The Evening Courier, 6 September 2014

politics · Marschau · 2 September 2014

The Marschau Conference opens its 155th session. Water is poured. The…

Late tonight: The Marschau Conference opens its 155th session. Water is poured. The delegation of Hichistan is recorded as not present. New face, old chair. The Courier was there.

Named: The Marschau Conference (subject).

The Grand Chancellor, Renate Brenn, was not available to the Courier tonight.

**Our picture:** Marschau, 2 September 2014, after. You can tell which. The Marschau Conference opens its 155th session. Water is poured. The delegation of Hichistan is recorded as not…

company · Lindenmar

Wendl & Mermann is founded at Lindenmar by Bernd Wendl.

Wendl & Mermann is founded at Lindenmar by Bernd Wendl. The Courier's man was there. Named: Wendl & Mermann, Bernd Wendl.

company · Dammberg

Dammberg Brewery is wound up. 640 jobs are lost at…

Dammberg Brewery is wound up. 640 jobs are lost at Dammberg. The Courier's man was there. Named: Dammberg Brewery.

local · Hagenkirchen

The harvest at Hagenkirchen is reported the best in…

The harvest at Hagenkirchen is reported the best in memory. Grain is 6 pfen the measure. Tell your neighbours. Named: Hagenkirchen, Market Way.

local · Sanding

Piped water reaches Salt Quay, Sanding. The old pump…

Piped water reaches Salt Quay, Sanding. The old pump is retained by public request. You read it here first. Named: Sanding, Salt Quay.

local · Norrhafen

The road between Norrhafen and Eisenheim is metalled…

The road between Norrhafen and Eisenheim is metalled at a cost of 80,000 marka. Every window had a face in it. Named: Norrhafen, Salt Row.

local · Norrwick

The harvest at Norrwick is reported the best in…

The harvest at Norrwick is reported the best in memory. Grain is 5 pfen the measure. You heard it here. Named: Norrwick, Iron Way.

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.

3 September 2014. The Sudholt Turnpikes Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 34 votes to 5. Provides 173740 marka for works between Wasserdorf and Marschau. You will notice, or you will not.

The High Court. Weller v. Rusk: Concerning smoke from a gasworks at Tarnmund. Ruling: damages of 40731 marka. The gallery was packed.

The Regional Court of Westgau. Fenn v. Suhas: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Hagenkirchen. Ruling: for the plaintiff. The gallery was full.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld. The Crown v. Holt: Concerning theft of coal. Ruling: acquitted. The Courier was there.

Money

What your pfen buys this week.

Bread 543.1 pfen the loaf. Beer 814.6 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 1055.2 marka. A room costs 407.32 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.

156 births, 94 weddings, 166 deaths this week. Population 720,071.

On this day

209 years ago. A new bridge is opened at Kessel by the Minister of the Interior. It has 5 arches. Report.

205 years ago. A storm strips roofs in Sudholt and fells the old lime in Ostra Street. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

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

Club	W	L
Grauburg Fortress	20	2
Reedside Athletic	15	7
Altstadt Pfahl Club	14	8
Hollstadt Workers	14	8
Norrwick Printers	13	9
Weinfeld Vintners	12	10
Kessel Iron	12	10
Marschau Garrison	8	14
Vellmar Wardens	7	15
Tarnmund Lake	7	15
Brennholt Farmers	5	17
Ostrabruck Bridge	5	17

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

The Stars

Aries A letter you expected does not come. Buy bread early.

Taurus The weather turns and so does your luck, briefly.

Gemini Say less at the market than you mean to.

Cancer Check the clock against the Ministry's. It is slow.

Leo The Exchange is not for you this week.

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

Libra Buy the loaf, not the cake.

Scorpio Hold your tongue at the ferry.

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

Capricorn Hard work this week; the reward is next week, or the one after.

Aquarius The weather turns. So does a friend, briefly.

Pisces Someone compliments your boots. They want to borrow them.

The Courier crossword

Solution in tomorrow's Courier. The setter is not responsible for the Grand Chancellor's name being awkward. Fill it in online. Yesterday's habit, today's solution.