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Dammberg Motor Works lists on the Vellmar Exchange as THM

Vellmar, 11 March 2020

Dammberg Motor Works lists on the Vellmar Exchange as THM. Vellmar.

Dammberg Motor Works lists on the Vellmar Exchange as THM. The tone of the market was dull. The Herald will follow the matter.

Those in the trade at Vellmar spoke of the matter with some satisfaction. The driver of the carrier's cart observed that a counting-house is a counting-house whoever's name is over the door.

Concerning: The Vellmar Exchange, Dammberg Motor Works.

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

6 March 2020. The Dating of Instruments (Amendment) Act passed. Passed by the Assembly by 45 votes to 18. Administered by the Ministry of Chronology. Offences under this Act are tried before the Court of Chronological Offences. Comes into force on 1 January 2021. It amends The Dating of Instruments Act. The debate was routine.

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

The Courts

The Regional Court of Norrfeld, 11 March 2020. The Crown v. Zeller. Concerning desertion from the Marsh Regiments. Ruling: acquitted: he was lost in the fog. The court rose when the court resumed after the midday adjournment.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld, 10 March 2020. Neiner v. Likpach. Concerning the estate of the late Likpach. Ruling: estate divided equally. The gallery was full.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld, 10 March 2020. Kicken v. Jost. Concerning the estate of the late Jost. Ruling: will upheld. The gallery was thin.

The Regional Court of The Capital District, 9 March 2020. The Crown v. Mordar. Concerning fraud on the War Ministry. Ruling: acquitted. Judgment shortly after noon.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark, 8 March 2020. The Crown v. Tautmann. Concerning theft of iron rails. Ruling: bound over. The court rose shortly after noon.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand, 7 March 2020. Tarn v. Baltmein. Concerning a boundary between two farms at Grautal. Ruling: boundary fixed at the old ditch. The gallery was full.

The Market

The Exchange was quiet. Price indicators for the week:

Bread, the loaf, 604.1 pfen; beer, the litre, 906.1 pfen. A labourer's day is paid at 120.93 marka; a furnished room lets at 423.25 marka the month. The Exchange index closed the year at 50,589.20. Bank rate stands at 4.11 per cent.

The War Appropriation for the year, 243,212,781 marka, passed the Assembly without a dissenting voice.

Registers

Civil registrations this week, from the National Archive: Recorded this week throughout the country: 139 births, 104 marriages, 165 deaths. Population at the last return, 717,785.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Deaths

Martin Tarn, engineer, born at Ostrabruck on 21 August 1946, died 8 March 2020. engineer, of Ostrabruck. The funeral is private; a memorial notice will follow.

On This Day

From the archive.

209 years ago. The harvest at Norrhafen is reported late. Grain is 6 pfen the measure. Report.

207 years ago. Vellmar marks the 500th anniversary of its charter with a procession along Printer Row. Report.

Pfahl

Final standings:

The League of 2019 was won by Altstadt Pfahl Club. Full table.

Altstadt Pfahl Club184
Grauburg Fortress175
Hollstadt Workers175
Norrwick Printers157
Weinfeld Vintners148
Kessel Iron1111
Marschau Garrison1111
Vellmar Wardens913
Reedside Athletic913
Tarnmund Lake517
Brennholt Farmers319
Ostrabruck Bridge319

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.

Notices

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

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

Found: wallet, 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.