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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Salzhafen, 13 January 1934, during. You can tell which. The telegraph reaches Salzhafen. The first message sent is the front-line report.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

CorporalViktor Wendholt, of OstrahausenThe 1st Marsh Regimentenemy action12 January 1934
PrivateAnsel Hallin, of VellmarThe 3rd Marsh Regimentenemy action10 January 1934the Star of the Wardens

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.

7 January 1934. The War Widows 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 1935. Nobody cheered.

The High Court. Fenn v. Brenn: Concerning smoke from a foundry at Sanding. Ruling: dismissed. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor. The Crown v. Bronnfeld: Concerning assault at Marschau. Ruling: acquitted. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

The Regional Court of Westgau. Brenner v. Wendl: Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: for the tenant. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of Westgau. Hallin v. Sossmosing: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Hagenkirchen. Ruling: boundary fixed at the old ditch. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. The Crown v. Netron: Concerning assault at Brennholt. Ruling: fined 3047 marka. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. The Crown v. Tratek: Concerning theft of reed bundles. Ruling: 2 months. You should have seen the faces.

Money

The Courier's shopping basket.

Bread 40.6 pfen the loaf. Beer 60.9 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 44.91 marka. A room costs 30.47 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 4,654.10. Bank rate 0.73 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 9,752,207 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

The week in the registers.

213 births, 101 weddings, 149 deaths this week. Population 516,807.

On this day

129 years ago. The Ostra rises 30 centimetres above its mark at Grautal. Cellars in Orchard Gate are flooded. Report.

128 years ago. A storm strips roofs in Sanding and fells the old lime in Harbour Square. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 1933 went to Reedside Athletic. Full table.

ClubWL
Reedside Athletic160
Marschau Garrison97
Hollstadt Workers97
Tarnmund Lake88
Ostrabruck Bridge79
Vellmar Wardens79
Grauburg Fortress79
Kessel Iron511
Norrwick Printers412

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

17 November 1933. Reedside Athletic win the Pfahl League, their 6th title, with 16 wins from 16. Tobias Morner of Marschau Garrison is top scorer with 35 stakes. Sport report.

The Stars

Aries Do not argue with a carter this week.
Taurus A door sticks. Oil it before it matters.
Gemini Say less at the market than you mean to.
Cancer Stay near the water. It is where you are happiest.
Leo An old debt is mentioned. Pay it before the month turns.
Virgo Your papers are in order. Keep them that way.
Libra Two people want your opinion. Give it to neither.
Scorpio Hold your tongue at the ferry.
Sagittarius A wager is offered. Decline it with a smile.
Capricorn Do not lend the ladder.
Aquarius The weather turns. So does a friend, briefly.
Pisces The water is high. Stay on the causeway.

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.