--- a/src/industry_cmd.cpp	Thu Oct 18 20:34:09 2007 +0000
+++ b/src/industry_cmd.cpp	Thu Oct 18 20:35:59 2007 +0000
@@ -1621,7 +1621,12 @@
 					const Industry *ind = CreateNewIndustryHelper(RandomTile(), p1, flags, indspec, tilespec_index);
 					if (ind != NULL) {
 						SetDParam(0, indspec->name);
-						SetDParam(1, ind->town->index);
+						if (indspec->new_industry_text > STR_LAST_STRINGID) {
+							SetDParam(1, STR_TOWN);
+							SetDParam(2, ind->town->index);
+						} else {
+							SetDParam(1, ind->town->index);
+						}
 						AddNewsItem(indspec->new_industry_text,
 								NEWS_FLAGS(NM_THIN, NF_VIEWPORT | NF_TILE, NT_OPENCLOSE, 0), ind->xy, 0);
 						break;
@@ -1829,7 +1834,12 @@
 	}
 
 	SetDParam(0, ind_spc->name);
-	SetDParam(1, ind->town->index);
+	if (ind_spc->new_industry_text > STR_LAST_STRINGID) {
+		SetDParam(1, STR_TOWN);
+		SetDParam(2, ind->town->index);
+	} else {
+		SetDParam(1, ind->town->index);
+	}
 	AddNewsItem(ind_spc->new_industry_text,
 		NEWS_FLAGS(NM_THIN, NF_VIEWPORT | NF_TILE, NT_OPENCLOSE, 0), ind->xy, 0);
 }
@@ -1984,7 +1994,13 @@
 	}
 
 	if (!suppress_message && str != STR_NULL) {
-		SetDParam(0, i->index);
+		if (str > STR_LAST_STRINGID) {
+			SetDParam(0, STR_TOWN);
+			SetDParam(1, i->town->index);
+			SetDParam(2, indspec->name);
+		} else {
+			SetDParam(0, i->index);
+		}
 		AddNewsItem(str,
 			NEWS_FLAGS(NM_THIN, NF_VIEWPORT | NF_TILE, closeit ? NT_OPENCLOSE : NT_ECONOMY, 0),
 			i->xy + TileDiffXY(1, 1), 0);

--- a/src/newgrf_text.cpp	Thu Oct 18 20:34:09 2007 +0000
+++ b/src/newgrf_text.cpp	Thu Oct 18 20:35:59 2007 +0000
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@
 			return SCC_CURRENCY;
 
 		case SCC_NEWGRF_PRINT_STRING_ID:
-			return SCC_STRING;
+			return SCC_STRING1;
 
 		case SCC_NEWGRF_PRINT_DATE:
 			return SCC_DATE_LONG;

--- a/src/strgen/strgen.cpp	Thu Oct 18 20:34:09 2007 +0000
+++ b/src/strgen/strgen.cpp	Thu Oct 18 20:35:59 2007 +0000
@@ -1014,7 +1014,6 @@
 	FILE *out;
 	int i;
 	int next = -1;
-	int lastgrp;
 
 	out = fopen("tmp.xxx", "w");
 	if (out == NULL) fatal("can't open tmp.xxx");
@@ -1023,8 +1022,6 @@
 	fprintf(out, "#ifndef TABLE_STRINGS_H\n");
 	fprintf(out, "#define TABLE_STRINGS_H\n");
 
-	lastgrp = 0;
-
 	for (i = 0; i != lengthof(_strings); i++) {
 		if (_strings[i] != NULL) {
 			if (next != i) fprintf(out, "\n");
@@ -1033,6 +1030,8 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	fprintf(out, "\nstatic const StringID STR_LAST_STRINGID = 0x%X;\n", next - 1);
+
 	fprintf(out,
 		"\nenum {\n"
 		"\tLANGUAGE_PACK_IDENT = 0x474E414C, // Big Endian value for 'LANG' (LE is 0x 4C 41 4E 47)\n"