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Weather: frostPrice 311 pfen

The Schwartzistan Herald

Ostra Power lists on the Vellmar Exchange as ZTT

Vellmar, 20 March 2023

Ostra Power lists on the Vellmar Exchange as ZTT. Vellmar.

Vellmar: Ostra Power lists on the Vellmar Exchange as ZTT. Dealing was brisk and the first price was called towards 2 in the afternoon.

The company's books are kept at Vellmar and may be inspected by shareholders on application at the registered office between 9 and 3 o'clock.

Concerning: The Vellmar Exchange, Ostra Power.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

PrivateFinn Brenn, of GrauburgThe 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regimentenemy action15 March 2023

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 did not sit this week.

The Grand Chancellor, Nadja Maller, has held office since 14 February 2021.

The Courts

The High Court, 17 March 2023. Zeller v. Kaltz. Concerning a contract for coal not delivered. Ruling: damages of 7778 marka. The gallery was thin.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark, 20 March 2023. Lerfeld v. Isker. Concerning smoke from a paper mill at Norrhafen. Ruling: injunction granted. Judgment at ten in the forenoon.

The Regional Court of Westgau, 18 March 2023. Brenn v. Mauker. Concerning smoke from a foundry at Hagenkirchen. Ruling: injunction granted. The gallery was full.

The Regional Court of Westgau, 16 March 2023. The Crown v. Tickel. Concerning theft of a consignment of paper. Ruling: 16 months. The court rose shortly after noon.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh, 14 March 2023. Soner v. Fenn. Concerning the estate of the late Fenn. Ruling: estate divided equally. Judgment at half past 3 in the afternoon.

The Market

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

Bread, the loaf, 622.3 pfen; beer, the litre, 933.4 pfen. A labourer's day is paid at 130.46 marka; a furnished room lets at 456.61 marka the month. The Exchange index closed the year at 57,443.80. Bank rate stands at 3.73 per cent.

The War Appropriation for the year, 257,716,951 marka, passed the Assembly without a dissenting voice.

Registers

National Archive weekly return: Recorded this week throughout the country: 165 births, 96 marriages, 155 deaths. Population at the last return, 715,992.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Deaths

Kerstin Trost, driver, born at Kessel on 7 June 1941, died 17 March 2023. driver, of Kessel. The funeral is private; a memorial notice will follow.

On This Day

From the archive.

174 years ago. The Continuity of Contracts Act passes. Anything that would have happened in the year that did not occur is deemed to have happened on 31 December 1845 or 1 January 1847. Report.

206 years ago. The weaving shed at Sudholt burns through the night. 24 men are out of work. Report.

Pfahl

Final standings:

The League of 2022 was won by Hollstadt Workers. Full table.

Hollstadt Workers193
Grauburg Fortress184
Reedside Athletic175
Altstadt Pfahl Club148
Norrwick Printers139
Weinfeld Vintners1012
Marschau Garrison913
Vellmar Wardens814
Kessel Iron814
Tarnmund Lake616
Brennholt Farmers616
Ostrabruck Bridge418

Correspondence

Sir, — The Herald gives bread at 622.3 pfen the loaf. Not in Sudholt it isn't. One Who Was Present, Vellmar.

Notices

The Station Hotel (Grautal) are recruiting. Details at the office.

For sale, boat, Wasserdorf.

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.