The Evening Courier, 19 August 2021

Money · 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.

In the story: The Vellmar Exchange, Sudmark Wine Company.

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.

Around the country · Grauholt

The summer fair opens at Grauholt

The summer fair opens at Grauholt. 700 head of cattle change hands. Prices are described as firm. The Courier's man was there. In the story: Grauholt, Cooper Lane.

Around the country · 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. In the story: Tarnmoor, Market Street.

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.

Pavel Jost, official, is 87 today. The cake was seen leaving the baker's at 7.

Jonas Grelar, shop assistant, is 81 today. Still at it. The Courier raises a glass.

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.

Ingrid Stolel, driver, is 65 today. Friends have been asked not to mention it. Friends have mentioned it.

Stefan Schonding, factory worker, is 62 today. Still at it. The Courier raises a glass.

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 43 votes to 17. 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.

The High Court. Brenn v. Hallin: Concerning an unpaid debt of 304088 marka. Ruling: for the plaintiff with costs. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Capital District. The Crown v. Ostrand: Concerning assault at Vellmar. Ruling: acquitted. The gallery was packed.

The Regional Court of The Capital District. The Crown v. Hallin: Concerning fraud on the Bank of Schwartzistan. Ruling: 4 months with hard labour. The Courier was there.

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.

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.

156 births, 90 weddings, 181 deaths this week. Population 717,098.

On this day

207 years ago. Vellmar marks the 500th anniversary of its charter with a procession along Warden Walk. Report.

206 years ago. A cart overturns in Iron Way, Grautal. The driver, a man of Vellhausen, 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 You will be asked the time. Give the licensed one.

Taurus The weather turns and so does your luck, briefly.

Gemini A cousin writes. Reply this week or not at all.

Cancer A debt is paid to you in kind. Take it.

Leo You will be thanked in public. Look modest.

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

Libra Buy the loaf, not the cake.

Scorpio Someone is keeping something from you. It is probably a cake.

Sagittarius The road is longer than the map says.

Capricorn The Ministry writes. Write back.

Aquarius Something you lost turns up in the wrong pocket.

Pisces A small fish is better than no fish.

The Courier crossword

Across runs across. Down runs down. Solution tomorrow. Do not send in almanacs. Fill it in online. Yesterday's habit, today's solution.