The Evening Courier, 17 April 2013

Money · Vellmar · 12 April 2013

Grollar & Stocker Machine Works lists on the Vellmar Exchange as PZO.

Grollar & Stocker Machine Works lists on the Vellmar Exchange as PZO. The brokers cheered. Or coughed. Hard to say. The Courier was there.

In the story: The Vellmar Exchange, Grollar & Stocker Machine Works.

The Grand Chancellor, Uwe Jann, was not available to the Courier tonight.

**Our picture:** Vellmar, 12 April 2013, before. You can tell which. Grollar & Stocker Machine Works lists on the Vellmar Exchange as PZO.

Around the country · Marschau

Workers at the paper mill in Marschau stop work over wages

Workers at the paper mill in Marschau stop work over wages. The dispute lasts 6 days. The quay was black with people. In the story: Marschau, Cooper Walk.

Around the country · Sanding

A storm strips roofs in Sanding and fells the old lime in Long Quay

A storm strips roofs in Sanding and fells the old lime in Long Quay. The whole town came to look. In the story: Sanding, Long Quay.

Around the country · Hochstadt

The telegraph reaches Hochstadt

The telegraph reaches Hochstadt. The first message sent is the front-line report. Hundreds turned out. In the story: Hochstadt, Weaver Gate.

Around the country · Lindenmar

The first train reaches Lindenmar

The first train reaches Lindenmar. The journey from Vellmar takes 8 hours. You will want to know. In the story: Lindenmar, Mill Gate.

About Town

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

Uwe Ninmann, clerk, is 71 today. Friends say you would never guess.

Rolf Hallin, farmer, is 65 today. Friends say it shows.

Renate Trost, postal worker, is 64 today. Still working, still complaining about the ferry. Happy birthday.

Kurt Fenn, labourer, is 62 today. Still at it. The Courier raises a glass.

Stefan Wendl, official, is 62 today. Friends say the candles were a fire risk.

Kerstin Sulhalt, factory worker, is 61 today. The cake was seen leaving the baker's at 7.

Heinz Voss, typist, is 58 today. The cake was seen leaving the baker's at 8.

Nikolaj Mistes, clerk, is 58 today. Friends have been asked not to mention it. Friends have mentioned it.

Gone

Karl Nagel, labourer, born Lindental 16 June 1929, died 16 April 2013. Member of the Assembly.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

Private

Finn Hallin, of Brennholt

The 5th Marsh Regiment

enemy action

14 April 2013

the Star of the Wardens

As issued by the War Ministry. The Courier adds nothing.

The front line is at the Reed Line. No change.

Courts and Assembly

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

16 April 2013. The Military Pensions Regulation 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. Nobody cheered.

15 April 2013. The Weinfeld Examinations Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 36 votes to 19. Applies to children between 6 and 15. You will notice, or you will not.

14 April 2013. The Bridges Regulation Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 40 votes to 21. Provides 96691 marka for works between Norrbruck and Weinfeld. You will notice, or you will not.

11 April 2013. The Schools Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 44 votes to 19. Applies to children between 6 and 15. Comes into force on 1 January 2014. It took them all afternoon.

The Court of Chronological Offences. The Crown v. J. F.: Concerning possession of an unyear record (a gravestone rubbing). Ruling: acquitted: the year on the a school register was illegible. You should have seen the faces.

The Court of Chronological Offences. The Crown v. L. B.: Concerning possession of a clock face with an unlicensed year. Ruling: the clock destroyed; no further penalty. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld. The Crown v. Riller: Concerning theft of reed bundles. Ruling: bound over. You should have seen the faces.

Money

Money. Yours, mostly going.

Bread 525 pfen the loaf. Beer 787.6 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 100.87 marka. A room costs 353.05 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 42,322.80. Bank rate 3.62 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 209,210,413 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

The week in the registers.

172 births, 103 weddings, 163 deaths this week. Population 720,017.

On this day

205 years ago. The coldest night in 40 years is recorded at Hollstadt. Lake Tarn freezes to the middle. Report.

205 years ago. The harvest at Grautal is reported poor. Grain is 6 pfen the measure. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 2012 went to Altstadt Pfahl Club. Full table.

Club	W	L
Altstadt Pfahl Club	20	2
Grauburg Fortress	17	5
Kessel Iron	15	7
Weinfeld Vintners	15	7
Hollstadt Workers	13	9
Tarnmund Lake	10	12
Norrwick Printers	9	13
Vellmar Wardens	7	15
Reedside Athletic	7	15
Marschau Garrison	7	15
Ostrabruck Bridge	7	15
Brennholt Farmers	5	17

Player of the season, says the Courier: whoever planted the last stake. Ten out of ten.

The Stars

Aries You will be asked the time. Give the licensed one.

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 You will be thanked in public. Look modest.

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

Libra Buy the loaf, not the cake.

Scorpio Do not travel east this week. There is no reason to.

Sagittarius You will be late. Leave earlier than that.

Capricorn A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.

Aquarius Drink the beer, not the water.

Pisces The water is high. Stay on the causeway.

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.