A page of a soldier's journal, undated but describing grass, is found in a Salzhafen…

A page of a soldier's journal, undated but describing grass, is found in a Salzhafen bookbinder's stock. It is seized. The matter came before the Court of Chronological Offences, whose ruling is in the Law Reports.^[1]

Those concerned

• The Crown v. L. K. (prosecution)
• The Ministry of Chronology (actor)
• Lukas Kaltz (questioned)
• Salzhafen (location)

Place

Salzhafen (town), The Sudmark.

Grand Chancellor at the time: Karl Brenn. The Chancellery's roll gives the Grand Chancellor in office on the date.

Background

• 19 December 1964: A priest at Wasserdorf takes down a dying man's account of a long walk east. The priest is transferred.
• 15 July 1962: A gravestone at Weinau is found to bear a year that does not exist. The stone is replaced at the Ministry's expense.
• 9 June 1960: A bundle of letters postmarked in a year that does not exist is handed in at Sudfurt by an executor. The executor is thanked and charged.
• 18 September 1959: A bundle of letters postmarked in a year that does not exist is handed in at Sudfurt by an executor. The executor is thanked and charged.
• 6 October 1958: A four-digit number appears overnight on the Sandfeld market cross. It is removed before dawn. Three people are questioned. Among those questioned is a E. Wendl.

The same year at Salzhafen

• 28 April 1968: The bells of Salzhafen church are recast. They are rung for the first time on Sunday.
• 17 April 1968: Workers at the foundry in Salzhafen stop work over wages. The dispute lasts 6 days.
• 15 April 1968: Salzhafen Ironworks is wound up. 846 jobs are lost at Salzhafen.
• 20 February 1968: Vondholt Logistics is founded at Salzhafen by Heike Vondholt.
• 17 February 1968: A cart overturns in Chapel Quay, Salzhafen. The driver, a man of Sanding, is taken to hospital.
• 22 September 1968: Piped water reaches Short Way, Salzhafen. The old pump is retained by public request.
• 1 February 1968: The Ostra rises 40 centimetres above its mark at Salzhafen. Cellars in Chapel Walk are flooded.
• 24 October 1968: The first television set in Salzhafen is demonstrated in the window of a shop in Garrison Street. A crowd gathers for the front-line report.

Aftermath

• 28 August 1969: The Court of Chronological Offences rules in The Crown v. L. K.: acquitted for want of evidence that the figure denoted a year.
• 22 March 1971: A page of a soldier's journal, undated but describing grass, is found in a Sudholt bookbinder's stock. It is seized. Among those questioned is a K. Wendl.
• 25 September 1972: A four-digit number appears overnight on the Ostrabruck market cross. It is removed before dawn. Three people are questioned. Among those questioned is a B. Wendl.
• 30 July 1974: A bundle of letters postmarked in a year that does not exist is handed in at Wasserdorf by an executor. The executor is thanked and charged.
• 30 April 1979: A ledger with fourteen months of entries is found in the cellar of a Sanding counting house. The counting house is closed for a week. Among those questioned is a E. Wendl.
• 11 November 1979: A clock face at Marschau is found to carry an unlicensed year on its calendar dial. The clockmaker's licence is revoked. Among those questioned is a S. Wendl.
• 6 February 1983: A clock face at Ostrabruck is found to carry an unlicensed year on its calendar dial. The clockmaker's licence is revoked.
• 13 March 1984: A priest at Vellhausen takes down a dying man's account of a long walk east. The priest is transferred.

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