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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Oberbach, 17 May 1981, during. You can tell which. Moor Foods is wound up. 392 jobs are lost at Oberbach.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

PrivateNikolaj Kanklien, of VellmarThe 1st Marsh Regimentkilled in action21 May 1981
CorporalDieter Brenn, of HollhausenThe 5th Marsh Regimentenemy action16 May 1981the Star of the Wardens
PrivatePavel Ostrand, of WeinkirchenThe 1st Marsh Regimentenemy fire16 May 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.

19 May 1981. The Company Registration (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 46 votes to 1. Sets the duty at 10 pfen in the marka. Comes into force on 1 January 1982. It changes An Act for the Better Ordering of Company Registration. You will notice, or you will not.

The Court of Chronological Offences. The Crown v. M. S.: Concerning possession of an unyear record (an almanac). Ruling: acquitted: the year on the a gravestone rubbing was illegible. The Courier was there.

The Court of Chronological Offences. The Crown v. U. W.: Concerning assertion of the unyear in print. Ruling: 9 months. You should have seen the faces.

The High Court. Brenn v. Stiegl: Concerning the estate of the late Stiegl. Ruling: will upheld. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh. Bresmel v. Brenn: Concerning an unpaid debt of 130917 marka. Ruling: for the plaintiff, half the sum. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. The Crown v. Geirheit: Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: 17 months. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of Westgau. Wendl v. Rachmann: Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: for the tenant. The Courier was there.

Money

The prices that matter.

Bread 261.8 pfen the loaf. Beer 392.8 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 41.11 marka. A room costs 143.88 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.

Hatched, matched and dispatched.

224 births, 105 weddings, 163 deaths this week. Population 682,528.

On this day

174 years ago. The spring fair opens at Norrhafen. 700 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm. Report.

172 years ago. The brewery at Reedtal burns through the night. 46 men are out of work. 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 Someone at work repeats your idea. Let them.
Gemini You will hear the same story twice. Believe the second telling.
Cancer The causeway is dry. Use it.
Leo Someone admires your coat. Do not lend it.
Virgo Sort the drawer you have been avoiding.
Libra Two people want your opinion. Give it to neither.
Scorpio Someone is keeping something from you. It is probably a cake.
Sagittarius You will be late. Leave earlier than that.
Capricorn Hard work this week; the reward is next week, or the one after.
Aquarius Drink the beer, not the water.
Pisces Someone compliments your boots. They want to borrow them.

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.