The Evening Courier, 18 August 1997

Around the country · Grauholt · 18 August 1997

The weaving shed at Grauholt burns through the night. 25 men are out of…

Late tonight: The weaving shed at Grauholt burns through the night. 25 men are out of work. The whole town came to look. The Courier was there.

In the story: Grauholt, Short Gate.

The Grand Chancellor, Rolf Quast, was not available to the Courier tonight.

**Our picture:** Grauholt, 18 August 1997, the crowd. Spot yourself. The weaving shed at Grauholt burns through the night. 25 men are out of work.

Around the country · Hollstadt

The first television set in Hollstadt is demonstrated in the window of a shop in School Way

The first television set in Hollstadt is demonstrated in the window of a shop in School Way. A crowd gathers for the front-line report. And you thought it was a quiet week. In the story: Hollstadt, School Way.

Around the country · Norrbruck

The Ostra rises 70 centimetres above its mark at Norrbruck

The Ostra rises 70 centimetres above its mark at Norrbruck. Cellars in Garrison Street are flooded. The Courier was there. In the story: Norrbruck, Garrison Street.

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.

16 August 1997. The Turnpikes (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 47 votes to 9. Provides 231539 marka for works between Tarnmoor and Eisenheim. It changes The Turnpikes Act. Nobody cheered.

16 August 1997. The War Widows Regulation Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly without a division. Charged to the Annual War Appropriation. Passed unanimously, as is customary for measures concerning the Line. Nobody cheered.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. Kaltz v. Moor: Concerning the estate of the late Moor. Ruling: will set aside. The gallery was packed.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. Grau v. Mahler: Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: rent for the removed period not recoverable. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. The Crown v. Brenn: Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: fined 1875 marka. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Capital District. Brenn v. Moor: Concerning smoke from a foundry at Eisenheim. Ruling: injunction granted. You should have seen the faces.

Money

What your pfen buys this week.

Bread 375.1 pfen the loaf. Beer 562.7 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 66.33 marka. A room costs 232.15 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 58,679.90. Bank rate 3.81 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 143,092,891 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

Hatched, matched and dispatched.

178 births, 107 weddings, 184 deaths this week. Population 711,263.

On this day

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

187 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 1996 went to Norrwick Printers. Full table.

Club	W	L
Norrwick Printers	19	3
Marschau Garrison	16	6
Hollstadt Workers	15	7
Tarnmund Lake	13	9
Vellmar Wardens	13	9
Reedside Athletic	13	9
Altstadt Pfahl Club	12	10
Ostrabruck Bridge	10	12
Grauburg Fortress	8	14
Weinfeld Vintners	7	15
Brennholt Farmers	4	18
Kessel Iron	2	20

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

The Stars

Aries Someone owes you a pfen. Let it go; it was never coming.

Taurus The weather turns and so does your luck, briefly.

Gemini Say less at the market than you mean to.

Cancer A debt is paid to you in kind. Take it.

Leo The Exchange is not for you this week.

Virgo Your papers are in order. Keep them that way.

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 The Ministry writes. Write back.

Aquarius A stranger asks directions. Give the long way.

Pisces The water is high. Stay on the causeway.

The Courier crossword

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