The Evening Courier, 22 August 1968

Around the country · Vellmar · 22 August 1968

The first television set in Vellmar is demonstrated in the window of a…

Late tonight: The first television set in Vellmar is demonstrated in the window of a shop in Salt Walk. A crowd gathers for the front-line report. Nobody stayed indoors. Watch this space.

In the story: Vellmar, Salt Walk.

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

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Around the country · Hochstadt

A new school opens at Hochstadt with 70 pupils

A new school opens at Hochstadt with 70 pupils. The textbooks are the Ministry's. Details inside. In the story: Hochstadt, Salt Way.

Around the country · Brennholt

The summer fair opens at Brennholt

The summer fair opens at Brennholt. 700 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm. The Courier can reveal no more tonight. In the story: Brennholt, Old Gate Walk.

About Town

From the cafés, the quay and the back of the Assembly.

Jonas Testen, shop assistant, married Heike Steirut on 20 August 1968. The Courier sends its love.

Otto Hartwig, banker, is 79 today. Still at it. The Courier raises a glass.

Rudolf Grau, factory worker, is 78 today. Still working, still complaining about the ferry. Happy birthday.

Ernst Dauren, factory worker, is 68 today. Friends have been asked not to mention it. Friends have mentioned it.

Emma Marrow, typist, is 67 today. Friends have been asked not to mention it. Friends have mentioned it.

Ludwig Tautmann, miner, is 66 today. Friends have been asked not to mention it. Friends have mentioned it.

Marta Brenn, official, is 62 today. Friends say it shows.

Agnes Hallin, merchant, is 61 today. Still working, still complaining about the ferry. Happy birthday.

Gone

Sigmund Ziegler, farm labourer, born Ostrabruck 13 August 1886, died 21 August 1968. Member of the Assembly.

Greta Hallin, farmer, born Ostrabruck 28 January 1896, died 18 August 1968.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

Private	Rainer Falk, of Furttal	The 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regiment	enemy fire	20 August 1968
Private	Roland Brenn, of Hagenkirchen	The 3rd Marsh Regiment	enemy action	16 August 1968

As issued by the War Ministry. The Courier adds nothing.

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

Courts and Assembly

What the Assembly did while you were at work.

22 August 1968. The Norrhafen Telephone Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 56 votes to 7. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 2960 marka. You will notice, or you will not.

21 August 1968. The Grain Duties (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 37 votes to 25. Sets the duty at 11 pfen in the marka. It changes The Grain Duties (Amendment) Act. You will notice, or you will not.

20 August 1968. The Tarnmoor Railway Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 40 votes to 13. Provides 194176 marka for works between Wasserdorf and Grautal. Comes into force on 1 January 1969. Nobody cheered.

The High Court. Krochhardt v. Monden: Concerning smoke from a brickworks at Ostrabruck. Ruling: dismissed. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Capital District. Reinholt v. Tunder: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Tarnmoor. Ruling: for the plaintiff. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. The Crown v. Hallin: Concerning desertion from the Marsh Regiments. Ruling: 2 years. The Courier was there.

Money

Money. Yours, mostly going.

Bread 149.1 pfen the loaf. Beer 223.7 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 21.76 marka. A room costs 76.16 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 22,469.20. Bank rate 4.58 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 45,913,180 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

Born, wed, gone.

250 births, 117 weddings, 157 deaths this week. Population 646,532.

On this day

160 years ago. The harvest at Hollstadt is reported poor. Grain is 5 pfen the measure. Report.

157 years ago. The sawmill at Grauholt burns through the night. 30 men are out of work. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 1967 went to Marschau Garrison. Full table.

Club	W	L
Marschau Garrison	19	1
Grauburg Fortress	16	4
Tarnmund Lake	14	6
Weinfeld Vintners	12	8
Reedside Athletic	11	9
Norrwick Printers	8	12
Kessel Iron	8	12
Brennholt Farmers	7	13
Vellmar Wardens	5	15
Hollstadt Workers	5	15
Ostrabruck Bridge	5	15

The Courier's verdict on the season: long. Table below.

The Stars

Aries You will be asked the time. Give the licensed one.

Taurus Eat the eel. It is good for you.

Gemini Say less at the market than you mean to.

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

Leo The Exchange is not for you this week.

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

Libra Buy the loaf, not the cake.

Scorpio Hold your tongue at the ferry.

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

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

Aquarius Something you lost turns up in the wrong pocket.

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.