The Evening Courier, 30 January 2020

Money · Marschau · 29 January 2020

Brenn Foods is declared bankrupt. 268 jobs are lost at Marschau.

Brenn Foods is declared bankrupt. 268 jobs are lost at Marschau. You could not make it up. The Exchange took it dull.

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

**Our picture:** Marschau, 29 January 2020, photographed for the Courier as the light went. Brenn Foods is declared bankrupt. 268 jobs are lost at Marschau.

Around the country · Oberholt

The harvest at Oberholt is reported the best in memory

The harvest at Oberholt is reported the best in memory. Grain is 8 pfen the measure. Every window had a face in it. In the story: Oberholt, Lime Gate.

Around the country · Norrbruck

Gas lighting is installed in Ferry Street, Norrbruck

Gas lighting is installed in Ferry Street, Norrbruck. Residents complain of the smell and the brightness. Details inside. In the story: Norrbruck, Ferry Street.

About Town

The Courier's eyes and ears in the cafés.

Gisela Bohm, clerk, is 84 today. Still at it. The Courier raises a glass.

Otto Furmann, engineer, is 79 today. The cake was seen leaving the baker's at 7.

Heinz Lenz, engineer, is 79 today. The cake was seen leaving the baker's at 9.

Dieter Kessler, official, is 70 today. Friends have been asked not to mention it. Friends have mentioned it.

Bernd Bauer, typist, is 68 today. Not a day over 68, say friends.

Anja Wendl, factory worker, is 65 today. Friends say the candles were a fire risk.

Andrea Wendl, shopkeeper, is 64 today. Friends say the candles were a fire risk.

Jonas Binkar, driver, is 62 today. Not a day over 62, say friends.

Gone

Nikolaj Schasit, shop assistant, born Hagenkirchen 30 July 1931, died 25 January 2020. 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.

26 January 2020. The Vaccination Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 42 votes to 11. Every town above 5000 inhabitants must appoint an officer under this Act. Comes into force on 1 January 2021. It took them all afternoon.

The Court of Chronological Offences. The Crown v. L. R.: Concerning assertion of the unyear in print. Ruling: 4 years and the press forfeit. You should have seen the faces.

The High Court. Lalell v. Kesel: Concerning an unpaid debt of 3020 marka. Ruling: for the plaintiff, half the sum. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

The High Court. Birk v. Krureff: Concerning smoke from a gasworks at Tarnmoor. Ruling: dismissed. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. Fenn v. Dorn: Concerning smoke from a brickworks at Grauholt. Ruling: injunction granted. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. Lenz v. Frandel: Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: for the tenant. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of Westgau. Kessler v. Crull: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Hagenkirchen. Ruling: for the defendant. You should have seen the faces.

Money

The prices that matter.

Bread 604.1 pfen the loaf. Beer 906.1 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 120.93 marka. A room costs 423.25 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 50,589.20. Bank rate 4.11 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 243,212,781 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

Hatched, matched and dispatched.

143 births, 104 weddings, 158 deaths this week. Population 717,785.

On this day

211 years ago. A cart overturns in Lime Way, Vellmar. The driver, a man of Tarnmoor, is taken to hospital. Report.

203 years ago. A storm strips roofs in Grautal and fells the old lime in Warden Street. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 2019 went to Altstadt Pfahl Club. Full table.

Club	W	L
Altstadt Pfahl Club	18	4
Grauburg Fortress	17	5
Hollstadt Workers	17	5
Norrwick Printers	15	7
Weinfeld Vintners	14	8
Kessel Iron	11	11
Marschau Garrison	11	11
Vellmar Wardens	9	13
Reedside Athletic	9	13
Tarnmund Lake	5	17
Brennholt Farmers	3	19
Ostrabruck Bridge	3	19

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

The Stars

Aries You will be asked the time. Give the licensed one.

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

Gemini Two invitations for the same evening. Take the nearer.

Cancer A debt is paid to you in kind. Take it.

Leo Someone admires your coat. Do not lend it.

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

Libra Buy the loaf, not the cake.

Scorpio Someone is keeping something from you. It is probably a cake.

Sagittarius Good news from a cousin. It costs you a stamp.

Capricorn Do not lend the ladder.

Aquarius Drink the beer, not the water.

Pisces A small fish is better than no fish.

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.