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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Vellmar, 13 August 1980, during. You can tell which. The summer fair opens at Vellmar. 800 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

LieutenantMarkus Lerschis, of SandingThe 3rd Marsh Regimentenemy action12 August 1980

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.

7 August 1980. The Vagrancy (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 34 votes to 16. Penalty on conviction: a fine of 627 marka or 8 months. It changes An Act for the Better Regulation of Vagrancy. Nobody cheered.

The High Court. Gatte v. Rusk: Concerning smoke from a tannery at Weinfeld. Ruling: damages of 50520 marka. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Capital District. Brenn v. Tarnholt: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Eisenheim. Ruling: for the defendant. The gallery was full.

The Regional Court of Westgau. The Crown v. Grau: Concerning theft of a consignment of paper. Ruling: bound over. You should have seen the faces.

Money

The prices that matter.

Bread 252.6 pfen the loaf. Beer 378.9 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 38.68 marka. A room costs 135.36 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 29,594.90. Bank rate 4.56 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 84,570,609 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

Born, wed, gone.

206 births, 102 weddings, 179 deaths this week. Population 680,276.

On this day

172 years ago. The summer fair opens at Tarnmund. 800 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm. Report.

170 years ago. A fire in Weaver Square at Tarnmoor destroys 8 houses. The garrison attend. No lives are lost. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 1979 went to Tarnmund Lake. Full table.

ClubWL
Tarnmund Lake211
Weinfeld Vintners157
Marschau Garrison157
Altstadt Pfahl Club148
Grauburg Fortress139
Norrwick Printers1210
Hollstadt Workers1012
Reedside Athletic913
Vellmar Wardens814
Kessel Iron715
Brennholt Farmers616
Ostrabruck Bridge220

Player of the season, says the Courier: whoever planted the last stake. Ten out of ten.

The Stars

Aries A letter you expected does not come. Buy bread early.
Taurus Eat the eel. It is good for you.
Gemini A cousin writes. Reply this week or not at all.
Cancer The causeway is dry. Use it.
Leo The Exchange is not for you this week.
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 The road is longer than the map says.
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 The water is high. Stay on the causeway.

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.