The Evening Courier, 21 March 1978

company · Sudholt · 16 March 1978

Ostra Valley Line is wound up. 836 jobs are lost at Sudholt.

Ostra Valley Line is wound up. 836 jobs are lost at Sudholt. You heard it here. The Exchange took it dull.

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

**Our picture:** Sudholt, 16 March 1978, photographed for the Courier as the light went. Ostra Valley Line is wound up. 836 jobs are lost at Sudholt.

local · Kessel

Piped water reaches Salt Row, Kessel. The old pump is…

Piped water reaches Salt Row, Kessel. The old pump is retained by public request. You read it here first. Named: Kessel, Salt Row.

local · Grauburg

A new school opens at Grauburg with 20 pupils. The…

A new school opens at Grauburg with 20 pupils. The textbooks are the Ministry's. Details inside. Named: Grauburg, Mill Lane.

local · Hochstadt

The Ostra rises 30 centimetres above its mark at…

The Ostra rises 30 centimetres above its mark at Hochstadt. Cellars in Tanner Street are flooded. You read it here first. Named: Hochstadt, Tanner Street.

local · Reedtal

A picture house opens in Church Walk, Reedtal, seating…

A picture house opens in Church Walk, Reedtal, seating 400. More in tomorrow's Courier. Named: Reedtal, Church Walk.

local · Sanding

A motor omnibus service begins between Sanding and…

A motor omnibus service begins between Sanding and Oberholt. Watch this space. Named: Sanding, Reed Lane.

local · Hollhausen

The Ostra rises 50 centimetres above its mark at…

The Ostra rises 50 centimetres above its mark at Hollhausen. Cellars in Church Quay are flooded. The morning papers had nothing. Named: Hollhausen, Church Quay.

local · Hollstadt

A new wing opens at the Hollstadt hospital, with 70…

A new wing opens at the Hollstadt hospital, with 70 beds. You read it here first. Named: Hollstadt, Lime Row.

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

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

16 March 1978. The Firearms Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 60 votes to 19. Penalty on conviction: a fine of 31 marka or 12 months. Comes into force on 1 January 1979. Nobody cheered.

16 March 1978. The Electricity Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 57 votes to 10. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 124 marka. You will notice, or you will not.

The High Court. Brenn v. Marsch: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Oberbach. Ruling: for the defendant. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. The Crown v. Kaltz: Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: fined 16113 marka. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. The Crown v. Hallin: Concerning theft of iron rails. Ruling: 11 months. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor. The Crown v. Wolter: Concerning fraud on the War Ministry. Ruling: 10 years. The gallery was packed.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. The Crown v. Brenn: Concerning fraud on the War Ministry. Ruling: 3 years. You should have seen the faces.

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.

Hatched, matched and dispatched.

238 births, 115 weddings, 163 deaths this week. Population 675,231.

On this day

169 years ago. Norrwick marks the 700th anniversary of its charter with a procession along Church Walk. Report.

169 years ago. A fire in Short Street at Weinwick destroys 7 houses. The town watch attend. No lives are lost. 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 Someone owes you a pfen. Let it go; it was never coming.

Taurus The weather turns and so does your luck, briefly.

Gemini A cousin writes. Reply this week or not at all.

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

Leo An old debt is mentioned. Pay it before the month turns.

Virgo Count the change. Then count it again.

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 The Ministry writes. Write back.

Aquarius Something you lost turns up in the wrong pocket.

Pisces The water is high. Stay on the causeway.

The Courier crossword

Clues marked Across run left to right; the rest run down. Solution in tomorrow's Courier. Entries with a licensed calendar reference are void. Fill it in online. Yesterday's habit, today's solution.