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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Grautal, 27 March 1921, photographed for the Courier as the light went. A new bridge is opened at Grautal by the Minister of the Interior. It has 2 arches.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

PrivateKonrad Brundfeld, of HollauThe 1st Marsh Regimentkilled in action25 March 1921
PrivateKurt Desmann, of BergseeThe 5th Marsh Regimentenemy action24 March 1921
PrivateHugo Hallin, of WeinauThe 3rd Marsh Regimentenemy action23 March 1921
SergeantPaul Vogt, of HagenseeThe 5th Marsh Regimentenemy action22 March 1921

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.

27 March 1921. The Universities Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 37 votes to 14. Applies to children between 6 and 11. Comes into force on 1 January 1922. You will notice, or you will not.

22 March 1921. The Almanac Inspection Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 43 votes to 16. Administered by the Ministry of Chronology. Offences under this Act are tried before the Court of Chronological Offences. Nobody cheered.

22 March 1921. The Highways Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 46 votes to 16. Provides 158752 marka for works between Oberbach and Dammberg. Nobody cheered.

21 March 1921. The Requisition Act 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 High Court. Kessler v. Hallin: Concerning the estate of the late Hallin. Ruling: for the eldest son. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

The High Court. Rusk v. Stinek: Concerning an article in The Evening Courier. Ruling: for the plaintiff, 198 marka. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld. Brenn v. Lenz: Concerning smoke from a gasworks at Sudfurt. Ruling: injunction granted. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor. Brenn v. Marrow: Concerning an article in The Evening Courier. Ruling: apology ordered. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. Brenn v. Fenn: Concerning smoke from a paper mill at Weinau. Ruling: damages of 1192 marka. The Courier was there.

Money

What your pfen buys this week.

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.

The week in the registers.

228 births, 73 weddings, 121 deaths this week. Population 460,600.

On this day

116 years ago. The Ostra rises 60 centimetres above its mark at Hochstadt. Cellars in Mill Way are flooded. Report.

116 years ago. Sudfurt marks the 700th anniversary of its charter with a procession along Cooper Row. 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 A letter you expected does not come. Buy bread early.
Taurus Someone at work repeats your idea. Let them.
Gemini Say less at the market than you mean to.
Cancer A debt is paid to you in kind. Take it.
Leo An old debt is mentioned. Pay it before the month turns.
Virgo Sort the drawer you have been avoiding.
Libra Two people want your opinion. Give it to neither.
Scorpio Do not travel east this week. There is no reason to.
Sagittarius You will be late. Leave earlier than that.
Capricorn The Ministry writes. Write back.
Aquarius Something you lost turns up in the wrong pocket.
Pisces Someone compliments your boots. They want to borrow them.

The Courier crossword

Today's crossword

Solution in tomorrow's Courier. The setter is not responsible for the Grand Chancellor's name being awkward. 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.