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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Vellmar, 14 December 1978, the crowd. Spot yourself. Hollhausen Ordnance Works lists on the Vellmar Exchange as IRK.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

PrivateMarkus Brenn, of VellmarThe 3rd Marsh Regimentenemy fire11 December 1978

As issued by the War Ministry. The Courier adds nothing.

The front line is at the Reed Line. No change.

Courts and Assembly

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

15 December 1978. The Wasserdorf Company Registration Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 51 votes to 8. Sets the duty at 8 pfen in the marka. Comes into force on 1 January 1979. Nobody cheered.

11 December 1978. The Norrbruck Digital Records Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 39 votes to 9. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 124 marka. Comes into force on 1 January 1979. It took them all afternoon.

9 December 1978. The Tramway Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 58 votes to 10. Provides 221432 marka for works between Sudfurt and Berging. Nobody cheered.

9 December 1978. An Act for the Better Ordering of Sunday Observance goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 43 votes to 9. Penalty on conviction: a fine of 1244 marka or 1 months. Comes into force on 1 January 1979. You will notice, or you will not.

The High Court. Rusk v. Lenz: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Dammberg. Ruling: for the plaintiff. The gallery was packed.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. Gall v. Stasdass: Concerning an unpaid debt of 16113 marka. Ruling: for the plaintiff with costs. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. Marsch v. Fenn: 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 Norrfeld. The Crown v. Frangmann: Concerning theft of forty barrels of wine. Ruling: bound over. The Courier was there.

Money

The Courier's shopping basket.

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.

Born, wed, gone.

240 births, 122 weddings, 173 deaths this week. Population 675,231.

On this day

173 years ago. The winter fair opens at Brennholt. 800 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm. Report.

171 years ago. The winter fair opens at Weinwick. 800 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 1978 went to Altstadt Pfahl Club. Full table.

ClubWL
Altstadt Pfahl Club166
Norrwick Printers166
Grauburg Fortress157
Weinfeld Vintners148
Marschau Garrison139
Tarnmund Lake1210
Hollstadt Workers1111
Brennholt Farmers1111
Vellmar Wardens1111
Reedside Athletic616
Ostrabruck Bridge517
Kessel Iron220

The Courier's verdict on the season: long. Table below.

20 November 1978. Altstadt Pfahl Club win the Pfahl League, their 1st title, with 16 wins from 22. Pavel Dinmann of Grauburg Fortress is top scorer with 37 stakes. Sport report.

The Stars

Aries You will be asked the time. Give the licensed one.
Taurus Eat the eel. It is good for you.
Gemini Two invitations for the same evening. Take the nearer.
Cancer A debt is paid to you in kind. Take it.
Leo The Exchange is not for you this week.
Virgo Your papers are in order. Keep them that way.
Libra Buy the loaf, not the cake.
Scorpio Hold your tongue at the ferry.
Sagittarius You will be late. Leave earlier than that.
Capricorn Hard work this week; the reward is next week, or the one after.
Aquarius Something you lost turns up in the wrong pocket.
Pisces Sleep early on Friday. You will need it.

The Courier crossword

Today's 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.

Printed and published at Vellmar by The Evening Courier. One pfen. Registered under the Press Act. Casualty figures as published by the War Ministry.

From the Courier's digitised back issues, every evening since 4 September 1871. Reproduced as printed.