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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Grauholt, 13 January 1935, photographed for the Courier as the light went. A wireless set is installed in the town hall at Grauholt so that the evening bulletin may be heard in public.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

SergeantFriedl Trost, of DammbergThe 2nd Marsh Regimentenemy fire12 January 1935

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.

9 January 1935. The Universities Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 52 votes to 10. Applies to children between 6 and 13. It took them all afternoon.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld. The Crown v. Marrow: Concerning desertion from the Marsh Regiments. Ruling: acquitted: he was lost in the fog. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. The Crown v. Hengissich: Concerning theft of forty barrels of wine. Ruling: acquitted. The Courier was there.

Money

Money. Yours, mostly going.

Bread 40.4 pfen the loaf. Beer 60.6 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 4.45 marka. A room costs 15.58 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 4,586.90. Bank rate 2.47 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 9,682,101 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

The week in the registers.

215 births, 87 weddings, 146 deaths this week. Population 521,076.

On this day

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

129 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 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.

The Stars

Aries Do not argue with a carter this week.
Taurus Eat the eel. It is good for you.
Gemini You will hear the same story twice. Believe the second telling.
Cancer The causeway is dry. Use it.
Leo The Exchange is not for you this week.
Virgo Your papers are in order. Keep them that way.
Libra The scales tip your way on Saturday.
Scorpio Someone is keeping something from you. It is probably a cake.
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 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.