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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Vellmar, 7 June 2002, tonight. The Courier's camera was there. Kamm Logistics lists on the Vellmar Exchange as KMM.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

The Ministry sent no names. The Courier is glad of it.

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 June 2002. An Act for the Better Provision of Reserve Forces 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 2003. You will notice, or you will not.

4 June 2002. The Highways (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 45 votes to 0. Provides 221386 marka for works between Ostrabruck and Berging. Comes into force on 1 January 2003. It changes The Highways (Amendment) Act. You will notice, or you will not.

2 June 2002. The Broadcasting Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 38 votes to 14. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 347 marka. Comes into force on 1 January 2003. Nobody cheered.

The High Court. Ebner v. Dorn: Concerning the estate of the late Dorn. Ruling: estate divided equally. The gallery was full.

The Court of Chronological Offences. The Crown v. L. F.: Concerning assertion of the unyear in print. Ruling: 17 months. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh. Brenn v. Melen: Concerning the estate of the late Melen. Ruling: will upheld. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. Brenn v. Krunmatz: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Sudholt. Ruling: for the defendant. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh. Kasen v. Bornberg: Concerning an unpaid debt of 2083 marka. Ruling: for the plaintiff, half the sum. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. Hartwig v. Fenn: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Sudholt. Ruling: for the plaintiff. The Courier was there.

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.

187 births, 102 weddings, 178 deaths this week. Population 716,272.

On this day

195 years ago. A new bridge is opened at Kessel by the Minister of the Interior. It has 8 arches. Report.

187 years ago. A fire in High Gate at Tarnmund destroys 7 houses. The town watch attend. No lives are lost. 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 You will be asked the time. Give the licensed one.
Taurus Eat the eel. It is good for you.
Gemini Two invitations for the same evening. Take the nearer.
Cancer Stay near the water. It is where you are happiest.
Leo An old debt is mentioned. Pay it before the month turns.
Virgo Sort the drawer you have been avoiding.
Libra A quarrel over nothing. It ends by supper.
Scorpio Do not travel east this week. There is no reason to.
Sagittarius The road is longer than the map says.
Capricorn Hard work this week; the reward is next week, or the one after.
Aquarius Something you lost turns up in the wrong pocket.
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.