The Evening Courier, 23 June 1978

Money · Sudfurt · 19 June 1978

Reinholt & Rusk, Merchants is acquired by Grau Import.

Reinholt & Rusk, Merchants is acquired by Grau Import. The Courier asked the men at the gate. They shrugged. You read it here first.

In the story: Grau Import, Reinholt & Rusk, Merchants.

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

**Our picture:** Sudfurt, 19 June 1978, photographed for the Courier as the light went. Reinholt & Rusk, Merchants is acquired by Grau Import.

Around the country · Grauburg

Gas lighting is installed in Mill Lane, Grauburg

Gas lighting is installed in Mill Lane, Grauburg. Residents complain of the smell and the brightness. More tomorrow. In the story: Grauburg, Mill Lane.

Around the country · Berging

The harvest at Berging is reported good

The harvest at Berging is reported good. Grain is 8 pfen the measure. The Courier's man was there. In the story: Berging, Short Lane.

Around the country · Sandfeld

The bells of Sandfeld church are recast

The bells of Sandfeld church are recast. They are rung for the first time on Sunday. More in tomorrow's Courier. In the story: Sandfeld, Printer Row.

About Town

What the morning papers will not tell you.

Leon Klollholt, farmer, became Minister of Education on 5 June 1978. About Town wishes them luck and a good clerk.

Martin Feiten, clerk, married Andrea Brenn on 21 June 1978. Both families report satisfaction. The caterer reports profit.

Dieter Hauk, teacher, married Ursula Necken on 20 June 1978. Both families report satisfaction. The caterer reports profit.

Andreas Frond, shop assistant, married Petra Rusk on 17 June 1978. The Courier wishes them a dry house and a quiet street.

Else Fenn, clerk, is 75 today. Friends say the candles were a fire risk.

Anna Reinholt, shopkeeper, is 73 today. Friends say it shows.

Sigmund Lenz, shopkeeper, is 67 today. Friends say the candles were a fire risk.

Oskar Lullrus, miner, is 66 today. The cake was seen leaving the baker's at 7.

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.

23 June 1978. The Vagrancy Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 38 votes to 22. Penalty on conviction: a fine of 3110 marka or 2 months. It took them all afternoon.

18 June 1978. The Marsh Regiments Pay 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. U. E.: Concerning possession of a clock face with an unlicensed year. Ruling: fined 2685 marka. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of Westgau. Dorn v. Marsch: Concerning the estate of the late Marsch. Ruling: estate divided equally. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. The Crown v. Holt: Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: fined 1074 marka. The gallery was full.

The Regional Court of Westgau. The Crown v. Stiegl: Concerning fraud on the Royal Post. Ruling: 2 years. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh. Fenn v. Trost: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Vellhausen. Ruling: for the defendant. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Capital District. Sell v. Brenn: Concerning an article in The Schwartzistan Herald. Ruling: dismissed: fair comment. The gallery was packed.

Money

The Courier's shopping basket.

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.

The week in the registers.

211 births, 118 weddings, 175 deaths this week. Population 675,231.

On this day

173 years ago. The harvest at Weinfeld is reported late. Grain is 4 pfen the measure. Report.

170 years ago. The Ostra rises 40 centimetres above its mark at Weinwick. Cellars in Salt Street are flooded. 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 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 Old papers should stay in the attic. Better still, hand them in.

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

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

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

Pisces A small fish is better than no fish.

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.