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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Weinau, 13 February 1981, photographed for the Courier as the light went. A new wing opens at the Weinau hospital, with 40 beds.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

CorporalNikolaj Hallin, of TarnmundThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy fire8 February 1981

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

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

Courts and Assembly

What the Assembly did while you were at work.

13 February 1981. The Military Pensions (Amendment) 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. It changes The Military Pensions (Amendment) Act. It took them all afternoon.

9 February 1981. The Grauburg Digital Records Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 33 votes to 4. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 63 marka. You will notice, or you will not.

The Regional Court of Westgau. The Crown v. Kellner: Concerning assault at Sanding. Ruling: acquitted. The gallery was full.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor. The Crown v. Ostrand: Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: fined 7855 marka. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. Hallin v. Haubuk: 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 Osmoor. Nussbaum v. Hallin: Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: for the tenant. You should have seen the faces.

Money

The prices that matter.

Bread 261.8 pfen the loaf. Beer 392.8 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 411.07 marka. A room costs 196.38 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 32,419.70. Bank rate 5.47 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 90,554,982 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

The week in the registers.

228 births, 110 weddings, 180 deaths this week. Population 682,528.

On this day

173 years ago. The harvest at Kessel is reported good. Grain is 3 pfen the measure. Report.

168 years ago. The coldest night in 60 years is recorded at Dammsee. Lake Tarn freezes to the middle. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 1980 went to Marschau Garrison. Full table.

ClubWL
Marschau Garrison184
Tarnmund Lake175
Grauburg Fortress157
Hollstadt Workers157
Altstadt Pfahl Club148
Weinfeld Vintners139
Norrwick Printers1210
Reedside Athletic814
Vellmar Wardens715
Brennholt Farmers715
Kessel Iron418
Ostrabruck Bridge220

The Courier's man on the bank rates the champions' stake-men 6 out of ten and the ferry 3.

The Stars

Aries Someone owes you a pfen. Let it go; it was never coming.
Taurus A door sticks. Oil it before it matters.
Gemini Two invitations for the same evening. Take the nearer.
Cancer Check the clock against the Ministry's. It is slow.
Leo Someone admires your coat. Do not lend it.
Virgo Your papers are in order. Keep them that way.
Libra Two people want your opinion. Give it to neither.
Scorpio Hold your tongue at the ferry.
Sagittarius The road is longer than the map says.
Capricorn The Ministry writes. Write back.
Aquarius Something you lost turns up in the wrong pocket.
Pisces A small fish is better than no fish.

The Courier crossword

Today's crossword

Across runs across. Down runs down. Solution tomorrow. Do not send in almanacs. 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.