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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Vellmar, 27 November 2001, the crowd. Spot yourself. Ostra Power lists on the Vellmar Exchange as ZER.

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

What the Assembly did while you were at work.

The High Court. Hirsch v. Zeller: Concerning an article in The Evening Courier. Ruling: apology ordered. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld. The Crown v. Wendl: Concerning theft of forty barrels of wine. Ruling: bound over. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. Vutwitz v. Fenn: Concerning the estate of the late Fenn. Ruling: will set aside. The gallery was packed.

The Regional Court of Westgau. The Crown v. Brenn: Concerning assault at Lindenmar. Ruling: 6 months. The gallery was packed.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh. Brenn v. Mesmann: Concerning smoke from a paper mill at Vellhausen. Ruling: dismissed. 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.

180 births, 108 weddings, 185 deaths this week. Population 715,477.

On this day

195 years ago. A new bridge is opened at Oberholt by the Minister of the Interior. It has 2 arches. Report.

194 years ago. A storm strips roofs in Vellmar and fells the old lime in Printer Row. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 2001 went to Hollstadt Workers. Full table.

ClubWL
Hollstadt Workers193
Norrwick Printers157
Marschau Garrison157
Altstadt Pfahl Club139
Grauburg Fortress1210
Vellmar Wardens1210
Tarnmund Lake1210
Reedside Athletic1111
Weinfeld Vintners814
Kessel Iron715
Ostrabruck Bridge517
Brennholt Farmers319

The Courier's man on the bank rates the champions' stake-men 9 out of ten and the ferry 3.

17 November 2001. Hollstadt Workers win the Pfahl League, their 9th title, with 19 wins from 22. Bernd Rurberg of Hollstadt Workers is top scorer with 19 stakes. Sport report.

The Stars

Aries Someone owes you a pfen. Let it go; it was never coming.
Taurus Someone at work repeats your idea. Let them.
Gemini You will hear the same story twice. Believe the second telling.
Cancer Check the clock against the Ministry's. It is slow.
Leo The Exchange is not for you this week.
Virgo A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.
Libra Two people want your opinion. Give it to neither.
Scorpio Hold your tongue at the ferry.
Sagittarius Good news from a cousin. It costs you a stamp.
Capricorn A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.
Aquarius The weather turns. So does a friend, briefly.
Pisces The water is high. Stay on the causeway.

The Courier crossword

Today's 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.

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.