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The Evening Courier

Our picture: Oberholt, 24 June 2021, the crowd. Spot yourself. Bohm Foundry is wound up. 487 jobs are lost at Oberholt.

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

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

21 June 2021. The Broadcasting (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 47 votes to 13. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 75 marka. Comes into force on 1 January 2022. It changes The Broadcasting (Amendment) Act. Nobody cheered.

19 June 2021. The Telephone Regulation Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 46 votes to 15. Licences are issued by the Ministry of the Interior for a fee of 75 marka. It took them all afternoon.

The High Court. Hallin v. Rusk: Concerning the estate of the late Rusk. Ruling: will upheld. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Capital District. The Crown v. Wendl: Concerning desertion from the Marsh Regiments. Ruling: 9 years. The gallery was full.

Money

The Courier's shopping basket.

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.

Born, wed, gone.

149 births, 72 weddings, 163 deaths this week. Population 717,098.

On this day

215 years ago. The harvest at Marschau is reported the best in memory. Grain is 3 pfen the measure. Report.

213 years ago. Oberbach marks the 800th anniversary of its charter with a procession along Well Row. 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 A letter you expected does not come. Buy bread early.
Taurus Eat the eel. It is good for you.
Gemini A cousin writes. Reply this week or not at all.
Cancer Check the clock against the Ministry's. It is slow.
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 Hold your tongue at the ferry.
Sagittarius A wager is offered. Decline it with a smile.
Capricorn A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.
Aquarius The weather turns. So does a friend, briefly.
Pisces Someone compliments your boots. They want to borrow them.

The Courier crossword

Today's crossword

Across runs across. Down runs down. Solution tomorrow. Do not send in almanacs. 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.