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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Sudfurt, 30 January 1921, photographed for the Courier as the light went. A new wing opens at the Sudfurt hospital, with 70 beds.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

The Ministry sent no names. The Courier is glad of it.

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

Courts and Assembly

The Assembly this week, in words of one syllable where possible.

26 January 1921. The Firearms Regulation Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 44 votes to 15. Penalty on conviction: a fine of 451 marka or 23 months. Comes into force on 1 January 1922. Nobody cheered.

25 January 1921. The Road Traffic Regulation Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 39 votes to 20. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 90 marka. It took them all afternoon.

24 January 1921. The Hagenkirchen Examinations Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 36 votes to 25. Applies to children between 7 and 14. Comes into force on 1 January 1922. You will notice, or you will not.

24 January 1921. An Act for the Better Inspection of Requisition goes through. Passed by the Assembly without a division. Charged to the Annual War Appropriation. Passed unanimously, as is customary for measures concerning the Line. It took them all afternoon.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld. The Crown v. Mosmaur: Concerning assault at Sudfurt. Ruling: acquitted. The gallery was full.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. Stiegl v. Reinholt: Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: rent for the removed period not recoverable. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

Money

The Courier's shopping basket.

Bread 39.8 pfen the loaf. Beer 59.6 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 4.01 marka. A room costs 14.02 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 4,425. Bank rate 7.1 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 6,872,270 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

Hatched, matched and dispatched.

194 births, 73 weddings, 149 deaths this week. Population 460,600.

On this day

112 years ago. A cart overturns in Lime Way, Vellmar. The driver, a man of Tarnmoor, is taken to hospital. Report.

104 years ago. A storm strips roofs in Grautal and fells the old lime in Warden Street. Report.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 1920 went to Marschau Garrison. Full table.

ClubWL
Marschau Garrison142
Tarnmund Lake133
Hollstadt Workers124
Reedside Athletic97
Kessel Iron88
Grauburg Fortress610
Vellmar Wardens412
Ostrabruck Bridge412
Norrwick Printers214

The Courier's man on the bank rates the champions' stake-men 6 out of ten and the ferry 5.

The Stars

Aries Someone owes you a pfen. Let it go; it was never coming.
Taurus Someone at work repeats your idea. Let them.
Gemini A cousin writes. Reply this week or not at all.
Cancer Check the clock against the Ministry's. It is slow.
Leo The Exchange is not for you this week.
Virgo Count the change. Then count it again.
Libra Buy the loaf, not the cake.
Scorpio Do not travel east this week. There is no reason to.
Sagittarius You will be late. Leave earlier than that.
Capricorn Do not lend the ladder.
Aquarius A stranger asks directions. Give the long way.
Pisces The water is high. Stay on the causeway.

The Courier crossword

Today's crossword

Across runs across. Down runs down. Solution tomorrow. Do not send in almanacs. 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.