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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Grautal, 18 August 1990, photographed for the Courier as the light went. The harvest at Grautal is reported the best in memory. Grain is 6 pfen the measure.

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.

14 August 1990. An Act for the Better Provision of Tramway goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 33 votes to 14. Provides 193452 marka for works between Tarnmund and Weinwick. Nobody cheered.

13 August 1990. The Public Order (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 62 votes to 2. Penalty on conviction: a fine of 32 marka or 2 months. Comes into force on 1 January 1991. It changes An Act for the Better Regulation of Public Order. Nobody cheered.

The High Court. Truring v. Kischuch: Concerning the estate of the late Kischuch. Ruling: will set aside. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. Wendl v. Brenn: Concerning smoke from a distillery at Brennholt. Ruling: injunction granted. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor. Wendl v. Marsch: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Dammsee. Ruling: for the defendant. The gallery was full.

Money

The Courier's shopping basket.

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.

Hatched, matched and dispatched.

196 births, 117 weddings, 166 deaths this week. Population 700,778.

On this day

180 years ago. A storm strips roofs in Weinau and fells the old lime in Garrison Street. Report.

180 years ago. The sawmill at Marschau burns through the night. 53 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 Someone at work repeats your idea. Let them.
Gemini Two invitations for the same evening. Take the nearer.
Cancer A debt is paid to you in kind. Take it.
Leo You will be thanked in public. Look modest.
Virgo Your papers are in order. Keep them that way.
Libra The scales tip your way on Tuesday.
Scorpio Hold your tongue at the ferry.
Sagittarius The road is longer than the map says.
Capricorn The Ministry writes. Write back.
Aquarius Drink the beer, not the water.
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.