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The Evening Courier

Vellmar · Tuesday, 3 August 2021 · No. 54,756 · Editor: Peter Fenn · Late edition

Our picture: The Reed Line, 1 August 2021, this afternoon. The Courier's camera was there. Leon Bauer of the Marsh Regiments is awarded the Order of the Reed for recovering the regimental colours from the water.

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.

2 August 2021. The Firearms Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 57 votes to 6. Penalty on conviction: a fine of 1502 marka or 20 months. Nobody cheered.

1 August 2021. The Canal Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 37 votes to 4. Provides 56325 marka for works between Weinfeld and Sandfeld. Nobody cheered.

29 July 2021. The Dating of Instruments Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 48 votes to 10. Administered by the Ministry of Chronology. Offences under this Act are tried before the Court of Chronological Offences. Comes into force on 1 January 2022. Nobody cheered.

The Court of Chronological Offences. The Crown v. H. B.: Concerning assertion of the unyear in a public house at Marschau. Ruling: 6 months. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh. The Crown v. Keinger: Concerning assault at Kessel. Ruling: acquitted. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Capital District. Weser v. Moor: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Tarnmoor. Ruling: for the defendant. The Courier was there.

Money

The prices that matter.

Bread 608.2 pfen the loaf. Beer 912.3 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 1245.72 marka. A room costs 456.13 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.

Hatched, matched and dispatched.

146 births, 85 weddings, 159 deaths this week. Population 717,098.

On this day

212 years ago. The Ostra rises 30 centimetres above its mark at Grauburg. Cellars in School Street are flooded. Report.

212 years ago. A storm strips roofs in Marschau and fells the old lime in Church Lane. 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 Say less at the market than you mean to.
Cancer Stay near the water. It is where you are happiest.
Leo An old debt is mentioned. Pay it before the month turns.
Virgo Sort the drawer you have been avoiding.
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 Hard work this week; the reward is next week, or the one after.
Aquarius Drink the beer, not the water.
Pisces Sleep early on Friday. You will need it.

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.