The Evening Courier, 6 July 2001

Money · Vellmar · 1 July 2001

Marrow Import lists on the Vellmar Exchange as RRL.

Marrow Import lists on the Vellmar Exchange as RRL. The brokers cheered. Or coughed. Hard to say. The morning papers had nothing.

In the story: The Vellmar Exchange, Marrow Import.

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

**Our picture:** Vellmar, 1 July 2001, after. You can tell which. Marrow Import lists on the Vellmar Exchange as RRL.

Around the country · Kessel

Workers at the tannery in Kessel stop work over wages

Workers at the tannery in Kessel stop work over wages. The dispute lasts 7 days. Watch this space. In the story: Kessel, School Way.

Around the country · Oberbach

Piped water reaches Well Row, Oberbach

Piped water reaches Well Row, Oberbach. The old pump is retained by public request. More in tomorrow's Courier. In the story: Oberbach, Well Row.

Around the country · Sandfeld

A crowd of 8,000 watches the Pfahl match at Sandfeld

A crowd of 8,000 watches the Pfahl match at Sandfeld. There are 24 arrests. The Courier's man was there. In the story: Sandfeld, Well Row.

Around the country · Berging

The harvest at Berging is reported late

The harvest at Berging is reported late. Grain is 5 pfen the measure. You heard it here. In the story: Berging, Market Walk.

Around the country · Tarnmund

Piped water reaches Warden Square, Tarnmund

Piped water reaches Warden Square, Tarnmund. The old pump is retained by public request. You heard it here. In the story: Tarnmund, Warden Square.

About Town

From the cafés, the quay and the back of the Assembly.

Kurt Moor, architect, is 79 today. Still working, still complaining about the ferry. Happy birthday.

Dieter Ostmann, architect, is 72 today. Not a day over 72, say friends.

Ingrid Doter, clerk, is 68 today. Friends have been asked not to mention it. Friends have mentioned it.

Jurgen Schonding, driver, is 64 today. Friends have been asked not to mention it. Friends have mentioned it.

Petra Rusk, shop assistant, is 64 today. The cake was seen leaving the baker's at 9.

Karl Nagel, shop assistant, is 63 today. Not a day over 63, say friends.

Renate Uhl, teacher, is 61 today. Still at it. The Courier raises a glass.

Sabine Hallin, programmer, is 60 today. Friends have been asked not to mention it. Friends have mentioned it.

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.

6 July 2001. The Highways Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 43 votes to 20. Provides 182424 marka for works between Tarnmoor and Oberbach. Comes into force on 1 January 2002. You will notice, or you will not.

4 July 2001. The Electricity (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 42 votes to 21. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 691 marka. It changes The Electricity (Amendment) Act. You will notice, or you will not.

30 June 2001. The Salt Duties Regulation Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 45 votes to 14. Sets the duty at 11 pfen in the marka. It took them all afternoon.

30 June 2001. The Regimental Colours (Amendment) 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. It changes The Regimental Colours Act. Nobody cheered.

The High Court. Hallin v. Moor: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Brennholt. Ruling: boundary fixed at the old ditch. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

The Regional Court of The Capital District. Marrow v. Keimann: Concerning an article in The Evening Courier. Ruling: for the plaintiff, 2025 marka. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of Westgau. The Crown v. Hallin: Concerning desertion from the Marsh Regiments. Ruling: acquitted: he was lost in the fog. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of Westgau. The Crown v. Lenz: Concerning assault at Wasserdorf. Ruling: acquitted. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. Ostrand v. Gansel: Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: rent for the removed period not recoverable. The Courier was there.

Money

Money. Yours, mostly going.

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.

Hatched, matched and dispatched.

193 births, 114 weddings, 179 deaths this week. Population 715,477.

On this day

196 years ago. The summer fair opens at Sudholt. 500 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm. Report.

195 years ago. A cart overturns in Short Way, Salzhafen. The driver, a man of Grauburg, is taken to hospital. 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 A letter you expected does not come. Buy bread early.

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

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

Cancer Stay near the water. It is where you are happiest.

Leo The Exchange is not for you this week.

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

Libra A quarrel over nothing. It ends by supper.

Scorpio Do not travel east this week. There is no reason to.

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

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

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.