The Evening Courier, 13 November 2005

local · Lindenmar · 13 November 2005

A new school opens at Lindenmar with 80 pupils. The textbooks are the…

SHOCK. A new school opens at Lindenmar with 80 pupils. The textbooks are the Ministry's. Hundreds turned out. The Courier can reveal no more tonight.

Named: Lindenmar (location), Mill Gate (street).

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

**Our picture:** Lindenmar, 13 November 2005, the crowd. Spot yourself. A new school opens at Lindenmar with 80 pupils. The textbooks are the Ministry's.

local · Vellmar

The Vellmar council installs a computer to keep the…

The Vellmar council installs a computer to keep the rates. It occupies a room in Weaver Street. Details inside. Named: Vellmar, Weaver Street.

local · Berging

A wireless set is installed in the town hall at…

A wireless set is installed in the town hall at Berging so that the evening bulletin may be heard in public. The Courier's man was there. Named: Berging, Printer Way.

local · Hollstadt

The telegraph reaches Hollstadt. The first message…

The telegraph reaches Hollstadt. The first message sent is the front-line report. Tell your neighbours. Named: Hollstadt, Well Quay.

local · Ostrabruck

A fire in Old Gate Square at Ostrabruck destroys 5…

A fire in Old Gate Square at Ostrabruck destroys 5 houses. The garrison attend. No lives are lost. The quay was black with people. Named: Ostrabruck, Old Gate Square.

About Town

The Courier's eyes and ears in the cafés.

Dieter Bismann, official, became Minister of Justice on 19 October 2005. Friends say the hat will fit.

Leon Brenn, electrician, married Mathilde Meholt on 11 November 2005. Both families report satisfaction. The caterer reports profit.

Pavel Drexel, factory worker, is 80 today. Friends say you would never guess.

Heinz Kedilt, accountant, is 71 today. Still working, still complaining about the ferry. Happy birthday.

Leon Prill, official, is 68 today. Friends say the candles were a fire risk.

Uwe Hauk, physician, is 66 today. Friends have been asked not to mention it. Friends have mentioned it.

Markus Deichen, labourer, is 65 today. Friends have been asked not to mention it. Friends have mentioned it.

Manfred Moor, factory worker, is 60 today. Friends say you would never guess.

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.

10 November 2005. The Electricity (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 50 votes to 21. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 3514 marka. It changes The Eisenheim Electricity Act. You will notice, or you will not.

9 November 2005. The Sanitation (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 35 votes to 29. Every town above 2000 inhabitants must appoint an officer under this Act. It changes The Sanitation Act. It took them all afternoon.

8 November 2005. The Medals (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. Comes into force on 1 January 2006. It changes The Medals (Amendment) Act. It took them all afternoon.

The High Court. Hallin v. Doner: Concerning a contract for a printing press not delivered. Ruling: for the defendant. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of Westgau. The Crown v. Ostrand: Concerning assault at Sanding. Ruling: acquitted. The gallery was full.

The Regional Court of Westgau. The Crown v. Rusk: Concerning theft of reed bundles. Ruling: 14 months. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. The Crown v. Brenn: Concerning assault at Ostrabruck. Ruling: 11 months. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. Pfeil v. Wundvuck: Concerning smoke from a foundry at Grautal. Ruling: damages of 13350 marka. The gallery was packed.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld. The Crown v. Galpa: Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: fined 13350 marka. The Courier was there.

Money

The prices that matter.

Bread 445 pfen the loaf. Beer 667.5 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 810.95 marka. A room costs 333.77 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 47,639. Bank rate 4.77 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 175,377,555 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

Born, wed, gone.

192 births, 119 weddings, 170 deaths this week. Population 717,666.

On this day

200 years ago. A cart overturns in Low Lane, Sudholt. The driver, a man of Sandfeld, is taken to hospital. Report.

199 years ago. The weaving shed at Eisenheim burns through the night. 23 men are out of work. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 2005 went to Grauburg Fortress. Full table.

Club	W	L
Grauburg Fortress	16	6
Hollstadt Workers	16	6
Norrwick Printers	14	8
Marschau Garrison	13	9
Altstadt Pfahl Club	12	10
Weinfeld Vintners	11	11
Reedside Athletic	11	11
Kessel Iron	11	11
Vellmar Wardens	10	12
Tarnmund Lake	9	13
Brennholt Farmers	7	15
Ostrabruck Bridge	2	20

The Courier's man on the bank rates the champions' stake-men 8 out of ten and the ferry 3.

The Stars

Aries Do not argue with a carter this week.

Taurus A door sticks. Oil it before it matters.

Gemini Say less at the market than you mean to.

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

Leo Someone admires your coat. Do not lend it.

Virgo Count the change. Then count it again.

Libra A quarrel over nothing. It ends by supper.

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

Sagittarius Good news from a cousin. It costs you a stamp.

Capricorn Do not lend the ladder.

Aquarius Something you lost turns up in the wrong pocket.

Pisces A small fish is better than no fish.

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.