The Evening Courier, 13 March 1978

Money · Vellmar · 13 March 1978

Ketmel Haulage lists on the Vellmar Exchange as KTM.

Ketmel Haulage lists on the Vellmar Exchange as KTM. The brokers cheered. Or coughed. Hard to say. One pfen well spent.

In the story: The Vellmar Exchange, Ketmel Haulage.

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

**Our picture:** Vellmar, 13 March 1978, the crowd. Spot yourself. Ketmel Haulage lists on the Vellmar Exchange as KTM.

Around the country · Marschau

The first train reaches Marschau

The first train reaches Marschau. The journey from Vellmar takes 5 hours. The Courier's man was there. In the story: Marschau, Iron Walk.

Around the country · Tarnmund

The first train reaches Tarnmund

The first train reaches Tarnmund. The journey from Vellmar takes 7 hours. The Courier's man was there. In the story: Tarnmund, Warden Square.

Around the country · Berging

The Berging council installs a computer to keep the rates

The Berging council installs a computer to keep the rates. It occupies a room in Salt Way. The Courier's man was there. In the story: Berging, Salt Way.

About Town

The Courier's eyes and ears in the cafés.

Tobias Beirmann, accountant, is 68 today. Still at it. The Courier raises a glass.

Johanna Hallin, farm labourer, is 67 today. The cake was seen leaving the baker's at 7.

Ansel Fromm, miner, is 65 today. Friends say the candles were a fire risk.

Arno Sinder, typist, is 64 today. Still working, still complaining about the ferry. Happy birthday.

Anton Brenn, postal worker, is 64 today. Still at it. The Courier raises a glass.

Paul Monen, teacher, is 64 today. The cake was seen leaving the baker's at 8.

Anna Peindot, farmer, is 63 today. Friends have been asked not to mention it. Friends have mentioned it.

Viktor Brenn, driver, is 55 today. Still at it. The Courier raises a glass.

Gone

Hedwig Munen, shopkeeper, born Reedtal 26 October 1914, died 10 March 1978.

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.

9 March 1978. The Requisition 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. Nobody cheered.

The Court of Chronological Offences. The Crown v. K. N.: Concerning possession of a clock face with an unlicensed year. Ruling: fined 6445 marka. The Courier was there.

The High Court. Wendl v. Kaffret: Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: rent for the removed period not recoverable. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. The Crown v. Gunger: Concerning assault at Brennholt. Ruling: 4 months. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

Money

Money. Yours, mostly going.

Bread 214.8 pfen the loaf. Beer 322.3 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 33.2 marka. A room costs 116.19 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.

Hatched, matched and dispatched.

247 births, 121 weddings, 181 deaths this week. Population 675,231.

On this day

172 years ago. The harvest at Hochstadt is reported good. Grain is 2 pfen the measure. Report.

166 years ago. Ostrabruck marks the 600th anniversary of its charter with a procession along Lime Street. 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 A letter you expected does not come. Buy bread early.

Taurus Eat the eel. It is good for you.

Gemini You will hear the same story twice. Believe the second telling.

Cancer Stay near the water. It is where you are happiest.

Leo You will be thanked in public. Look modest.

Virgo Count the change. Then count it again.

Libra Buy the loaf, not the cake.

Scorpio Someone is keeping something from you. It is probably a cake.

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

Capricorn Do not lend the ladder.

Aquarius The weather turns. So does a friend, briefly.

Pisces The water is high. Stay on the causeway.

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