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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Sudholt, 22 January 2002, photographed for the Courier as the light went. A crowd of 8,000 watches the Pfahl match at Sudholt. There are 36 arrests.

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.

22 January 2002. The Causeway Maintenance Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 41 votes to 18. Provides 109652 marka for works between Norrbruck and Weinfeld. Comes into force on 1 January 2003. You will notice, or you will not.

22 January 2002. The Sanitation Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 34 votes to 15. Every town above 5000 inhabitants must appoint an officer under this Act. It took them all afternoon.

19 January 2002. The Vaccination Regulation Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 41 votes to 19. Every town above 1000 inhabitants must appoint an officer under this Act. It took them all afternoon.

The High Court. Brenn v. Moor: Concerning an unpaid debt of 5207 marka. Ruling: dismissed. The gallery was full.

The Court of Chronological Offences. The Crown v. C. F.: Concerning assertion of the unyear in a public house at Weinfeld. Ruling: acquitted: the witness was drunk. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. Wendl v. Thal: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Grauholt. Ruling: for the defendant. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. The Crown v. Marrow: Concerning theft of forty barrels of wine. Ruling: bound over. The gallery was packed.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. The Crown v. Dasthardt: Concerning theft of a printing press. Ruling: acquitted. You should have seen the faces.

Money

What your pfen buys this week.

Bread 416.6 pfen the loaf. Beer 624.9 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 76.03 marka. A room costs 266.1 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 58,652.50. Bank rate 4.01 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 161,519,157 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

The week in the registers.

199 births, 110 weddings, 183 deaths this week. Population 716,272.

On this day

188 years ago. Berging marks the 200th anniversary of its charter with a procession along Lime Square. Report.

186 years ago. The winter fair opens at Weinwick. 500 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm. 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.

The Stars

Aries Do not argue with a carter this week.
Taurus A door sticks. Oil it before it matters.
Gemini Say less at the market than you mean to.
Cancer The causeway is dry. Use it.
Leo An old debt is mentioned. Pay it before the month turns.
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 The road is longer than the map says.
Capricorn Do not lend the ladder.
Aquarius Drink the beer, not the water.
Pisces Someone compliments your boots. They want to borrow them.

The Courier crossword

Today's crossword

Solution in tomorrow's Courier. The setter is not responsible for the Grand Chancellor's name being awkward. 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.