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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Vellmar, 5 July 1981, the crowd. Spot yourself. Sudholt Press lists on the Vellmar Exchange as SGE.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

SergeantJonas Kessler, of OstrabruckThe 3rd Marsh Regimentenemy action30 June 1981
PrivateKlaus Amsel, of KesselThe 4th Marsh Regimentenemy action29 June 1981

The Courier prints the Ministry's roll as the Ministry sends it. The Line holds.

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

Courts and Assembly

What the Assembly did while you were at work.

5 July 1981. An Act for the Better Ordering of Medals 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. Nobody cheered.

4 July 1981. The Turnpikes Regulation Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 49 votes to 11. Provides 215802 marka for works between Eisenheim and Grauburg. Nobody cheered.

2 July 1981. The Railway (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 53 votes to 9. Provides 215171 marka for works between Vellmar and Berging. It changes The Railway (Amendment) Act. It took them all afternoon.

30 June 1981. The Diary Licences (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 36 votes to 24. Administered by the Ministry of Chronology. Offences under this Act are tried before the Court of Chronological Offences. Comes into force on 1 January 1982. It changes The Diary Licences (Amendment) Act. Nobody cheered.

The High Court. Giensei v. Burholt: Concerning an article in The Evening Courier. Ruling: dismissed: fair comment. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. Hallin v. Mesen: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Brennholt. Ruling: for the defendant. The gallery was full.

The Regional Court of Westgau. The Crown v. Marrow: Concerning fraud on the Vellmar Exchange. Ruling: 10 months with hard labour. You should have seen the faces.

Money

Money. Yours, mostly going.

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.

Born, wed, gone.

236 births, 115 weddings, 164 deaths this week. Population 682,528.

On this day

175 years ago. The paper mill at Sandfeld burns through the night. 7 men are out of work. Report.

170 years ago. The Ostra rises 30 centimetres above its mark at Sandfeld. Cellars in New Gate Way are flooded. 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 Eat the eel. It is good for you.
Gemini Say less at the market than you mean to.
Cancer The causeway is dry. Use it.
Leo An old debt is mentioned. Pay it before the month turns.
Virgo A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.
Libra A quarrel over nothing. It ends by supper.
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 A stranger asks directions. Give the long way.
Pisces The water is high. Stay on the causeway.

The Courier crossword

Today's crossword

Solution in tomorrow's Courier. The setter is not responsible for the Grand Chancellor's name being awkward. 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.