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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Hagenkirchen, 25 April 2013, photographed for the Courier as the light went. A motor omnibus service begins between Hagenkirchen and Norrwick.

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.

20 April 2013. The Sandfeld Dating of Instruments Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 51 votes to 12. Administered by the Ministry of Chronology. Offences under this Act are tried before the Court of Chronological Offences. Nobody cheered.

The Regional Court of Westgau. Mandlind v. Klasen: Concerning an article in The Evening Courier. Ruling: for the plaintiff, 15751 marka. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh. Rusk v. Haunich: Concerning smoke from a brickworks at Grauburg. Ruling: injunction granted. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

The Regional Court of Westgau. The Crown v. Weller: Concerning fraud on the Vellmar Exchange. Ruling: 7 years. The gallery was packed.

Money

The prices that matter.

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.

162 births, 107 weddings, 174 deaths this week. Population 720,017.

On this day

206 years ago. The Ostra rises 30 centimetres above its mark at Ostrabruck. Cellars in Forge Gate are flooded. Report.

202 years ago. A fire in Lime Square at Norrhafen destroys 7 houses. The garrison attend. No lives are lost. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

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

ClubWL
Altstadt Pfahl Club202
Grauburg Fortress175
Kessel Iron157
Weinfeld Vintners157
Hollstadt Workers139
Tarnmund Lake1012
Norrwick Printers913
Vellmar Wardens715
Reedside Athletic715
Marschau Garrison715
Ostrabruck Bridge715
Brennholt Farmers517

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

The Stars

Aries Do not argue with a carter this week.
Taurus A door sticks. Oil it before it matters.
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 A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.
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 Hard work this week; the reward is next week, or the one after.
Aquarius The weather turns. So does a friend, briefly.
Pisces Sleep early on Wednesday. You will need it.

The Courier crossword

Today's crossword

Across runs across. Down runs down. Solution tomorrow. Do not send in almanacs. Fill it in online. Yesterday's habit, today's solution.

Printed and published at Vellmar by The Evening Courier. One pfen. Registered under the Press Act. Casualty figures as published by the War Ministry.

From the Courier's digitised back issues, every evening since 4 September 1871. Reproduced as printed.