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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Hochstadt, 28 June 1920, the crowd. Spot yourself. The road between Hochstadt and Hochstadt is metalled at a cost of 60,000 marka.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

CorporalBruno Kaunen, of KesselThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy action23 June 1920

The Courier prints the Ministry's roll as the Ministry sends it. The Line holds.

The front line is at the Reed Line. No change.

Courts and Assembly

What the Assembly did while you were at work.

26 June 1920. The Firearms Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 46 votes to 16. Penalty on conviction: a fine of 2240 marka or 7 months. Comes into force on 1 January 1921. You will notice, or you will not.

25 June 1920. The Clockmakers' Registration (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 33 votes to 27. Administered by the Ministry of Chronology. Offences under this Act are tried before the Court of Chronological Offences. It changes The Clockmakers' Registration (Amendment) Act. It took them all afternoon.

24 June 1920. The Road Traffic (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 45 votes to 15. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 22 marka. It changes The Road Traffic Act. You will notice, or you will not.

24 June 1920. The Technical Colleges (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 51 votes to 1. Applies to children between 6 and 13. It changes The Ostrabruck Technical Colleges Act. Nobody cheered.

The High Court. Hallin v. Rusk: Concerning smoke from a distillery at Kessel. Ruling: damages of 426 marka. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

The Court of Chronological Offences. The Crown v. A. S.: Concerning possession of an unyear record (a bundle of letters). Ruling: 4 months and forfeiture. You should have seen the faces.

The Court of Chronological Offences. The Crown v. A. M.: Concerning assertion of the unyear in a public house at Hollstadt. Ruling: 6 months. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld. The Crown v. Fenn: Concerning fraud on the Bank of Schwartzistan. Ruling: acquitted. The Courier was there.

Money

What your pfen buys this week.

Bread 34.1 pfen the loaf. Beer 51.2 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 3.4 marka. A room costs 11.89 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 3,878.50. Bank rate 6.98 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 5,722,542 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

The week in the registers.

212 births, 75 weddings, 130 deaths this week. Population 456,397.

On this day

111 years ago. A new bridge is opened at Tarnmund by the Minister of the Interior. It has 7 arches. Report.

107 years ago. A new bridge is opened at Ostrabruck by the Minister of the Interior. It has 6 arches. Report.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 1919 went to Marschau Garrison. Full table.

ClubWL
Marschau Garrison151
Reedside Athletic106
Tarnmund Lake97
Ostrabruck Bridge88
Kessel Iron79
Hollstadt Workers610
Grauburg Fortress610
Norrwick Printers610
Vellmar Wardens511

The Courier's verdict on the season: long. Table below.

The Stars

Aries A letter you expected does not come. Buy bread early.
Taurus Someone at work repeats your idea. Let them.
Gemini Two invitations for the same evening. Take the nearer.
Cancer A debt is paid to you in kind. Take it.
Leo The Exchange is not for you this week.
Virgo Your papers are in order. Keep them that way.
Libra Buy the loaf, not the cake.
Scorpio Hold your tongue at the ferry.
Sagittarius You will be late. Leave earlier than that.
Capricorn A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.
Aquarius Drink the beer, not the water.
Pisces Someone compliments your boots. They want to borrow them.

The Courier crossword

Today's crossword

Clues marked Across run left to right; the rest run down. Solution in tomorrow's Courier. Entries with a licensed calendar reference are void. Fill it in online. Yesterday's habit, today's solution.

Printed and published at Vellmar by The Evening Courier. One pfen. Registered under the Press Act. Casualty figures as published by the War Ministry.

From the Courier's digitised back issues, every evening since 4 September 1871. Reproduced as printed.