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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Norrwick, 21 May 1990, tonight. The Courier's camera was there. A new bridge is opened at Norrwick by the Minister of the Interior. It has 4 arches.

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

What the Assembly did while you were at work.

21 May 1990. The Hollstadt Firearms Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 55 votes to 0. Penalty on conviction: a fine of 65 marka or 12 months. Comes into force on 1 January 1991. It took them all afternoon.

16 May 1990. An Act for the Better Inspection of Aviation goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 44 votes to 10. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 658 marka. You will notice, or you will not.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. The Crown v. Wendl: Concerning theft of a printing press. Ruling: 16 months. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. The Crown v. Dorn: Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: 12 months. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. Lechel v. Fronger: Concerning an unpaid debt of 1658 marka. Ruling: for the plaintiff with costs. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of Westgau. Lamm v. Pacher: Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: for the tenant. The gallery was full.

Money

Money. Yours, mostly going.

Bread 331.6 pfen the loaf. Beer 497.4 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 574.46 marka. A room costs 248.7 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 28,211.30. Bank rate 4.39 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 126,261,355 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

Born, wed, gone.

193 births, 113 weddings, 180 deaths this week. Population 700,778.

On this day

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

181 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 1989 went to Hollstadt Workers. Full table.

ClubWL
Hollstadt Workers175
Norrwick Printers157
Altstadt Pfahl Club148
Weinfeld Vintners148
Grauburg Fortress139
Vellmar Wardens1210
Tarnmund Lake1111
Marschau Garrison1012
Ostrabruck Bridge913
Reedside Athletic814
Kessel Iron616
Brennholt Farmers319

The Courier's verdict on the season: wet. Table below.

The Stars

Aries Do not argue with a carter this week.
Taurus The weather turns and so does your luck, briefly.
Gemini A cousin writes. Reply this week or not at all.
Cancer The causeway is dry. Use it.
Leo An old debt is mentioned. Pay it before the month turns.
Virgo Count the change. Then count it again.
Libra A quarrel over nothing. It ends by supper.
Scorpio Someone is keeping something from you. It is probably a cake.
Sagittarius You will be late. Leave earlier than that.
Capricorn Do not lend the ladder.
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.