The Evening Courier, 24 June 2003

company · Vellmar · 19 June 2003

Meholt Department Store is founded at Vellmar by Karl Meholt.

Meholt Department Store is founded at Vellmar by Karl Meholt. The Courier asked the men at the gate. They shrugged. The Courier was there.

Named: Meholt Department Store (subject), Karl Meholt (founder).

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

**Our picture:** Vellmar, 19 June 2003, photographed for the Courier as the light went. Meholt Department Store is founded at Vellmar by Karl Meholt.

local · Sudholt

A picture house opens in Low Lane, Sudholt, seating 700.

A picture house opens in Low Lane, Sudholt, seating 700. Details inside. Named: Sudholt, Low Lane.

local · Hollhausen

A new school opens at Hollhausen with 60 pupils. The…

A new school opens at Hollhausen with 60 pupils. The textbooks are the Ministry's. Watch this space. Named: Hollhausen, Ferry Street.

local · Hollhausen

Workers at the foundry in Hollhausen stop work over…

Workers at the foundry in Hollhausen stop work over wages. The dispute lasts 6 days. More tomorrow. Named: Hollhausen, School Street.

local · Oberholt

A fire in Church Street at Oberholt destroys 7 houses.…

A fire in Church Street at Oberholt destroys 7 houses. The fire company attend. No lives are lost. The Courier's man was there. Named: Oberholt, Church Street.

About Town

From the cafés, the quay and the back of the Assembly.

Pavel Jost, factory worker, became Colonel of The 4th Marsh Regiment on 24 June 2003. About Town wishes them luck and a good clerk.

Viktor Rusk, electrician, is 79 today. The cake was seen leaving the baker's at 9.

Karl Gerst, chemist, is 73 today. The cake was seen leaving the baker's at 7.

Birgit Klasen, nurse, is 72 today. Still at it. The Courier raises a glass.

Lotte Lichkon, teacher, is 64 today. Friends say you would never guess.

Martin Rusk, factory worker, is 63 today. The cake was seen leaving the baker's at 8.

Martin Mistes, physician, is 63 today. Still at it. The Courier raises a glass.

Dieter Fernarar, soldier, is 61 today. Friends have been asked not to mention it. Friends have mentioned it.

Gone

Stefan Wendl, mechanic, born Neuheim 16 June 1931, died 23 June 2003.

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

What the Assembly did while you were at work.

20 June 2003. The Highways (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 45 votes to 26. Provides 207706 marka for works between Weinfeld and Eisenheim. It changes The Brennholt Highways Act. You will notice, or you will not.

The High Court. Hallin v. Brenn: Concerning a contract for twelve mules not delivered. Ruling: contract void. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. The Crown v. Fenn: Concerning fraud on the War Ministry. Ruling: acquitted. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. Hallin v. Brack: Concerning an unpaid debt of 5319 marka. Ruling: for the plaintiff, half the sum. The Courier was there.

Money

The prices that matter.

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.

196 births, 87 weddings, 170 deaths this week. Population 716,895.

On this day

197 years ago. The harvest at Marschau is reported the best in memory. Grain is 3 pfen the measure. Report.

195 years ago. Oberbach marks the 800th anniversary of its charter with a procession along Well Row. 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 You will be asked the time. Give the licensed one.

Taurus Someone at work repeats your idea. Let them.

Gemini A cousin writes. Reply this week or not at all.

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

Leo Someone admires your coat. Do not lend it.

Virgo Your papers are in order. Keep them that way.

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

Scorpio Hold your tongue at the ferry.

Sagittarius You will be late. Leave earlier than that.

Capricorn Do not lend the ladder.

Aquarius A stranger asks directions. Give the long way.

Pisces Sleep early on Wednesday. You will need it.

The Courier 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.