake814
Ostrabruck Bridge814
Brennholt Farmers814
Kessel Iron517

Correspondence

Sir, — Your report from Vellmar was accurate and I am grateful for it. The district office has been told; it has been told before. An Old Subscriber, Sudholt.

Notices

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

For sale, bicycle, Berging.

Found: glasses, Berging.

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.