The Evening Courier, 9 July 2016

Money · Vellmar · 4 July 2016

Feirfeld Engineering lists on the Vellmar Exchange as FEIR.

The Courier can reveal: Feirfeld Engineering lists on the Vellmar Exchange as FEIR. Buy? Sell? The Courier is not your broker. The Courier was there.

In the story: The Vellmar Exchange, Feirfeld Engineering.

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

**Our picture:** Vellmar, 4 July 2016, photographed for the Courier as the light went. Feirfeld Engineering lists on the Vellmar Exchange as FEIR.

Around the country · Oberbach

A new wing opens at the Oberbach hospital, with 50 beds

A new wing opens at the Oberbach hospital, with 50 beds. The Courier can reveal no more tonight. In the story: Oberbach, Market Lane.

Around the country · Sandfeld

A fire in New Gate Way at Sandfeld destroys 7 houses

A fire in New Gate Way at Sandfeld destroys 7 houses. The town watch attend. No lives are lost. The Courier's man was there. In the story: Sandfeld, New Gate Way.

About Town

From the cafés, the quay and the back of the Assembly.

Matteo Tarn, mechanic, married Clara Klierer on 7 July 2016. Both families report satisfaction. The caterer reports profit.

Leon Klitzdor, driver, married Sabine Moor on 5 July 2016. The Courier sends a cake.

Nadja Hallin, banker, is 78 today. Friends say it shows.

Sabine Hallin, programmer, is 75 today. Friends have been asked not to mention it. Friends have mentioned it.

Rolf Holt, clerk, is 73 today. The cake was seen leaving the baker's at 9.

Andreas Quast, carpenter, is 70 today. Still working, still complaining about the ferry. Happy birthday.

Manfred Teffel, soldier, is 69 today. Still at it. The Courier raises a glass.

Monika Vetter, typist, is 66 today. The cake was seen leaving the baker's at 9.

Gone

Ingrid Brenn, mechanic, born Sandfeld 12 March 1947, died 9 July 2016. Member of the Assembly.

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.

6 July 2016. The Military Pensions Act 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. You will notice, or you will not.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld. The Crown v. Rusk: Concerning fraud on the Vellmar Exchange. Ruling: 5 years. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of Westgau. Brenner v. Hallin: Concerning an article in The Schwartzistan Herald. Ruling: dismissed: fair comment. You should have seen the faces.

Money

The prices that matter.

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.

136 births, 90 weddings, 175 deaths this week. Population 719,676.

On this day

211 years ago. A cart overturns in Garrison Street, Norrbruck. The driver, a man of Norrbruck, is taken to hospital. Report.

208 years ago. A cart overturns in Cooper Row, Vellmar. The driver, a man of Grauburg, is taken to hospital. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

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

Club	W	L
Hollstadt Workers	21	1
Altstadt Pfahl Club	18	4
Weinfeld Vintners	18	4
Grauburg Fortress	15	7
Norrwick Printers	13	9
Vellmar Wardens	10	12
Kessel Iron	9	13
Reedside Athletic	8	14
Marschau Garrison	7	15
Brennholt Farmers	6	16
Ostrabruck Bridge	4	18
Tarnmund Lake	3	19

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

The Stars

Aries Someone owes you a pfen. Let it go; it was never coming.

Taurus Someone at work repeats your idea. Let them.

Gemini You will hear the same story twice. Believe the second telling.

Cancer Stay near the water. It is where you are happiest.

Leo Someone admires your coat. Do not lend it.

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

Libra The scales tip your way on Thursday.

Scorpio Old papers should stay in the attic. Better still, hand them in.

Sagittarius You will be late. Leave earlier than that.

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

Aquarius Something you lost turns up in the wrong pocket.

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

The Courier 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.