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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Vellmar, 17 September 2015, before. You can tell which. Ostra Valley Line lists on the Vellmar Exchange as UST.

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.

17 September 2015. An Act for the Better Provision of Military Pensions 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. It took them all afternoon.

13 September 2015. The Gaming (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 35 votes to 20. Penalty on conviction: a fine of 733 marka or 14 months. It changes The Gaming Regulation Act. You will notice, or you will not.

The Court of Chronological Offences. The Crown v. H. K.: Concerning assertion of the unyear in print. Ruling: 3 years and the press forfeit. The gallery was packed.

The Court of Chronological Offences. The Crown v. A. B.: Concerning assertion of the unyear in a public house at Eisenheim. Ruling: fined 273051 marka. The gallery was packed.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. The Crown v. Dosek: Concerning theft of a printing press. Ruling: 9 months. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

Money

What your pfen buys this week.

Bread 546.1 pfen the loaf. Beer 819.2 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 108.13 marka. A room costs 378.47 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 32,662.80. Bank rate 3.83 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 225,234,811 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

The week in the registers.

172 births, 100 weddings, 158 deaths this week. Population 719,980.

On this day

209 years ago. Tarnmoor marks the 500th anniversary of its charter with a procession along Orchard Lane. Report.

203 years ago. A new bridge is opened at Grauholt by the Minister of the Interior. It has 4 arches. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 2014 went to Grauburg Fortress. Full table.

ClubWL
Grauburg Fortress184
Altstadt Pfahl Club184
Hollstadt Workers166
Norrwick Printers157
Weinfeld Vintners139
Tarnmund Lake1111
Kessel Iron1012
Marschau Garrison1012
Ostrabruck Bridge715
Vellmar Wardens616
Reedside Athletic517
Brennholt Farmers319

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

The Stars

Aries A letter you expected does not come. Buy bread early.
Taurus Eat the eel. It is good for you.
Gemini A cousin writes. Reply this week or not at all.
Cancer Check the clock against the Ministry's. It is slow.
Leo Someone admires your coat. Do not lend it.
Virgo Your papers are in order. Keep them that way.
Libra Two people want your opinion. Give it to neither.
Scorpio Old papers should stay in the attic. Better still, hand them in.
Sagittarius The road is longer than the map says.
Capricorn Do not lend the ladder.
Aquarius Drink the beer, not the water.
Pisces Someone compliments your boots. They want to borrow them.

The Courier crossword

Today's 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.

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.