The Evening Courier, 12 July 2002

Money · Vellhausen · 10 July 2002

Vellhausen Electric Company is acquired by Brenn Iron & Steel.

Vellhausen Electric Company is acquired by Brenn Iron & Steel. The Courier asked the men at the gate. They shrugged. The Courier was there.

In the story: Vellhausen Electric Company, Brenn Iron & Steel.

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

**Our picture:** Vellhausen, 10 July 2002, this morning. The Courier's camera was there. Vellhausen Electric Company is acquired by Brenn Iron & Steel.

Money · Sudholt

Vellmar Mutual is declared bankrupt

Vellmar Mutual is declared bankrupt. 492 jobs are lost at Sudholt. The Courier's man was there. In the story: Vellmar Mutual.

Money · Weinfeld

Weinfeld Press is wound up

Weinfeld Press is wound up. 836 jobs are lost at Weinfeld. The Courier's man was there. In the story: Weinfeld Press.

Around the country · Norrbruck

The Ostra rises 40 centimetres above its mark at Norrbruck

The Ostra rises 40 centimetres above its mark at Norrbruck. Cellars in Old Gate Street are flooded. You could not make it up. In the story: Norrbruck, Old Gate Street.

Around the country · Berging

A crowd of 5,000 watches the Pfahl match at Berging

A crowd of 5,000 watches the Pfahl match at Berging. There are 28 arrests. Ask yourself why. In the story: Berging, Harbour Street.

Around the country · Weinwick

The harvest at Weinwick is reported poor

The harvest at Weinwick is reported poor. Grain is 3 pfen the measure. Hundreds turned out. In the story: Weinwick, Long Way.

About Town

The Courier's eyes and ears in the cafés.

Milo Grau, programmer, married Frida Brenn on 6 July 2002. About time, say friends. Friends always say that.

Elsa Dorvarn, tailor, is 84 today. Still at it. The Courier raises a glass.

Petra Rusk, shop assistant, is 65 today. The cake was seen leaving the baker's at 9.

Nadja Hallin, banker, is 64 today. Friends say it shows.

Sabine Kreil, engineer, is 62 today. The cake was seen leaving the baker's at 9.

Peter Brenn, official, is 60 today. Friends have been asked not to mention it. Friends have mentioned it.

Rolf Holt, clerk, is 59 today. The cake was seen leaving the baker's at 9.

Klaus Nalstein, shopkeeper, is 59 today. Friends say the candles were a fire risk.

Gone

Gisela Stiegl, mechanic, born Brenning 30 December 1943, died 9 July 2002.

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.

11 July 2002. The Reedtal Diary Licences Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 51 votes to 11. Administered by the Ministry of Chronology. Offences under this Act are tried before the Court of Chronological Offences. Nobody cheered.

9 July 2002. The Technical Colleges (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 37 votes to 23. Applies to children between 5 and 15. It changes The Technical Colleges Act. Nobody cheered.

7 July 2002. The Telegraph (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 52 votes to 7. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 69 marka. It changes The Telegraph (Amendment) Act. It took them all afternoon.

The Court of Chronological Offences. The Crown v. U. F.: Concerning possession of a clock face with an unlicensed year. Ruling: the clock destroyed; no further penalty. The gallery was full.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. Holt v. Kungmil: Concerning smoke from a distillery at Brennholt. Ruling: dismissed. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. Gerst v. Hallin: Concerning an unpaid debt of 2083 marka. Ruling: for the plaintiff, half the sum. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of Westgau. Rusk v. Lenz: Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: rent for the removed period not recoverable. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld. The Crown v. Brenn: Concerning fraud on the Vellmar Exchange. Ruling: 10 months with hard labour. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of Westgau. Ilgen v. Kennhardt: Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: lease shortened by one year under the Continuity Act. The Courier was there.

Money

Money. Yours, mostly going.

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.

189 births, 112 weddings, 173 deaths this week. Population 716,272.

On this day

189 years ago. A fire in Long Street at Ostrabruck destroys 4 houses. The volunteer brigade attend. No lives are lost. Report.

180 years ago. The weaving shed at Eisenheim burns through the night. 28 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 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 You will be thanked in public. Look modest.

Virgo Count the change. Then count it again.

Libra Buy the loaf, not the cake.

Scorpio Hold your tongue at the ferry.

Sagittarius A wager is offered. Decline it with a smile.

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 Someone compliments your boots. They want to borrow them.

The Courier crossword

Across runs across. Down runs down. Solution tomorrow. Do not send in almanacs. Fill it in online. Yesterday's habit, today's solution.