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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Salzhafen, 20 August 1981, before. You can tell which. Rusk & Mistes, Masons is wound up. 132 jobs are lost at Salzhafen.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

The Ministry sent no names. The Courier is glad of it.

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

Courts and Assembly

The Assembly this week, in words of one syllable where possible.

17 August 1981. The Hollstadt Universities Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 47 votes to 27. Applies to children between 6 and 12. You will notice, or you will not.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld. Bohm v. Bruwitz: Concerning the estate of the late Bruwitz. Ruling: will upheld. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of Westgau. Rusk v. Marrow: Concerning an unpaid debt of 19637 marka. Ruling: dismissed. The Courier was there.

Money

The Courier's shopping basket.

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.

223 births, 106 weddings, 185 deaths this week. Population 682,528.

On this day

173 years ago. The coldest night in 20 years is recorded at Lindenmar. Lake Tarn freezes to the middle. Report.

171 years ago. The sawmill at Ostrabruck burns through the night. 7 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 You will be asked the time. Give the licensed one.
Taurus A door sticks. Oil it before it matters.
Gemini A cousin writes. Reply this week or not at all.
Cancer Stay near the water. It is where you are happiest.
Leo An old debt is mentioned. Pay it before the month turns.
Virgo A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.
Libra Buy the loaf, not the cake.
Scorpio Hold your tongue at the ferry.
Sagittarius You will be late. Leave earlier than that.
Capricorn The Ministry writes. Write back.
Aquarius Something you lost turns up in the wrong pocket.
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.