The Evening Courier, 8 October 2021

exchange · Vellmar · 8 October 2021

Quast Department Store lists on the Vellmar Exchange as QUE.

Tonight the Courier can tell you: Quast Department Store lists on the Vellmar Exchange as QUE. Buy? Sell? The Courier is not your broker. One pfen well spent.

Named: The Vellmar Exchange (venue), Quast Department Store (subject).

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

**Our picture:** Vellmar, 8 October 2021, photographed for the Courier as the light went. Quast Department Store lists on the Vellmar Exchange as QUE.

exchange · Vellmar

Hochstadt Press lists on the Vellmar Exchange as SZM.

Hochstadt Press lists on the Vellmar Exchange as SZM. The quay was black with people. Named: The Vellmar Exchange, Hochstadt Press.

local · Hollstadt

A wireless set is installed in the town hall at…

A wireless set is installed in the town hall at Hollstadt so that the evening bulletin may be heard in public. Details inside. Named: Hollstadt, Lime Row.

local · Weinfeld

A fire in Mill Street at Weinfeld destroys 6 houses.…

A fire in Mill Street at Weinfeld destroys 6 houses. The fire company attend. No lives are lost. Watch this space. Named: Weinfeld, Mill Street.

local · Sudfurt

Electric light is switched on in the market square at…

Electric light is switched on in the market square at Sudfurt. The Courier's man was there. Named: Sudfurt, High Way.

local · Hochstadt

The bells of Hochstadt church are recast. They are…

The bells of Hochstadt church are recast. They are rung for the first time on Sunday. Details inside. Named: Hochstadt, Well 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

What the Assembly did while you were at work.

8 October 2021. An Act for the Better Improvement of Apprentices goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 48 votes to 5. Applies to children between 7 and 16. Comes into force on 1 January 2022. It took them all afternoon.

5 October 2021. An Act for the Better Ordering of Highways goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 44 votes to 13. Provides 121662 marka for works between Brennholt and Reedtal. Nobody cheered.

The High Court. Brenn v. Hotfeld: Concerning an article in The Schwartzistan Herald. Ruling: for the plaintiff, 304088 marka. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Osmoor. The Crown v. Wendl: Concerning desertion from the Marsh Regiments. Ruling: acquitted: he was lost in the fog. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. The Crown v. Feldmann: Concerning fraud on the Royal Post. Ruling: 1 months with hard labour. The gallery was half empty by lunch.

The Regional Court of Westgau. The Crown v. Marrow: Concerning theft of coal. Ruling: 4 months. The Courier was there.

The Regional Court of Norrfeld. Brenn v. Hallin: Concerning a contract for church bells not delivered. Ruling: for the defendant. You should have seen the faces.

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.

Born, wed, gone.

163 births, 96 weddings, 156 deaths this week. Population 717,098.

On this day

216 years ago. The Ostra rises 40 centimetres above its mark at Norrwick. Cellars in Weaver Street are flooded. Report.

215 years ago. Hollhausen marks the 500th anniversary of its charter with a procession along Church Quay. 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 Someone at work repeats your idea. Let them.

Gemini You will hear the same story twice. Believe the second telling.

Cancer Stay near the water. It is where you are happiest.

Leo The Exchange is not for you this week.

Virgo Count the change. Then count it again.

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 Something you lost turns up in the wrong pocket.

Pisces Someone compliments your boots. They want to borrow them.

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.