The Evening Courier, 5 March 1978

exchange · Vellmar · 1 March 1978

Hollstadt Gas & Light lists on the Vellmar Exchange as DAD.

Late tonight: Hollstadt Gas & Light lists on the Vellmar Exchange as DAD. Buy? Sell? The Courier is not your broker. Tell your neighbours.

Named: The Vellmar Exchange (venue), Hollstadt Gas & Light (subject).

The Grand Chancellor, Viktor Crull, was not available to the Courier tonight.

**Our picture:** Vellmar, 1 March 1978, the crowd. Spot yourself. Hollstadt Gas & Light lists on the Vellmar Exchange as DAD.

exchange · Vellmar

Kaltz Department Store lists on the Vellmar Exchange…

Kaltz Department Store lists on the Vellmar Exchange as KVA. The Courier's man was there. Named: The Vellmar Exchange, Kaltz Department Store.

local · Hollstadt

A fire in Well Quay at Hollstadt destroys 7 houses.…

A fire in Well Quay at Hollstadt destroys 7 houses. The garrison attend. No lives are lost. The Courier was there. Named: Hollstadt, Well Quay.

local · Vellmar

The first train reaches Vellmar. The journey from…

The first train reaches Vellmar. The journey from Vellmar takes 2 hours. More in tomorrow's Courier. Named: Vellmar, Brenn Street.

local · Ostrabruck

The bells of Ostrabruck church are recast. They are…

The bells of Ostrabruck church are recast. They are rung for the first time on Sunday. You will want to know. Named: Ostrabruck, Star Street.

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.

5 March 1978. The Public Health Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 36 votes to 7. Every town above 5000 inhabitants must appoint an officer under this Act. Nobody cheered.

2 March 1978. The Clockmakers' Registration Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 34 votes to 10. Administered by the Ministry of Chronology. Offences under this Act are tried before the Court of Chronological Offences. Comes into force on 1 January 1979. It took them all afternoon.

The Court of Chronological Offences. The Crown v. A. G.: Concerning possession of a clock face with an unlicensed year. Ruling: the clock destroyed; no further penalty. You should have seen the faces.

The Court of Chronological Offences. The Crown v. B. M.: Concerning possession of a clock face with an unlicensed year. Ruling: fined 42968 marka. The Courier was there.

The High Court. Hallin v. Brenn: 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 The Osmoor. The Crown v. Tauchar: Concerning assault at Marschau. Ruling: 8 months. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

The Regional Court of The Capital District. Wendl v. Grau: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Vellmar. Ruling: for the defendant. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor. Brenn v. Hetvan: Concerning the estate of the late Hetvan. Ruling: estate divided equally. The Courier was there.

Money

The prices that matter.

Bread 214.8 pfen the loaf. Beer 322.3 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 331.97 marka. A room costs 161.13 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 23,152.50. Bank rate 6.29 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 73,180,477 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

Born, wed, gone.

217 births, 104 weddings, 172 deaths this week. Population 675,231.

On this day

172 years ago. A storm strips roofs in Sudfurt and fells the old lime in Forge Square. Report.

172 years ago. A cart overturns in School Way, Hagenkirchen. The driver, a man of Weinwick, is taken to hospital. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 1977 went to Tarnmund Lake. Full table.

Club	W	L
Tarnmund Lake	18	4
Marschau Garrison	17	5
Weinfeld Vintners	15	7
Grauburg Fortress	14	8
Reedside Athletic	14	8
Hollstadt Workers	11	11
Norrwick Printers	10	12
Altstadt Pfahl Club	10	12
Brennholt Farmers	9	13
Vellmar Wardens	8	14
Ostrabruck Bridge	4	18
Kessel Iron	2	20

The Courier's man on the bank rates the champions' stake-men 6 out of ten and the ferry 4.

The Stars

Aries Do not argue with a carter this week.

Taurus Someone at work repeats your idea. Let them.

Gemini Two invitations for the same evening. Take the nearer.

Cancer Check the clock against the Ministry's. It is slow.

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 A wager is offered. Decline it with a smile.

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

Aquarius Drink the beer, not the water.

Pisces Someone compliments your boots. They want to borrow them.

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.