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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Salzhafen, 18 January 2001, tonight. The Courier's camera was there. Piped water reaches Tanner Quay, Salzhafen. The old pump is retained by public request.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

SergeantFelix Haunn, of NiederbruckThe 2nd Marsh Regimentenemy action14 January 2001

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

What the Assembly did while you were at work.

17 January 2001. The Sunday Observance (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 38 votes to 17. Penalty on conviction: a fine of 1382 marka or 21 months. It changes The Sunday Observance Act. Nobody cheered.

16 January 2001. The Road Traffic Regulation Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 40 votes to 20. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 345 marka. You will notice, or you will not.

13 January 2001. The Sanitation (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 35 votes to 19. Every town above 5000 inhabitants must appoint an officer under this Act. It changes The Sanitation (Amendment) Act. It took them all afternoon.

The High Court. Rusk v. Thal: Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: for the tenant. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor. Mossbach v. Brenn: Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: for the tenant. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor. Lekleich v. Kessler: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Berging. Ruling: for the plaintiff. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh. The Crown v. Fenn: Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: 6 months. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. Nurmann v. Sudmann: Concerning an unpaid debt of 81008 marka. Ruling: dismissed. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

The Regional Court of Westgau. The Crown v. Kessler: Concerning assault at Hagenkirchen. Ruling: 4 months. The Courier was there.

Money

The Courier's shopping basket.

Bread 405 pfen the loaf. Beer 607.6 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 73.38 marka. A room costs 256.85 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 64,109.60. Bank rate 3.45 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 157,075,817 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

Born, wed, gone.

206 births, 116 weddings, 174 deaths this week. Population 715,477.

On this day

192 years ago. The coldest night in 80 years is recorded at Lindenmar. Lake Tarn freezes to the middle. Report.

185 years ago. The coldest night in 30 years is recorded at Sudfurt. Lake Tarn freezes to the middle. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 2000 went to Grauburg Fortress. Full table.

ClubWL
Grauburg Fortress157
Reedside Athletic157
Marschau Garrison157
Hollstadt Workers148
Vellmar Wardens139
Norrwick Printers1210
Tarnmund Lake1111
Altstadt Pfahl Club1111
Weinfeld Vintners1012
Kessel Iron715
Ostrabruck Bridge517
Brennholt Farmers418

The Courier's man on the bank rates the champions' stake-men 7 out of ten and the ferry 5.

The Stars

Aries Someone owes you a pfen. Let it go; it was never coming.
Taurus A door sticks. Oil it before it matters.
Gemini Say less at the market than you mean to.
Cancer A debt is paid to you in kind. Take it.
Leo Someone admires your coat. Do not lend it.
Virgo A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.
Libra The scales tip your way on Tuesday.
Scorpio Someone is keeping something from you. It is probably a cake.
Sagittarius The road is longer than the map says.
Capricorn Hard work this week; the reward is next week, or the one after.
Aquarius Something you lost turns up in the wrong pocket.
Pisces The water is high. Stay on the causeway.

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.