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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Vellmar, 27 September 2015, the crowd. Spot yourself. Reedtal Stores lists on the Vellmar Exchange as MRF.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

CorporalJannik Miner, of WeinwickThe 2nd Marsh Regimentenemy action27 September 2015
SergeantNils Brenn, of NorrhafenThe 6th (Reserve) Marsh Regimentenemy action25 September 2015

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 September 2015. The Firearms Regulation Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 43 votes to 4. Penalty on conviction: a fine of 3665 marka or 18 months. You will notice, or you will not.

The High Court. Kolm v. Wendl: Concerning smoke from a distillery at Sandfeld. Ruling: damages of 40957 marka. The gallery was full.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld. The Crown v. Lenz: Concerning theft of forty barrels of wine. Ruling: 9 months. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. Brenn v. Kerben: Concerning a contract for coal not delivered. Ruling: for the defendant. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld. Reinholt v. Ort: Concerning smoke from a gasworks at Oberholt. Ruling: dismissed. The gallery was packed.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. Isker v. Ostrand: Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: for the tenant. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. The Crown v. Fenn: Concerning theft of coal. Ruling: bound over. The Courier was there.

Money

The Courier's shopping basket.

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.

163 births, 99 weddings, 186 deaths this week. Population 719,980.

On this day

206 years ago. A storm strips roofs in Grauburg and fells the old lime in Mill Lane. Report.

205 years ago. The harvest at Vellhausen is reported average. Grain is 3 pfen the measure. 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 Do not argue with a carter this week.
Taurus Eat the eel. It is good for you.
Gemini You will hear the same story twice. Believe the second telling.
Cancer Stay near the water. It is where you are happiest.
Leo An old debt is mentioned. Pay it before the month turns.
Virgo Your papers are in order. Keep them that way.
Libra A quarrel over nothing. It ends by supper.
Scorpio Do not travel east this week. There is no reason to.
Sagittarius The road is longer than the map says.
Capricorn A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.
Aquarius A stranger asks directions. Give the long way.
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.