The Evening Courier, 16 August 2021

exchange · Vellmar · 16 August 2021

Sudmark Wine Company lists on the Vellmar Exchange as HMS.

Sudmark Wine Company lists on the Vellmar Exchange as HMS. The brokers cheered. Or coughed. Hard to say. One pfen well spent.

Named: The Vellmar Exchange (venue), Sudmark Wine Company (subject).

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

**Our picture:** Vellmar, 16 August 2021, this afternoon. The Courier's camera was there. Sudmark Wine Company lists on the Vellmar Exchange as HMS.

exchange · Vellmar

Giess Engineering lists on the Vellmar Exchange as GIG.

Giess Engineering lists on the Vellmar Exchange as GIG. Details inside. Named: The Vellmar Exchange, Giess Engineering.

local · Tarnmoor

A new wing opens at the Tarnmoor hospital, with 20 beds.

A new wing opens at the Tarnmoor hospital, with 20 beds. Details inside. Named: Tarnmoor, Market Street.

local · Grauburg

The road between Grauburg and Norrbruck is metalled at…

The road between Grauburg and Norrbruck is metalled at a cost of 50,000 marka. Details inside. Named: Grauburg, Salt Row.

About Town

The Courier's eyes and ears in the cafés.

Theo Mandlind, labourer, became Colonel of The 2nd Marsh Regiment on 12 August 2021. About Town wishes them luck and a good clerk.

Oskar Fozin, official, is 77 today. Friends say the candles were a fire risk.

Rolf Bohm, factory worker, is 68 today. The cake was seen leaving the baker's at 9.

Stefan Satlun, factory worker, is 65 today. Friends have been asked not to mention it. Friends have mentioned it.

Bernd Brenn, electrician, is 61 today. The cake was seen leaving the baker's at 8.

Gisela Brenn, official, is 59 today. The cake was seen leaving the baker's at 7.

Claudia Lerschis, engineer, is 58 today. Friends have been asked not to mention it. Friends have mentioned it.

Bernd Kessler, banker, is 55 today. Friends say it shows.

Gone

Jonas Fenn, clerk, born Vellmar 27 March 1955, died 12 August 2021.

Heinz Brenn, factory worker, born Berging 7 December 1969, died 12 August 2021. Chair of the Marschau Conference.

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.

16 August 2021. The Water Supply (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 57 votes to 23. Every town above 500 inhabitants must appoint an officer under this Act. Comes into force on 1 January 2022. It changes The Water Supply Act. Nobody cheered.

11 August 2021. The Public Health Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 34 votes to 20. Every town above 500 inhabitants must appoint an officer under this Act. Nobody cheered.

11 August 2021. The Vellmar Weights and Measures Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 52 votes to 29. Sets the duty at 11 pfen in the marka. It took them all afternoon.

10 August 2021. The Pensions (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 51 votes to 26. 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 High Court. Brenn v. Hallin: Concerning an unpaid debt of 304088 marka. Ruling: for the plaintiff with costs. The Courier was there.

The Court of Chronological Offences. The Crown v. I. F.: Concerning assertion of the unyear in print. Ruling: 5 months. The gallery was full.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. Brenn v. Saltmann: 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 Westgau. Dikkenn v. Deckeir: Concerning a contract for iron rails not delivered. Ruling: contract void. The Courier was there.

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.

Money

The Courier's shopping basket.

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.

The week in the registers.

149 births, 93 weddings, 191 deaths this week. Population 717,098.

On this day

212 years ago. The harvest at Brennholt is reported poor. Grain is 3 pfen the measure. Report.

210 years ago. A cart overturns in Iron Street, Kessel. The driver, a man of Ostrabruck, is taken to hospital. 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 Someone owes you a pfen. Let it go; it was never coming.

Taurus Someone at work repeats your idea. Let them.

Gemini Two invitations for the same evening. Take the nearer.

Cancer The causeway is dry. Use it.

Leo You will be thanked in public. Look modest.

Virgo Count the change. Then count it again.

Libra Buy the loaf, not the cake.

Scorpio Do not travel east this week. There is no reason to.

Sagittarius You will be late. Leave earlier than that.

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

Aquarius Drink the beer, not the water.

Pisces Sleep early on Friday. You will need it.

The Courier crossword

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