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The Evening Courier

Our picture: The Reed Line, 7 July 2001, after. You can tell which. The Summer Action at the Widow's Reach. The 3rd Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night…

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

LieutenantLeon Kaltz, of OstrabruckThe 3rd Marsh Regimentkilled in action7 July 2001
PrivateJurgen Lullrus, of SandfeldThe 3rd Marsh Regimentenemy action7 July 2001
PrivateThomas Fenn, of GraukirchenThe 3rd Marsh Regimentenemy action7 July 2001
PrivateMarkus Menbest, of HollstadtThe 3rd Marsh Regimentenemy action7 July 2001
PrivateOtto Moress, of SalzhafenThe 3rd Marsh Regimentenemy action7 July 2001
PrivateLukas Tarn, of VellmarThe 3rd Marsh Regimentenemy action7 July 2001
PrivateKlaus Neissmil, of OstrabruckThe 3rd Marsh Regimentenemy action7 July 2001
PrivateMilo Wendl, of OstrabruckThe 3rd Marsh Regimentkilled in action7 July 2001
PrivateMarkus Ostrand, of DammbergThe 3rd Marsh Regimentenemy fire7 July 2001
PrivateLeon Hallin, of OberbachThe 3rd Marsh Regimentenemy action7 July 2001
PrivateThomas Ziegler, of VellmarThe 3rd Marsh Regimentenemy action7 July 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

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.

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

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.

195 births, 113 weddings, 188 deaths this week. Population 715,477.

On this day

196 years ago. The harvest at Berging is reported poor. Grain is 4 pfen the measure. Report.

194 years ago. The brewery at Tarnmoor burns through the night. 48 men are out of work. 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 You will be asked the time. Give the licensed one.
Taurus The weather turns and so does your luck, briefly.
Gemini Say less at the market than you mean to.
Cancer Check the clock against the Ministry's. It is slow.
Leo The Exchange is not for you this week.
Virgo Your papers are in order. Keep them that way.
Libra Buy the loaf, not the cake.
Scorpio Old papers should stay in the attic. Better still, hand them in.
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 A small fish is better than no fish.

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.