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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Grautal, 27 August 2014, the crowd. Spot yourself. The bells of Grautal church are recast. They are rung for the first time on Sunday.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

PrivateNils Brenn, of HollstadtThe 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regimentenemy action24 August 2014

The Courier prints the Ministry's roll as the Ministry sends it. The Line holds.

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

Courts and Assembly

What the Assembly did while you were at work.

24 August 2014. The Schools Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 43 votes to 6. Applies to children between 6 and 11. It took them all afternoon.

24 August 2014. The Tarnmoor Motorway Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 46 votes to 15. Provides 10950 marka for works between Sanding and Ostrabruck. You will notice, or you will not.

The Court of Chronological Offences. The Crown v. K. K.: Concerning possession of a clock face with an unlicensed year. Ruling: the clock destroyed; no further penalty. The gallery was packed.

The Court of Chronological Offences. The Crown v. D. T.: Concerning possession of an unyear record (a diary). Ruling: acquitted: the year on the a school register was illegible. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of Westgau. The Crown v. Solatz: Concerning theft of coal. Ruling: bound over. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Capital District. Bortin v. Brenn: Concerning a contract for a printing press not delivered. Ruling: damages of 16292 marka. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. The Crown v. Dahlmann: Concerning theft of a consignment of paper. Ruling: 12 months. The Courier was there.

Money

The prices that matter.

Bread 543.1 pfen the loaf. Beer 814.6 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 105.52 marka. A room costs 369.32 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 31,545.40. Bank rate 3.45 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 217,195,469 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

Hatched, matched and dispatched.

177 births, 106 weddings, 147 deaths this week. Population 720,071.

On this day

206 years ago. A fire in Long Quay at Sanding destroys 8 houses. The town watch attend. No lives are lost. Report.

205 years ago. A cart overturns in Salt Gate, Oberbach. The driver, a man of Reedtal, is taken to hospital. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 2013 went to Grauburg Fortress. Full table.

ClubWL
Grauburg Fortress202
Reedside Athletic157
Altstadt Pfahl Club148
Hollstadt Workers148
Norrwick Printers139
Weinfeld Vintners1210
Kessel Iron1210
Marschau Garrison814
Vellmar Wardens715
Tarnmund Lake715
Brennholt Farmers517
Ostrabruck Bridge517

The Courier's verdict on the season: wet. Table below.

The Stars

Aries Do not argue with a carter this week.
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 The Exchange is not for you this week.
Virgo Count the change. Then count it again.
Libra Two people want your opinion. Give it to neither.
Scorpio Do not travel east this week. There is no reason to.
Sagittarius The road is longer than the map says.
Capricorn Hard work this week; the reward is next week, or the one after.
Aquarius Drink the beer, not the water.
Pisces Someone compliments your boots. They want to borrow them.

The Courier crossword

Today's 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.

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.