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The Evening Courier
Vellmar · Thursday, 31 August 1978 · No. 39,078 · Editor: Paul Karner · Late edition
Money · Sudfurt · 31 August 1978
Kesselhöh Iron Company is wound up. 883 jobs are lost at Sudfurt.
SHOCK. Kesselhöh Iron Company is wound up. 883 jobs are lost at Sudfurt. Money talks. Tell your neighbours.
In the story: Kesselhöh Iron Company.
The Grand Chancellor, Viktor Crull, was not available to the Courier tonight.
Around the country · Vellmar
The harvest at Vellmar is reported average
The harvest at Vellmar is reported average. Grain is 2 pfen the measure. Details inside. In the story: Vellmar, Low Gate.
Around the country · Oberholt
Piped water reaches Bridge Street, Oberholt
Piped water reaches Bridge Street, Oberholt. The old pump is retained by public request. More in tomorrow's Courier. In the story: Oberholt, Bridge Street.
Around the country · Grautal
A new bridge is opened at Grautal by the Minister of the Interior
A new bridge is opened at Grautal by the Minister of the Interior. It has 8 arches. Tell your neighbours. In the story: Grautal, Old Gate Lane.
Around the country · Vellhausen
The bells of Vellhausen church are recast
The bells of Vellhausen church are recast. They are rung for the first time on Sunday. Details inside. In the story: Vellhausen, Vine Lane.
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
The Assembly this week, in words of one syllable where possible.
26 August 1978. The Telephone (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 48 votes to 13. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 124 marka. It changes The Telephone (Amendment) Act. It took them all afternoon.
The High Court. Bauer v. Brenn: Concerning an unpaid debt of 107421 marka. Ruling: dismissed. The gallery was half empty by lunch.
The Regional Court of The Ostrand. Lamm v. Brenn: Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: for the tenant. You should have seen the faces.
The Regional Court of The Capital District. Rusk v. Gristen: Concerning the estate of the late Gristen. Ruling: for the eldest son. You should have seen the faces.
Money
What your pfen buys this week.
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.
201 births, 128 weddings, 169 deaths this week. Population 675,231.
On this day
173 years ago. The harvest at Tarnmund is reported late. Grain is 4 pfen the measure. Report.
167 years ago. A storm strips roofs in Grautal and fells the old lime in Orchard Gate. 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
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.
electrics · Sudholt · since 1957 · STB
Sudholt Electric Company of Sudholt: electric fittings, lamps and wiring. Quality you can depend upon.
restaurant · Kessel · since 1951
Ask for Zum Harbour: the cooking of the country, at tables for two to twelve, from Kessel to every town in the country.
retail · Lindenmar · since 1951 · MEE
Mengen Department Store of Lindenmar: everything for the family under one roof. Quality you can depend upon.
brewing · Grautal · since 1971 · IIJ
Ask for Grautal Brewery: ale and porter in cask, and bottled beer for the household, from Grautal to every town in the country.
banking · Brennholt · since 1965 · PPP
Brennholt Savings Bank, Brennholt: the safe keeping of deeds and plate. See our stand at the spring fair.
construction · Sanding · since 1936 · WJB
Sanding Construction, Sanding: causeway timber, piles and planking. See our stand at the spring fair.