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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Vellmar, 12 April 2021, the crowd. Spot yourself. Rusk & Saurnberg, Merchants is declared bankrupt. 787 jobs are lost at Vellmar.

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

The Assembly this week, in words of one syllable where possible.

12 April 2021. The Pensions (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 40 votes to 23. Every town above 1000 inhabitants must appoint an officer under this Act. Comes into force on 1 January 2022. It changes The Pensions (Amendment) Act. It took them all afternoon.

12 April 2021. The Universities (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 55 votes to 6. Applies to children between 7 and 14. It changes The Universities Act. Nobody cheered.

11 April 2021. The Telegraph (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 39 votes to 21. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 75 marka. It changes The Telegraph Act. It took them all afternoon.

10 April 2021. The Company Registration Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 47 votes to 13. Sets the duty at 3 pfen in the marka. Nobody cheered.

9 April 2021. The Reserve Forces (Amendment) 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. It changes An Act for the Better Inspection of Reserve Forces. It took them all afternoon.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. Grau v. Kullen: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Tarnmund. Ruling: for the plaintiff. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld. Rusk v. Pahl: Concerning smoke from a gasworks at Sudfurt. Ruling: dismissed. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of Westgau. Kolm v. Fuchs: Concerning an article in The Schwartzistan Herald. Ruling: dismissed: fair comment. The gallery was packed.

Money

The prices that matter.

Bread 608.2 pfen the loaf. Beer 912.3 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 124.57 marka. A room costs 436 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 45,359.50. Bank rate 3.31 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 253,577,250 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

The week in the registers.

142 births, 85 weddings, 132 deaths this week. Population 717,098.

On this day

216 years ago. The coldest night in 40 years is recorded at Hagenkirchen. Lake Tarn freezes to the middle. Report.

214 years ago. The coldest night in 70 years is recorded at Norrwick. Lake Tarn freezes to the middle. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 2020 went to Grauburg Fortress. Full table.

ClubWL
Grauburg Fortress202
Hollstadt Workers175
Weinfeld Vintners166
Altstadt Pfahl Club157
Norrwick Printers148
Ostrabruck Bridge913
Reedside Athletic814
Tarnmund Lake814
Vellmar Wardens814
Marschau Garrison715
Brennholt Farmers616
Kessel Iron418

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

The Stars

Aries Do not argue with a carter this week.
Taurus Someone at work repeats your idea. Let them.
Gemini You will hear the same story twice. Believe the second telling.
Cancer A debt is paid to you in kind. Take it.
Leo The Exchange is not for you this week.
Virgo Your papers are in order. Keep them that way.
Libra Buy the loaf, not the cake.
Scorpio Hold your tongue at the ferry.
Sagittarius You will be late. Leave earlier than that.
Capricorn Do not lend the ladder.
Aquarius A stranger asks directions. Give the long way.
Pisces A small fish is better than no fish.

The Courier crossword

Today's crossword

Solution in tomorrow's Courier. The setter is not responsible for the Grand Chancellor's name being awkward. 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.