The Evening Courier, 25 August 1949

Money · Vellmar · 25 August 1949

Brenn Foundry lists on the Vellmar Exchange as AWS.

EXCLUSIVE. Brenn Foundry lists on the Vellmar Exchange as AWS. Buy? Sell? The Courier is not your broker. Watch this space.

In the story: The Vellmar Exchange, Brenn Foundry.

The Grand Chancellor, Rudolf Brenn, was not available to the Courier tonight.

**Our picture:** Vellmar, 25 August 1949, photographed for the Courier as the light went. Brenn Foundry lists on the Vellmar Exchange as AWS.

Around the country · Sanding

A fire in Long Quay at Sanding destroys 6 houses

A fire in Long Quay at Sanding destroys 6 houses. The volunteer brigade attend. No lives are lost. The Courier was there. In the story: Sanding, Long Quay.

Around the country · Norrbruck

The first train reaches Norrbruck

The first train reaches Norrbruck. The journey from Vellmar takes 7 hours. The quay was black with people. In the story: Norrbruck, Mill Gate.

Around the country · Tarnmoor

Workers at the foundry in Tarnmoor stop work over wages

Workers at the foundry in Tarnmoor stop work over wages. The dispute lasts 3 days. Tell your neighbours. In the story: Tarnmoor, Market Street.

About Town

The Courier's eyes and ears in the cafés.

Konrad Nussbaum, shopkeeper, is 73 today. Still working, still complaining about the ferry. Happy birthday.

Elsa Dill, miner, is 63 today. Friends say the candles were a fire risk.

Otto Hartwig, banker, is 60 today. Still at it. The Courier raises a glass.

Hugo Marrow, farm labourer, is 59 today. Still working, still complaining about the ferry. Happy birthday.

Rudolf Grau, factory worker, is 59 today. Still working, still complaining about the ferry. Happy birthday.

Katrin Lenz, farmer, is 51 today. The cake was seen leaving the baker's at 8.

Karl Oberst, housekeeper, is 51 today. The cake was seen leaving the baker's at 8.

Marta Brenn, official, is 43 today. Friends say it shows.

Gone

Arno Pfeil, farmer, born Vellmar 25 June 1879, died 19 August 1949. Member of the Assembly.

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.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh. Quast v. Lanmann: Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: lease shortened by one year under the Continuity Act. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh. Stinel v. Marsch: Concerning smoke from a distillery at Grauburg. Ruling: damages of 34087 marka. The gallery was packed.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld. The Crown v. Marsch: Concerning assault at Oberholt. Ruling: 6 months. The Courier was there.

Money

What your pfen buys this week.

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.

The week in the registers.

222 births, 98 weddings, 165 deaths this week. Population 578,379.

On this day

144 years ago. The bells of Tarnmund church are recast. They are rung for the first time on Sunday. Report.

142 years ago. The summer fair opens at Reedtal. 400 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

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

Club	W	L
Marschau Garrison	14	4
Reedside Athletic	12	6
Weinfeld Vintners	11	7
Tarnmund Lake	10	8
Grauburg Fortress	9	9
Norrwick Printers	9	9
Ostrabruck Bridge	8	10
Hollstadt Workers	7	11
Kessel Iron	7	11
Vellmar Wardens	3	15

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

The Stars

Aries A letter you expected does not come. Buy bread early.

Taurus Someone at work repeats your idea. Let them.

Gemini A cousin writes. Reply this week or not at all.

Cancer A debt is paid to you in kind. Take it.

Leo You will be thanked in public. Look modest.

Virgo A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.

Libra Buy the loaf, not the cake.

Scorpio Do not travel east this week. There is no reason to.

Sagittarius Good news from a cousin. It costs you a stamp.

Capricorn Do not lend the ladder.

Aquarius Drink the beer, not the water.

Pisces A small fish is better than no fish.

The Courier 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.