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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Norrwick, 19 June 1981, the crowd. Spot yourself. Norrwick Brewery is acquired by Hallin Engineering.

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.

21 June 1981. The Markets Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 36 votes to 12. Sets the duty at 5 pfen in the marka. It took them all afternoon.

20 June 1981. The Firearms (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 37 votes to 23. Penalty on conviction: a fine of 126 marka or 7 months. It changes The Grauburg Firearms Act. You will notice, or you will not.

15 June 1981. The Digital Records (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 53 votes to 8. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 31 marka. It changes The Digital Records (Amendment) Act. You will notice, or you will not.

The High Court. Brenn v. Brenn: Concerning smoke from a brickworks at Hagenkirchen. Ruling: dismissed. You should have seen the faces.

Money

The Courier's shopping basket.

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.

234 births, 102 weddings, 154 deaths this week. Population 682,528.

On this day

175 years ago. The bells of Brennholt church are recast. They are rung for the first time on Sunday. Report.

166 years ago. A storm strips roofs in Grauburg and fells the old lime in Garrison Gate. 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 A letter you expected does not come. Buy bread early.
Taurus A door sticks. Oil it before it matters.
Gemini Two invitations for the same evening. Take the nearer.
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 The scales tip your way on Thursday.
Scorpio Someone is keeping something from you. It is probably a cake.
Sagittarius A wager is offered. Decline it with a smile.
Capricorn A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.
Aquarius The weather turns. So does a friend, briefly.
Pisces Sleep early on Wednesday. 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.