The Evening Courier, 28 May 2003

company · Eisenheim · 28 May 2003

Eisenheim Weaving Company is founded at Eisenheim by Peter Kasen.

Eisenheim Weaving Company is founded at Eisenheim by Peter Kasen. You heard it here. The Exchange took it firm.

Named: Eisenheim Weaving Company (subject), Peter Kasen (founder).

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

**Our picture:** Eisenheim, 28 May 2003, photographed for the Courier as the light went. Eisenheim Weaving Company is founded at Eisenheim by Peter Kasen.

company · Eisenheim

Brenkal Media is declared bankrupt. 540 jobs are lost…

Brenkal Media is declared bankrupt. 540 jobs are lost at Eisenheim. One pfen well spent. Named: Brenkal Media.

local · Dammberg

A fire in Cooper Walk at Dammberg destroys 8 houses.…

A fire in Cooper Walk at Dammberg destroys 8 houses. The fire company attend. No lives are lost. Nobody stayed indoors. Named: Dammberg, Cooper Walk.

local · Hagenkirchen

A new school opens at Hagenkirchen with 80 pupils. The…

A new school opens at Hagenkirchen with 80 pupils. The textbooks are the Ministry's. The Courier's man was there. Named: Hagenkirchen, Ferry Row.

local · Grauholt

A wireless set is installed in the town hall at…

A wireless set is installed in the town hall at Grauholt so that the evening bulletin may be heard in public. You read it here first. Named: Grauholt, Cooper Lane.

About Town

Who is doing what, and with whom. About Town knows.

Oskar Fozin, official, became Editor of The Schwartzistan Herald on 15 May 2003. The Courier knew it first.

Hugo Brinel, housekeeper, is 86 today. Still working, still complaining about the ferry. Happy birthday.

Ernst Rabe, farm labourer, is 85 today. Still working, still complaining about the ferry. Happy birthday.

Felix Ebner, accountant, is 81 today. Still working, still complaining about the ferry. Happy birthday.

Andreas Brenn, official, is 77 today. Not a day over 77, say friends.

Nikolaj Stiegl, engineer, is 65 today. Friends say you would never guess.

Nikolaj Vellmann, driver, is 65 today. Not a day over 65, say friends.

Otto Brenn, architect, is 64 today. The cake was seen leaving the baker's at 9.

Gone

Heike Hallin, shopkeeper, born Hollhausen 9 April 1927, died 24 May 2003. Member of the Assembly.

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

The Assembly this week, in words of one syllable where possible.

23 May 2003. The Road Traffic Regulation Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 60 votes to 19. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 139 marka. You will notice, or you will not.

22 May 2003. The Hollhausen Calendar Licensing Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 44 votes to 19. Administered by the Ministry of Chronology. Offences under this Act are tried before the Court of Chronological Offences. Comes into force on 1 January 2004. Nobody cheered.

The High Court. Lodde v. Wendl: Concerning a contract for coal not delivered. Ruling: for the defendant. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh. The Crown v. Gilhor: Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: 16 months. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh. Mahler v. Brenn: Concerning an article in The Schwartzistan Herald. Ruling: dismissed: fair comment. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Capital District. The Crown v. Geten: Concerning assault at Eisenheim. Ruling: fined 2127 marka. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor. The Crown v. Feirhat: Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: 7 months. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. Tengberg v. Ostrander: Concerning smoke from a gasworks at Grauholt. Ruling: damages of 2127 marka. You should have seen the faces.

Money

What your pfen buys this week.

Bread 425.5 pfen the loaf. Beer 638.3 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 774.64 marka. A room costs 319.15 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.

Hatched, matched and dispatched.

188 births, 90 weddings, 184 deaths this week. Population 716,895.

On this day

194 years ago. Casimir Brennel becomes Chief Justice of the High Court. Report.

192 years ago. A new bridge is opened at Norrbruck by the Minister of the Interior. It has 6 arches. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 2002 went to Hollstadt Workers. Full table.

Club	W	L
Hollstadt Workers	17	5
Altstadt Pfahl Club	17	5
Marschau Garrison	14	8
Norrwick Printers	13	9
Grauburg Fortress	13	9
Vellmar Wardens	13	9
Tarnmund Lake	11	11
Reedside Athletic	10	12
Weinfeld Vintners	8	14
Kessel Iron	6	16
Ostrabruck Bridge	6	16
Brennholt Farmers	4	18

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 You will hear the same story twice. Believe the second telling.

Cancer Stay near the water. It is where you are happiest.

Leo The Exchange is not for you this week.

Virgo Sort the drawer you have been avoiding.

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

Scorpio Someone is keeping something from you. It is probably a cake.

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 Drink the beer, not the water.

Pisces The water is high. Stay on the causeway.

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.