The Evening Courier, 19 August 2016

Money · Vellmar · 19 August 2016

Kesselhöh Iron Company lists on the Vellmar Exchange as RGK.

The Courier can reveal: Kesselhöh Iron Company lists on the Vellmar Exchange as RGK. Buy? Sell? The Courier is not your broker. The Courier can reveal no more tonight.

In the story: The Vellmar Exchange, Kesselhöh Iron Company.

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

**Our picture:** Vellmar, 19 August 2016, photographed for the Courier as the light went. Kesselhöh Iron Company lists on the Vellmar Exchange as RGK.

Around the country · Brennholt

The Ostra rises 80 centimetres above its mark at Brennholt

The Ostra rises 80 centimetres above its mark at Brennholt. Cellars in Bridge Row are flooded. And you thought it was a quiet week. In the story: Brennholt, Bridge Row.

Around the country · Kessel

A new bridge is opened at Kessel by the Minister of the Interior

A new bridge is opened at Kessel by the Minister of the Interior. It has 4 arches. You heard it here. In the story: Kessel, Chapel Row.

Around the country · Tarnmund

Gas lighting is installed in Warden Square, Tarnmund

Gas lighting is installed in Warden Square, Tarnmund. Residents complain of the smell and the brightness. Every window had a face in it. In the story: Tarnmund, Warden Square.

About Town

What the morning papers will not tell you.

Thomas Ternel, official, is 87 today. Friends have been asked not to mention it. Friends have mentioned it.

Pavel Jost, official, is 82 today. The cake was seen leaving the baker's at 7.

Jonas Grelar, shop assistant, is 76 today. Still at it. The Courier raises a glass.

Peter Kaltz, factory worker, is 75 today. Friends have been asked not to mention it. Friends have mentioned it.

Karin Wendl, teacher, is 74 today. Friends say the candles were a fire risk.

Martin Kessler, labourer, is 73 today. The cake was seen leaving the baker's at 8.

Oskar Fozin, official, is 72 today. Friends say the candles were a fire risk.

Renate Rusk, clerk, is 68 today. Still at it. The Courier raises a glass.

Gone

Paul Ostrand, engineer, born Norrhafen 5 December 1951, died 19 August 2016.

Heike Lenz, postal worker, born Grauhagen 3 April 1934, died 14 August 2016.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

Private

Andreas Kaltz, of Kessel

The 2nd Marsh Regiment

enemy action

15 August 2016

As issued by the War Ministry. The Courier adds nothing.

The front line is at the Reed Line. No change.

Courts and Assembly

What the Assembly did while you were at work.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh. The Crown v. Kundpoll: Concerning fraud on the War Ministry. Ruling: 7 years. The gallery was packed.

The Regional Court of The Capital District. Marrow v. Jost: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Tarnmoor. Ruling: for the plaintiff. The gallery was full.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld. Brenn v. Haleil: Concerning an unpaid debt of 2792 marka. Ruling: for the plaintiff with costs. You should have seen the faces.

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.

The week in the registers.

151 births, 79 weddings, 166 deaths this week. Population 719,676.

On this day

202 years ago. Vellmar marks the 500th anniversary of its charter with a procession along Warden Walk. Report.

201 years ago. A cart overturns in Iron Way, Grautal. The driver, a man of Vellhausen, 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 A letter you expected does not come. Buy bread early.

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

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

Cancer The causeway is dry. Use it.

Leo You will be thanked in public. Look modest.

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

Libra A quarrel over nothing. It ends by supper.

Scorpio Do not travel east this week. There is no reason to.

Sagittarius A wager is offered. Decline it with a smile.

Capricorn Do not lend the ladder.

Aquarius Drink the beer, not the water.

Pisces The water is high. Stay on the causeway.

The Courier crossword

Across runs across. Down runs down. Solution tomorrow. Do not send in almanacs. Fill it in online. Yesterday's habit, today's solution.