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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Weinfeld, 31 March 1921, photographed for the Courier as the light went. The road between Weinfeld and Oberholt is metalled at a cost of 20,000 marka.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

PrivateKonrad Brundfeld, of HollauThe 1st Marsh Regimentkilled in action25 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

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

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.

The High Court. Voser v. Fenn: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Sudholt. Ruling: for the plaintiff. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. Holt v. Moor: Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: for the tenant. The Courier was there.

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.

Money

The prices that matter.

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.

233 births, 73 weddings, 110 deaths this week. Population 460,600.

On this day

114 years ago. A cart overturns in Lime Square, Hollstadt. The driver, a man of Brennholt, is taken to hospital. Report.

113 years ago. The spring fair opens at Hollstadt. 300 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm. 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 The weather turns and so does your luck, briefly.
Gemini Say less at the market than you mean to.
Cancer The causeway is dry. Use it.
Leo Someone admires your coat. Do not lend it.
Virgo A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.
Libra The scales tip your way on Thursday.
Scorpio Old papers should stay in the attic. Better still, hand them in.
Sagittarius You will be late. Leave earlier than that.
Capricorn A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.
Aquarius The weather turns. So does a friend, briefly.
Pisces Sleep early on Wednesday. You will need it.

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.