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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Brennholt, 13 November 1921, the crowd. Spot yourself. Brennholt Railway Company is founded at Brennholt by Agnes Hallin.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

PrivateOskar Rabe, of SudmundThe 1st Marsh Regimentenemy action10 November 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.

12 November 1921. The Wine Excise (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 53 votes to 19. Sets the duty at 1 pfen in the marka. It changes The Wine Excise Regulation Act. It took them all afternoon.

8 November 1921. The Causeway Timber 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. Comes into force on 1 January 1922. Nobody cheered.

8 November 1921. The Poor Relief (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 33 votes to 14. Every town above 5000 inhabitants must appoint an officer under this Act. It changes The Berging Poor Relief Act. You will notice, or you will not.

The High Court. Tarn v. Hallin: Concerning the estate of the late Hallin. Ruling: will upheld. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Capital District. Ehrlich v. Brenn: Concerning smoke from a tannery at Tarnmoor. Ruling: damages of 1192 marka. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of Westgau. Vogt v. Hallin: Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: lease shortened by one year under the Continuity Act. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. Ilgen v. Gerholt: Concerning a contract for iron rails not delivered. Ruling: for the defendant. 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 40.06 marka. A room costs 29.82 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.

Born, wed, gone.

217 births, 107 weddings, 126 deaths this week. Population 460,600.

On this day

116 years ago. A cart overturns in Low Lane, Sudholt. The driver, a man of Sandfeld, is taken to hospital. Report.

115 years ago. The weaving shed at Eisenheim burns through the night. 23 men are out of work. Report.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 1921 went to Hollstadt Workers. Full table.

ClubWL
Hollstadt Workers133
Marschau Garrison124
Reedside Athletic97
Tarnmund Lake88
Ostrabruck Bridge88
Grauburg Fortress79
Kessel Iron610
Vellmar Wardens511
Norrwick Printers412

Player of the season, says the Courier: whoever planted the last stake. Ten out of ten.

The Stars

Aries Someone owes you a pfen. Let it go; it was never coming.
Taurus A door sticks. Oil it before it matters.
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 A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.
Libra A quarrel over nothing. It ends by supper.
Scorpio Someone is keeping something from you. It is probably a cake.
Sagittarius You will be late. Leave earlier than that.
Capricorn Do not lend the ladder.
Aquarius The weather turns. So does a friend, briefly.
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.