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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Salzhafen, 29 July 1990, photographed for the Courier as the light went. Heisthardt Chemie is wound up. 646 jobs are lost at Salzhafen.

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.

26 July 1990. The Gaming Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 49 votes to 6. Penalty on conviction: a fine of 32 marka or 5 months. It took them all afternoon.

The High Court. Naller v. Soner: Concerning an unpaid debt of 4145 marka. Ruling: for the plaintiff, half the sum. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh. The Crown v. Mertz: Concerning fraud on the Royal Post. Ruling: 13 months with hard labour. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor. Lekleich v. Wendl: Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: for the tenant. The gallery was full.

Money

The prices that matter.

Bread 331.6 pfen the loaf. Beer 497.4 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 57.45 marka. A room costs 201.06 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.

The week in the registers.

224 births, 115 weddings, 187 deaths this week. Population 700,778.

On this day

184 years ago. The harvest at Dammberg is reported late. Grain is 5 pfen the measure. Report.

174 years ago. A storm strips roofs in Weinwick and fells the old lime in Chapel Street. 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 You will be asked the time. Give the licensed one.
Taurus Someone at work repeats your idea. Let them.
Gemini You will hear the same story twice. Believe the second telling.
Cancer The causeway is dry. Use it.
Leo Someone admires your coat. Do not lend it.
Virgo Count the change. Then count it again.
Libra Buy the loaf, not the cake.
Scorpio Hold your tongue at the ferry.
Sagittarius The road is longer than the map says.
Capricorn A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.
Aquarius Something you lost turns up in the wrong pocket.
Pisces A small fish is better than no fish.

The Courier crossword

Today's crossword

Across runs across. Down runs down. Solution tomorrow. Do not send in almanacs. 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.