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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Salzhafen, 3 May 2016, during. You can tell which. Kesselhöh Iron Company is wound up. 421 jobs are lost at Salzhafen.

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

The Assembly this week, in words of one syllable where possible.

3 May 2016. The Telegraph (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 44 votes to 15. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 736 marka. It changes The Telegraph Regulation Act. Nobody cheered.

1 May 2016. The Sandfeld Pensions Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 46 votes to 4. Every town above 1000 inhabitants must appoint an officer under this Act. You will notice, or you will not.

29 April 2016. An Act for the Better Licensing of Apprentices goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 46 votes to 15. Applies to children between 6 and 12. Comes into force on 1 January 2017. Nobody cheered.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. The Crown v. Burholt: Concerning theft of forty barrels of wine. Ruling: acquitted. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. Ilgen v. Tarn: Concerning the estate of the late Tarn. Ruling: will upheld. The gallery was packed.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor. Jann v. Keirand: Concerning a contract for a printing press not delivered. Ruling: damages of 6981 marka. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor. Kesstein v. Wendl: Concerning smoke from a brickworks at Dammsee. Ruling: injunction granted. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. The Crown v. Brenn: Concerning theft of reed bundles. Ruling: acquitted. The gallery was packed.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. Mahler v. Brenn: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Norrbruck. Ruling: for the defendant. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

Money

Money. Yours, mostly going.

Bread 558.5 pfen the loaf. Beer 837.8 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 110.75 marka. A room costs 387.63 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 27,701.40. Bank rate 3.98 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 227,046,856 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

Hatched, matched and dispatched.

163 births, 101 weddings, 162 deaths this week. Population 719,676.

On this day

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

204 years ago. The coldest night in 20 years is recorded at Sandfeld. Lake Tarn freezes to the middle. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 2015 went to Hollstadt Workers. Full table.

ClubWL
Hollstadt Workers211
Altstadt Pfahl Club184
Weinfeld Vintners184
Grauburg Fortress157
Norrwick Printers139
Vellmar Wardens1012
Kessel Iron913
Reedside Athletic814
Marschau Garrison715
Brennholt Farmers616
Ostrabruck Bridge418
Tarnmund Lake319

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

The Stars

Aries You will be asked the time. Give the licensed one.
Taurus Eat the eel. It is good for you.
Gemini A cousin writes. Reply this week or not at all.
Cancer A debt is paid to you in kind. Take it.
Leo An old debt is mentioned. Pay it before the month turns.
Virgo Your papers are in order. Keep them that way.
Libra Buy the loaf, not the cake.
Scorpio Old papers should stay in the attic. Better still, hand them in.
Sagittarius You will be late. Leave earlier than that.
Capricorn Do not lend the ladder.
Aquarius A stranger asks directions. Give the long way.
Pisces Sleep early on Wednesday. You will need it.

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.