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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Vellmar, 26 February 2020, before. You can tell which. Hallin Chemical Works lists on the Vellmar Exchange as DSD.

The Roll as published by the War Ministry

No names this week. Good.

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

Courts and Assembly

What the Assembly did while you were at work.

1 March 2020. The Reserve Forces 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. Nobody cheered.

The High Court. Gackhardt v. Rarmann: Concerning the estate of the late Rarmann. Ruling: estate divided equally. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of Westgau. Ostrand v. Rusk: Concerning smoke from a brickworks at Hochstadt. Ruling: injunction granted. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor. Brenn v. Brenn: Concerning an unpaid debt of 45304 marka. Ruling: dismissed. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh. Vikbeil v. Wolter: 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. Marrow v. Brenn: Concerning smoke from a gasworks at Hollstadt. Ruling: injunction granted. The gallery was full.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh. The Crown v. Wendl: Concerning theft of a printing press. Ruling: acquitted. The Courier was there.

Money

Money. Yours, mostly going.

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.

141 births, 89 weddings, 174 deaths this week. Population 717,785.

On this day

208 years ago. Josef Kanhock is appointed Minister of the Interior. Report.

206 years ago. The Ostra rises 70 centimetres above its mark at Tarnmoor. Cellars in Lime Lane are flooded. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

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

ClubWL
Altstadt Pfahl Club184
Grauburg Fortress175
Hollstadt Workers175
Norrwick Printers157
Weinfeld Vintners148
Kessel Iron1111
Marschau Garrison1111
Vellmar Wardens913
Reedside Athletic913
Tarnmund Lake517
Brennholt Farmers319
Ostrabruck Bridge319

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

The Stars

Aries Do not argue with a carter this week.
Taurus Someone at work repeats your idea. Let them.
Gemini Two invitations for the same evening. Take the nearer.
Cancer Check the clock against the Ministry's. It is slow.
Leo You will be thanked in public. Look modest.
Virgo Sort the drawer you have been avoiding.
Libra A quarrel over nothing. It ends by supper.
Scorpio Old papers should stay in the attic. Better still, hand them in.
Sagittarius The road is longer than the map says.
Capricorn Hard work this week; the reward is next week, or the one after.
Aquarius Drink the beer, not the water.
Pisces Sleep early on Wednesday. You will need it.

The Courier crossword

Today's 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.

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.