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Our picture: Vellmar, 12 November 1934, this afternoon. The Courier's camera was there. Marschau Garrison win the Pfahl League, their 32nd title, with 18 wins from 18. Karl Sudmann of Weinfeld Vintners is…

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

No names this week. Good.

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

Courts and Assembly

What the Assembly did while you were at work.

12 November 1934. The Sunday Observance Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 39 votes to 12. Penalty on conviction: a fine of 98 marka or 17 months. Nobody cheered.

9 November 1934. The Libraries Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 54 votes to 15. Applies to children between 6 and 12. Nobody cheered.

8 November 1934. The Chronological Records Regulation Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 62 votes to 4. Administered by the Ministry of Chronology. Offences under this Act are tried before the Court of Chronological Offences. Comes into force on 1 January 1935. Nobody cheered.

7 November 1934. The Sunday Observance (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 55 votes to 3. Penalty on conviction: a fine of 2450 marka or 4 months. It changes The Sunday Observance (Amendment) Act. You will notice, or you will not.

The High Court. Grau v. Kaffret: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Weinfeld. Ruling: for the plaintiff. The gallery was full.

The High Court. Brenn v. Rusk: Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: rent for the removed period not recoverable. The gallery was full.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. The Crown v. Durhardt: Concerning theft of coal. Ruling: 1 months. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor. Siermiler v. Nicking: Concerning an article in The Schwartzistan Herald. Ruling: apology ordered. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Capital District. The Crown v. Hallin: Concerning theft of church bells. Ruling: 4 months. The gallery was packed.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld. Hallin v. Brunpas: Concerning an article in The Evening Courier. Ruling: apology ordered. The gallery was full.

Money

What your pfen buys this week.

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.

Hatched, matched and dispatched.

201 births, 84 weddings, 127 deaths this week. Population 516,807.

On this day

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

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

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 1934 went to Marschau Garrison. Full table.

ClubWL
Marschau Garrison180
Reedside Athletic153
Weinfeld Vintners135
Ostrabruck Bridge810
Hollstadt Workers711
Tarnmund Lake612
Grauburg Fortress612
Norrwick Printers612
Vellmar Wardens612
Kessel Iron513

The Courier's man on the bank rates the champions' stake-men 9 out of ten and the ferry 4.

12 November 1934. Marschau Garrison win the Pfahl League, their 32nd title, with 18 wins from 18. Karl Sudmann of Weinfeld Vintners is top scorer with 36 stakes. Sport report.

The Stars

Aries Someone owes you a pfen. Let it go; it was never coming.
Taurus Eat the eel. It is good for you.
Gemini A cousin writes. Reply this week or not at all.
Cancer A debt is paid to you in kind. Take it.
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 The road is longer than the map says.
Capricorn Do not lend the ladder.
Aquarius Something you lost turns up in the wrong pocket.
Pisces Sleep early on Wednesday. You will need it.

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.

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