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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Sudholt, 5 August 1949, during. You can tell which. Lesing & Sons, Printers is wound up. 83 jobs are lost at Sudholt.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

The Ministry sent no names. The Courier is glad of it.

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

Courts and Assembly

What the Assembly did while you were at work.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh. The Crown v. Rollhardt: Concerning assault at Vellhausen. Ruling: 12 months. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh. The Crown v. Baum: Concerning theft of church bells. Ruling: acquitted. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. The Crown v. Gornen: Concerning desertion from the Marsh Regiments. Ruling: 11 years. The gallery was full.

Money

The prices that matter.

Bread 68.2 pfen the loaf. Beer 102.3 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 8.62 marka. A room costs 30.15 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 10,063.30. Bank rate 5.05 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 18,031,802 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

Hatched, matched and dispatched.

202 births, 99 weddings, 144 deaths this week. Population 578,379.

On this day

140 years ago. A fire in Bridge Street at Reedtal destroys 5 houses. The fire company attend. No lives are lost. Report.

139 years ago. The paper mill at Sandfeld burns through the night. 59 men are out of work. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 1948 went to Marschau Garrison. Full table.

ClubWL
Marschau Garrison144
Reedside Athletic126
Weinfeld Vintners117
Tarnmund Lake108
Grauburg Fortress99
Norrwick Printers99
Ostrabruck Bridge810
Hollstadt Workers711
Kessel Iron711
Vellmar Wardens315

The Courier's man on the bank rates the champions' stake-men 6 out of ten and the ferry 5.

The Stars

Aries Do not argue with a carter this week.
Taurus A door sticks. Oil it before it matters.
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 A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.
Libra Two people want your opinion. Give it to neither.
Scorpio Hold your tongue at the ferry.
Sagittarius You will be late. Leave earlier than that.
Capricorn Hard work this week; the reward is next week, or the one after.
Aquarius The weather turns. So does a friend, briefly.
Pisces Sleep early on Friday. You will need it.

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.