The Evening Courier, 3 May 1978

company · Dammberg · 3 May 1978

Veinning Life is acquired by Kessel Railway Company.

Tonight the Courier can tell you: Veinning Life is acquired by Kessel Railway Company. Money talks. You read it here first.

Named: Kessel Railway Company (acquirer), Veinning Life (subject).

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

**Our picture:** Dammberg, 3 May 1978, photographed for the Courier as the light went. Veinning Life is acquired by Kessel Railway Company.

local · Weinfeld

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

A new school opens at Weinfeld with 20 pupils. The textbooks are the Ministry's. The Courier's man was there. Named: Weinfeld, Long Quay.

local · Vellhausen

A storm strips roofs in Vellhausen and fells the old…

A storm strips roofs in Vellhausen and fells the old lime in Ferry Gate. More in tomorrow's Courier. Named: Vellhausen, Ferry Gate.

local · Norrhafen

The harvest at Norrhafen is reported the best in…

The harvest at Norrhafen is reported the best in memory. Grain is 7 pfen the measure. The Courier's man was there. Named: Norrhafen, Garrison Square.

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.

3 May 1978. An Act for the Better Regulation of Apprentices goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 36 votes to 10. Applies to children between 5 and 14. It took them all afternoon.

28 April 1978. An Act for the Better Ordering of Electricity goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 44 votes to 22. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 622 marka. It took them all afternoon.

The High Court. Hallin v. Rachsas: Concerning a contract for church bells not delivered. Ruling: contract void. You should have seen the faces.

The High Court. Voss v. Hallin: Concerning an article in The Evening Courier. Ruling: dismissed: fair comment. The gallery was packed.

The High Court. Renen v. Voss: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Dammsee. Ruling: for the defendant. The gallery was full.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. The Crown v. Dill: Concerning desertion from the Marsh Regiments. Ruling: returned to the regiment. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of Westgau. The Crown v. Lenz: Concerning fraud on the Bank of Schwartzistan. Ruling: 12 months with hard labour. The gallery was packed.

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.

245 births, 98 weddings, 165 deaths this week. Population 675,231.

On this day

171 years ago. A new bridge is opened at Sandfeld by the Minister of the Interior. It has 5 arches. Report.

166 years ago. The coldest night in 20 years is recorded at Sandfeld. Lake Tarn freezes to the middle. 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 You will be asked the time. Give the licensed one.

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

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

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

Leo Someone admires your coat. Do not lend it.

Virgo Sort the drawer you have been avoiding.

Libra Two people want your opinion. Give it to neither.

Scorpio Do not travel east this week. There is no reason to.

Sagittarius A wager is offered. Decline it with a smile.

Capricorn Hard work this week; the reward is next week, or the one after.

Aquarius Drink the beer, not the water.

Pisces Sleep early on Friday. You will need it.

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.