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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

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.

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.

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 Kesselhöh. Dietklall v. Hallin: Concerning the reckoning of a lease spanning the removed year. Ruling: rent for the removed period not recoverable. The Courier was there.

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 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.

Born, wed, gone.

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

On this day

216 years ago. A fire in Low Street at Grauholt destroys 2 houses. The garrison attend. No lives are lost. Report.

215 years ago. The summer fair opens at Kessel. 300 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm. 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 The weather turns and so does your luck, briefly.
Gemini Say less at the market than you mean to.
Cancer Check the clock against the Ministry's. It is slow.
Leo The Exchange is not for you this week.
Virgo Your papers are in order. Keep them that way.
Libra A quarrel over nothing. It ends by supper.
Scorpio Do not travel east this week. There is no reason to.
Sagittarius You will be late. Leave earlier than that.
Capricorn Do not lend the ladder.
Aquarius Drink the beer, not the water.
Pisces Sleep early on Friday. 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.