The EveningCourier
Wednesday 23 September 2026Vellmar Mean Time
LatestThe front line is at the Reed Line. No change.The Front ›
Digitised edition Wednesday 2 December 1981 Page 1 of 1 ‹ Previous issueWhole issueNext issue ›

cold and bright · VellmarOne pfen

The Evening Courier

Our picture: Vellmar, 2 December 1981, the crowd. Spot yourself. Rolf Brenn wins the Assembly Medal for Verse for A Second Inheritance.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

PrivateStefan Deichen, of VellmarThe 1st Marsh Regimentenemy fire27 November 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

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

1 December 1981. The Calendar Licensing (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 35 votes to 12. 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 Berging Calendar Licensing Act. It took them all afternoon.

26 November 1981. The Highways Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 34 votes to 25. Provides 216433 marka for works between Salzhafen and Tarnmoor. Comes into force on 1 January 1982. You will notice, or you will not.

The High Court. Lenz v. Brenn: Concerning an article in The Evening Courier. Ruling: dismissed: fair comment. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. Nordmann v. Ort: Concerning a contract for forty barrels of wine not delivered. Ruling: contract void. The gallery was packed.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld. Hallin v. Jost: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Norrwick. Ruling: boundary fixed at the old ditch. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. Moor v. Jost: Concerning an unpaid debt of 7855 marka. Ruling: for the plaintiff with costs. The Courier was there.

Money

What your pfen buys this week.

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.

235 births, 116 weddings, 195 deaths this week. Population 682,528.

On this day

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

170 years ago. A cart overturns in Short Square, Grauholt. The driver, a man of Tarnmoor, is taken to hospital. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 1981 went to Marschau Garrison. Full table.

ClubWL
Marschau Garrison184
Tarnmund Lake166
Weinfeld Vintners157
Norrwick Printers157
Hollstadt Workers1210
Altstadt Pfahl Club1210
Grauburg Fortress1111
Brennholt Farmers1111
Vellmar Wardens913
Reedside Athletic814
Ostrabruck Bridge319
Kessel Iron220

Player of the season, says the Courier: whoever planted the last stake. Ten out of ten.

10 November 1981. Marschau Garrison win the Pfahl League, their 61st title, with 18 wins from 22. Rolf Kloltiell of Weinfeld Vintners is top scorer with 22 stakes. Sport report.

The Stars

Aries You will be asked the time. Give the licensed one.
Taurus Eat the eel. It is good for you.
Gemini You will hear the same story twice. Believe the second telling.
Cancer A debt is paid to you in kind. Take it.
Leo The Exchange is not for you this week.
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 Good news from a cousin. It costs you a stamp.
Capricorn Hard work this week; the reward is next week, or the one after.
Aquarius The weather turns. So does a friend, briefly.
Pisces A small fish is better than no fish.

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.