The Evening Courier, 2 July 2002

exchange · Vellmar · 28 June 2002

Ninmann Foods lists on the Vellmar Exchange as NIN.

SHOCK. Ninmann Foods lists on the Vellmar Exchange as NIN. Buy? Sell? The Courier is not your broker. The morning papers had nothing.

Named: The Vellmar Exchange (venue), Ninmann Foods (subject).

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

**Our picture:** Vellmar, 28 June 2002, photographed for the Courier as the light went. Ninmann Foods lists on the Vellmar Exchange as NIN.

local · Weinau

A new wing opens at the Weinau hospital, with 40 beds.

A new wing opens at the Weinau hospital, with 40 beds. One pfen well spent. Named: Weinau, Garrison Street.

local · Tarnmund

A motor omnibus service begins between Tarnmund and…

A motor omnibus service begins between Tarnmund and Brennholt. Details inside. Named: Tarnmund, Mill Street.

local · Kessel

The first television set in Kessel is demonstrated in…

The first television set in Kessel is demonstrated in the window of a shop in Reed Row. A crowd gathers for the front-line report. Details inside. Named: Kessel, Reed Row.

local · Vellmar

Electric light is switched on in the market square at…

Electric light is switched on in the market square at Vellmar. You read it here first. Named: Vellmar, Cooper Row.

local · Lindenmar

The road between Lindenmar and Tarnmund is metalled at…

The road between Lindenmar and Tarnmund is metalled at a cost of 80,000 marka. The Courier's man was there. Named: Lindenmar, Garrison Gate.

About Town

What the morning papers will not tell you.

Martin Brenn, physician, married Renate Hallin on 26 June 2002. The Courier sends a cake.

Helga Gackhardt, teacher, is 81 today. The cake was seen leaving the baker's at 9.

Kurt Moor, architect, is 80 today. Still working, still complaining about the ferry. Happy birthday.

Dieter Ostmann, architect, is 73 today. Not a day over 73, say friends.

Ingrid Doter, clerk, is 69 today. Friends have been asked not to mention it. Friends have mentioned it.

Dieter Neser, teacher, is 67 today. The cake was seen leaving the baker's at 9.

Peter Brenn, shop assistant, is 66 today. Friends have been asked not to mention it. Friends have mentioned it.

Maria Moor, official, is 65 today. Not a day over 65, say friends.

Gone

Markus Brenn, shop assistant, born Bruchau 1 April 1950, died 26 June 2002.

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.

29 June 2002. The Public Order Regulation Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 42 votes to 23. Penalty on conviction: a fine of 694 marka or 7 months. Nobody cheered.

28 June 2002. The Data Protection Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 60 votes to 27. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 138 marka. It took them all afternoon.

The High Court. Kaltz v. Tarn: Concerning smoke from a brickworks at Berging. Ruling: dismissed. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Capital District. The Crown v. Brenn: Concerning theft of iron rails. Ruling: acquitted. 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 760.27 marka. A room costs 312.45 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.

Hatched, matched and dispatched.

180 births, 117 weddings, 184 deaths this week. Population 716,272.

On this day

193 years ago. A new bridge is opened at Brennholt by the Minister of the Interior. It has 3 arches. Report.

192 years ago. The foundry at Tarnmund burns through the night. 35 men are out of work. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

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

Club	W	L
Hollstadt Workers	19	3
Norrwick Printers	15	7
Marschau Garrison	15	7
Altstadt Pfahl Club	13	9
Grauburg Fortress	12	10
Vellmar Wardens	12	10
Tarnmund Lake	12	10
Reedside Athletic	11	11
Weinfeld Vintners	8	14
Kessel Iron	7	15
Ostrabruck Bridge	5	17
Brennholt Farmers	3	19

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

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 Say less at the market than you mean to.

Cancer The causeway is dry. Use it.

Leo Someone admires your coat. Do not lend it.

Virgo Sort the drawer you have been avoiding.

Libra Two people want your opinion. Give it to neither.

Scorpio Old papers should stay in the attic. Better still, hand them in.

Sagittarius The road is longer than the map says.

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

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