The Evening Courier

Courts and Assembly

What the Assembly did while you were at work.

20 January 2003. The Marsh Regiments Pay (Amendment) Act 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. It changes The Marsh Regiments Pay (Amendment) Act. Nobody cheered.

19 January 2003. The Schools Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 39 votes to 6. Applies to children between 7 and 13. Comes into force on 1 January 2004. It took them all afternoon.

15 January 2003. The Examinations Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 42 votes to 18. Applies to children between 7 and 13. Nobody cheered.

The Court of Chronological Offences. The Crown v. P. G.: Concerning possession of a clock face with an unlicensed year. Ruling: fined 2127 marka. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld. Banberg v. Brenn: Concerning an article in The Evening Courier. Ruling: for the plaintiff, 12765 marka. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. Brenn v. Brenn: Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: for the tenant. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor. The Crown v. Grau: Concerning theft of a printing press. Ruling: acquitted. The Courier was there.

Money

The Courier's shopping basket.

Bread 425.5 pfen the loaf. Beer 638.3 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 77.46 marka. A room costs 271.12 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 56,360.50. Bank rate 3.92 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 166,736,167 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

Born, wed, gone.

182 births, 106 weddings, 160 deaths this week. Population 716,895.

On this day

195 years ago. The winter fair opens at Salzhafen. 400 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm. Report.

195 years ago. The Ostra rises 60 centimetres above its mark at Hochstadt. Cellars in Ferry Street are flooded. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.