The Evening Courier

Courts and Assembly

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

26 September 1974. The Norrhafen Reserve Forces Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly without a division. Charged to the Annual War Appropriation. Passed unanimously, as is customary for measures concerning the Line. It took them all afternoon.

25 September 1974. The Prisons (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 43 votes to 14. Penalty on conviction: a fine of 122 marka or 17 months. It changes The Prisons Act. It took them all afternoon.

The High Court. Jann v. Lielhardt: Concerning an article in The Schwartzistan Herald. Ruling: dismissed: fair comment. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. Brenn v. Bohm: Concerning an unpaid debt of 2269 marka. Ruling: for the plaintiff, half the sum. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. Brack v. Rachmann: Concerning smoke from a paper mill at Tarnmund. Ruling: damages of 907 marka. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. The Crown v. Dunen: Concerning fraud on the Vellmar Exchange. Ruling: acquitted. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

Money

What your pfen buys this week.

Bread 181.5 pfen the loaf. Beer 272.3 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 268.98 marka. A room costs 136.16 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 21,727. Bank rate 4.98 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 60,202,010 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

Born, wed, gone.

218 births, 102 weddings, 168 deaths this week. Population 664,759.

On this day

168 years ago. The coldest night in 60 years is recorded at Norrhafen. Lake Tarn freezes to the middle. Report.

168 years ago. A cart overturns in Bridge Quay, Grauburg. The driver, a man of Kessel, is taken to hospital. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.