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The Evening Courier
Vellmar · Saturday, 16 March 2019 · No. 53,885 · Editor: Peter Fenn · Late edition
The Front · The Reed Line · 16 March 2019
The Spring Action at Crow Island. The 1st Marsh Regiment engages enemy…
The Spring Action at Crow Island. The 1st Marsh Regiment engages enemy movement in the reeds through the night and holds the line. The front is unchanged. The Ministry's word, and the Courier prints it. The Line holds. The Courier can reveal no more tonight.
In the story: The 1st Marsh Regiment, The Reed Line.
The Grand Chancellor, Renate Brenn, was not available to the Courier tonight.
Money · Wasserdorf
Wasserdorf Motor Works is wound up
Wasserdorf Motor Works is wound up. 389 jobs are lost at Wasserdorf. Hundreds turned out. In the story: Wasserdorf Motor Works.
Around the country · Hollhausen
The first television set in Hollhausen is demonstrated in the window of a shop in High Way
The first television set in Hollhausen is demonstrated in the window of a shop in High Way. A crowd gathers for the front-line report. Nobody stayed indoors. In the story: Hollhausen, High Way.
Around the country · Hochstadt
Piped water reaches Mill Way, Hochstadt
Piped water reaches Mill Way, Hochstadt. The old pump is retained by public request. Details inside. In the story: Hochstadt, Mill Way.
Around the country · Oberbach
A cart overturns in Salt Gate, Oberbach
A cart overturns in Salt Gate, Oberbach. The driver, a man of Grauburg, is taken to hospital. More in tomorrow's Courier. In the story: Oberbach, Salt Gate.
Around the country · Sudholt
A new bridge is opened at Sudholt by the Minister of the Interior
A new bridge is opened at Sudholt by the Minister of the Interior. It has 2 arches. Details inside. In the story: Sudholt, Harbour Lane.
The Roll as published by the War Ministry
| Corporal | Felix Stiegl, of Wasserdorf | The 1st Marsh Regiment | killed in action | 16 March 2019 |
| Private | Lukas Kaltz, of Weinheim | The 1st Marsh Regiment | enemy action | 16 March 2019 |
| Private | Milo Frond, of Norrhafen | The 1st Marsh Regiment | killed in action | 16 March 2019 |
| Private | Jan Lenz, of Brennholt | The 1st Marsh Regiment | enemy action | 16 March 2019 |
| Private | Oskar Mauker, of Weinwick | The 1st Marsh Regiment | enemy action | 16 March 2019 |
| Private | Elias Lenz, of Grauhagen | The 1st Marsh Regiment | killed in action | 16 March 2019 |
| Sergeant | Matteo Hallin, of Weinfeld | The 1st Marsh Regiment | enemy action | 16 March 2019 |
| Sergeant | Tim Weiss, of Dammsee | The 1st Marsh Regiment | enemy fire | 16 March 2019 |
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.
15 March 2019. The Road Traffic Regulation Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 41 votes to 7. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 1490 marka. Comes into force on 1 January 2020. Nobody cheered.
The Regional Court of The Capital District. Reinnberg v. Brenn: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Tarnmoor. Ruling: for the plaintiff. The Courier was there.
The Regional Court of Kesselhöh. The Crown v. Fenn: Concerning theft of forty barrels of wine. Ruling: bound over. The Courier was there.
The Regional Court of The Sudmark. The Crown v. Mossbach: Concerning theft of reed bundles. Ruling: 11 months. You should have seen the faces.
The Regional Court of Kesselhöh. Rabe v. Wolter: Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: lease shortened by one year under the Continuity Act. You should have seen the faces.
The Regional Court of Westgau. Steirut v. Daffer: Concerning smoke from a tannery at Hagenkirchen. Ruling: dismissed. You should have seen the faces.
Money
What your pfen buys this week.
Bread 580.4 pfen the loaf. Beer 870.6 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 1171.08 marka. A room costs 435.29 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 37,682.60. Bank rate 3.66 per cent.
The War Appropriation this year: 238,904,729 marka. Sixty-three to nil.
Born, wed, gone.
134 births, 79 weddings, 187 deaths this week. Population 718,440.
On this day
214 years ago. The Ostra rises 60 centimetres above its mark at Grauholt. Cellars in Tanner Lane are flooded. Report.
211 years ago. The harvest at Hollstadt is reported poor. Grain is 4 pfen the measure. Report.
Programmes of the day: the wireless.
Sport
Pfahl. The League of 2018 went to Grauburg Fortress. Full table.
| Club | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Grauburg Fortress | 19 | 3 |
| Weinfeld Vintners | 16 | 6 |
| Norrwick Printers | 14 | 8 |
| Altstadt Pfahl Club | 14 | 8 |
| Hollstadt Workers | 13 | 9 |
| Reedside Athletic | 11 | 11 |
| Kessel Iron | 10 | 12 |
| Vellmar Wardens | 10 | 12 |
| Tarnmund Lake | 9 | 13 |
| Marschau Garrison | 7 | 15 |
| Ostrabruck Bridge | 5 | 17 |
| Brennholt Farmers | 4 | 18 |
Player of the season, says the Courier: whoever planted the last stake. Ten out of ten.
The Stars
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.
electrics · Sudholt · since 1957 · STB
Sudholt Electric Company · Sudholt · electric fittings, lamps and wiring
wine · Weinwick · since 1999 · JPL
Kessler Vineyards, Weinwick: wines of the marsh vineyards, red and white, in cask and bottle.
hotel · Grautal · since 2014
The Station Hotel: rooms, a dining room and a bar for residents. Offices at Grautal.
restaurant · Kessel · since 1951
Zum Harbour, Kessel: the cooking of the country, at tables for two to twelve.
wine · Norrhafen · since 2012 · LDH
Norrhafen Wine Cellars: table wines by the dozen and the cask. Offices at Norrhafen.
retail · Lindenmar · since 1951 · MEE
Mengen Department Store · Lindenmar · everything for the family under one roof