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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Weinau, 11 September 1969, photographed for the Courier as the light went. Ebner & Sons, Printers is acquired by Norrhafen Chronometric.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

PrivateRolf Piesmann, of TarnmoorThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy action8 September 1969

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

The Assembly this week, in words of one syllable where possible.

13 September 1969. The Telegraph Regulation Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 37 votes to 16. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 59 marka. Comes into force on 1 January 1970. It took them all afternoon.

11 September 1969. The Police (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 49 votes to 14. Penalty on conviction: a fine of 1190 marka or 1 months. It changes An Act for the Better Ordering of Police. Nobody cheered.

The Court of Chronological Offences. The Crown v. U. R.: Concerning assertion of the unyear in a public house at Wasserdorf. Ruling: 8 months. The Courier was there.

The High Court. Totenn v. Satlun: Concerning the estate of the late Satlun. Ruling: estate divided equally. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. Mistes v. Brenn: Concerning smoke from a brickworks at Tarnmund. Ruling: damages of 77339 marka. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor. Voss v. Ponkis: Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: for the tenant. The gallery was packed.

The Regional Court of Westgau. Trost v. Falk: Concerning an unpaid debt of 773 marka. Ruling: dismissed. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. The Crown v. Gerst: Concerning assault at Weinwick. Ruling: acquitted. The Courier was there.

Money

The Courier's shopping basket.

Bread 154.7 pfen the loaf. Beer 232 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 22.34 marka. A room costs 78.2 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 20,220.50. Bank rate 3.36 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 49,141,348 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

Born, wed, gone.

230 births, 111 weddings, 156 deaths this week. Population 649,752.

On this day

162 years ago. The Ostra rises 20 centimetres above its mark at Hagenkirchen. Cellars in Salt Street are flooded. Report.

162 years ago. Weinwick marks the 800th anniversary of its charter with a procession along Ostra Street. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 1968 went to Marschau Garrison. Full table.

ClubWL
Marschau Garrison164
Grauburg Fortress164
Tarnmund Lake146
Weinfeld Vintners128
Brennholt Farmers119
Reedside Athletic1010
Norrwick Printers812
Hollstadt Workers812
Kessel Iron614
Vellmar Wardens515
Ostrabruck Bridge416

The Courier's man on the bank rates the champions' stake-men 8 out of ten and the ferry 4.

The Stars

Aries You will be asked the time. Give the licensed one.
Taurus Someone at work repeats your idea. Let them.
Gemini Say less at the market than you mean to.
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 A quarrel over nothing. It ends by supper.
Scorpio Do not travel east this week. There is no reason to.
Sagittarius You will be late. Leave earlier than that.
Capricorn A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.
Aquarius The weather turns. So does a friend, briefly.
Pisces Someone compliments your boots. They want to borrow them.

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.