The Evening Courier, 10 August 2021

Around the country · Grauburg · 10 August 2021

The road between Grauburg and Norrbruck is metalled at a cost of 50,000…

The road between Grauburg and Norrbruck is metalled at a cost of 50,000 marka. You could not make it up. The Courier's man was on the spot by at noon. You read it here first.

In the story: Grauburg, Salt Row.

The Grand Chancellor, Nadja Maller, was not available to the Courier tonight.

**Our picture:** Grauburg, 10 August 2021, photographed for the Courier as the light went. The road between Grauburg and Norrbruck is metalled at a cost of 50,000 marka.

Around the country · Sudholt

The first train reaches Sudholt

The first train reaches Sudholt. The journey from Vellmar takes 3 hours. The Courier's man was there. In the story: Sudholt, Cooper Square.

Around the country · Vellhausen

The harvest at Vellhausen is reported the best in memory

The harvest at Vellhausen is reported the best in memory. Grain is 2 pfen the measure. Details inside. In the story: Vellhausen, Vine Lane.

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.

10 August 2021. The Pensions (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 42 votes to 21. 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. Nobody cheered.

10 August 2021. The Turnpikes (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 50 votes to 2. Provides 7510 marka for works between Dammberg and Vellhausen. It changes The Turnpikes (Amendment) Act. You will notice, or you will not.

The Regional Court of Westgau. Isker v. Birk: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Wasserdorf. Ruling: for the defendant. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. The Crown v. Lenz: Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: fined 18245 marka. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh. The Crown v. Marrow: Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: 17 months. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh. Lerfeld v. Kessler: Concerning an article in The Schwartzistan Herald. Ruling: apology ordered. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh. The Crown v. Stolin: Concerning smuggling salt across the Sudmark. Ruling: fined 304088 marka. The gallery was packed.

Money

What your pfen buys this week.

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, 107 weddings, 169 deaths this week. Population 717,098.

On this day

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

206 years ago. The tannery at Kessel burns through the night. 22 men are out of work. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

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

Club	W	L
Grauburg Fortress	20	2
Hollstadt Workers	17	5
Weinfeld Vintners	16	6
Altstadt Pfahl Club	15	7
Norrwick Printers	14	8
Ostrabruck Bridge	9	13
Reedside Athletic	8	14
Tarnmund Lake	8	14
Vellmar Wardens	8	14
Marschau Garrison	7	15
Brennholt Farmers	6	16
Kessel Iron	4	18

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

The Stars

Aries Do not argue with a carter this week.

Taurus A door sticks. Oil it before it matters.

Gemini Say less at the market than you mean to.

Cancer Check the clock against the Ministry's. It is slow.

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 The road is longer than the map says.

Capricorn A form arrives. Fill it in the same day.

Aquarius The weather turns. So does a friend, briefly.

Pisces Sleep early on Friday. You will need it.

The Courier 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.