The Evening Courier, 17 February 2001

Money · Vellmar · 15 February 2001

Pfeil & Sons, Printers lists on the Vellmar Exchange as GJM.

Late tonight: Pfeil & Sons, Printers lists on the Vellmar Exchange as GJM. Buy? Sell? The Courier is not your broker. You read it here first.

In the story: The Vellmar Exchange, Pfeil & Sons, Printers.

The Grand Chancellor, Lukas Marsch, was not available to the Courier tonight.

**Our picture:** Vellmar, 15 February 2001, photographed for the Courier as the light went. Pfeil & Sons, Printers lists on the Vellmar Exchange as GJM.

Around the country · Hollhausen

Gas lighting is installed in High Way, Hollhausen

Gas lighting is installed in High Way, Hollhausen. Residents complain of the smell and the brightness. Details inside. In the story: Hollhausen, High Way.

Around the country · Tarnmoor

Gas lighting is installed in Long Way, Tarnmoor

Gas lighting is installed in Long Way, Tarnmoor. Residents complain of the smell and the brightness. More in tomorrow's Courier. In the story: Tarnmoor, Long Way.

Around the country · Sandfeld

The telegraph reaches Sandfeld

The telegraph reaches Sandfeld. The first message sent is the front-line report. One pfen well spent. In the story: Sandfeld, Bridge Street.

Around the country · Weinfeld

The telegraph reaches Weinfeld

The telegraph reaches Weinfeld. The first message sent is the front-line report. You read it here first. In the story: Weinfeld, Church Street.

About Town

The Courier's eyes and ears in the cafés.

Heinz Klanmann, journalist, is 78 today. The cake was seen leaving the baker's at 8.

Peter Brenn, engineer, is 75 today. Friends say it shows.

Viktor Thal, programmer, is 74 today. Friends say the candles were a fire risk.

Luise Adler, factory worker, is 69 today. Still at it. The Courier raises a glass.

Bernd Tosen, physician, is 67 today. The cake was seen leaving the baker's at 8.

Renate Brenn, driver, is 66 today. Friends have been asked not to mention it. Friends have mentioned it.

Markus Fenn, factory worker, is 65 today. Friends say it shows.

Nikolaj Brenn, driver, is 63 today. Not a day over 63, say friends.

Gone

Martin Mekel, electrician, born Dammsee 12 July 1965, died 17 February 2001.

Oskar Krorer, physician, born Hollstadt 23 June 1923, died 14 February 2001. Member of the Assembly.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

Corporal

Leon Vindboch, of Wassermar

The 3rd Marsh Regiment

enemy action

17 February 2001

As issued by the War Ministry. The Courier adds nothing.

The front line is at the Reed Line. No change.

Courts and Assembly

The Assembly this week, in words of one syllable where possible.

17 February 2001. An Act for the Better Provision of Requisition 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. Comes into force on 1 January 2002. It took them all afternoon.

The High Court. Tickel v. Lastfeld: Concerning an article in The Evening Courier. Ruling: apology ordered. You should have seen the faces.

The Court of Chronological Offences. The Crown v. H. V.: Concerning assertion of the unyear in a public house at Wasserdorf. Ruling: fined 30378 marka. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

The Regional Court of The Capital District. Gilhardt v. Ostrand: Concerning a contract for church bells not delivered. Ruling: for the defendant. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld. Zinnel v. Stiegl: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Hollhausen. Ruling: for the defendant. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. The Crown v. Falk: Concerning theft of church bells. Ruling: bound over. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. The Crown v. Hallin: Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: 7 months. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

Money

What your pfen buys this week.

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.

The week in the registers.

201 births, 104 weddings, 185 deaths this week. Population 715,477.

On this day

193 years ago. The coldest night in 60 years is recorded at Marschau. Lake Tarn freezes to the middle. Report.

192 years ago. A fire in Market Walk at Berging destroys 7 houses. The town watch attend. No lives are lost. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

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

Club	W	L
Grauburg Fortress	15	7
Reedside Athletic	15	7
Marschau Garrison	15	7
Hollstadt Workers	14	8
Vellmar Wardens	13	9
Norrwick Printers	12	10
Tarnmund Lake	11	11
Altstadt Pfahl Club	11	11
Weinfeld Vintners	10	12
Kessel Iron	7	15
Ostrabruck Bridge	5	17
Brennholt Farmers	4	18

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 Eat the eel. It is good for you.

Gemini You will hear the same story twice. Believe the second telling.

Cancer Check the clock against the Ministry's. It is slow.

Leo You will be thanked in public. Look modest.

Virgo A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.

Libra Buy the loaf, not the cake.

Scorpio Old papers should stay in the attic. Better still, hand them in.

Sagittarius Good news from a cousin. It costs you a stamp.

Capricorn Hard work this week; the reward is next week, or the one after.

Aquarius Drink the beer, not the water.

Pisces A small fish is better than no fish.

The Courier crossword

Across runs across. Down runs down. Solution tomorrow. Do not send in almanacs. Fill it in online. Yesterday's habit, today's solution.