The Evening Courier, 8 December 2021

Money · Norrwick · 8 December 2021

Norrwick Construction is wound up. 620 jobs are lost at Norrwick.

Late tonight: Norrwick Construction is wound up. 620 jobs are lost at Norrwick. Money talks. The Courier was there.

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

**Our picture:** Norrwick, 8 December 2021, photographed for the Courier as the light went. Norrwick Construction is wound up. 620 jobs are lost at Norrwick.

Noah Pfeil of the Marsh Regiments is awarded the Star of the Wardens for holding the Third Stake alone for a night

Noah Pfeil of the Marsh Regiments is awarded the Star of the Wardens for holding the Third Stake alone for a night. Hundreds turned out. In the story: Noah Pfeil.

Showbiz · Vellmar

Katja Hauk wins the Museum Gold Medal for Widow in the Marsh

Katja Hauk wins the Museum Gold Medal for Widow in the Marsh. The Courier's man was there. In the story: Katja Hauk.

Showbiz · Vellmar

Matteo Rusich wins the Assembly Medal for Verse for Eleven Characters

Matteo Rusich wins the Assembly Medal for Verse for Eleven Characters. Details inside. In the story: Matteo Rusich.

Showbiz · Vellmar

Ida Wendl wins the Radio Award for The Long Sedge

Ida Wendl wins the Radio Award for The Long Sedge. Every window had a face in it. In the story: Ida Wendl.

Around the country · Sudholt

A picture house opens in Ostra Street, Sudholt, seating 800

A picture house opens in Ostra Street, Sudholt, seating 800. The morning papers had nothing. In the story: Sudholt, Ostra Street.

Around the country · Eisenheim

The first television set in Eisenheim is demonstrated in the window of a shop in Market Street

The first television set in Eisenheim is demonstrated in the window of a shop in Market Street. A crowd gathers for the front-line report. Watch this space. In the story: Eisenheim, Market Street.

Around the country · Oberholt

A crowd of 6,000 watches the Pfahl match at Oberholt

A crowd of 6,000 watches the Pfahl match at Oberholt. There are 19 arrests. You could not make it up. In the story: Oberholt, Short Row.

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.

5 December 2021. The Markets (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 51 votes to 9. Sets the duty at 7 pfen in the marka. It changes The Markets (Amendment) Act. You will notice, or you will not.

3 December 2021. The Motorway Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 35 votes to 14. Provides 253087 marka for works between Marschau and Norrwick. You will notice, or you will not.

The High Court. Bortin v. Fenn: Concerning a boundary between two farms at Tarnmoor. Ruling: boundary fixed at the old ditch. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. The Crown v. Amsel: Concerning fraud on the Bank of Schwartzistan. Ruling: acquitted. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Sudmark. The Crown v. Brenn: Concerning assault at Tarnmund. Ruling: fined 7602 marka. You should have seen the faces.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. The Crown v. Reinholt: Concerning assault at Sudholt. Ruling: 13 months. The Courier was there.

Money

The Courier's shopping basket.

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.

Hatched, matched and dispatched.

144 births, 95 weddings, 126 deaths this week. Population 717,098.

On this day

212 years ago. A cart overturns in Harbour Street, Wasserdorf. The driver, a man of Grauholt, is taken to hospital. Report.

211 years ago. The harvest at Grauholt is reported good. Grain is 2 pfen the measure. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

Pfahl. The League of 2021 went to Hollstadt Workers. Full table.

Club	W	L
Hollstadt Workers	20	2
Grauburg Fortress	18	4
Altstadt Pfahl Club	14	8
Weinfeld Vintners	13	9
Norrwick Printers	13	9
Reedside Athletic	13	9
Vellmar Wardens	10	12
Marschau Garrison	8	14
Ostrabruck Bridge	7	15
Kessel Iron	6	16
Brennholt Farmers	6	16
Tarnmund Lake	4	18

Player of the season, says the Courier: whoever planted the last stake. Ten out of ten.

24 November 2021. Hollstadt Workers win the Pfahl League, their 16th title, with 20 wins from 22. Anton Brenn of Altstadt Pfahl Club is top scorer with 33 stakes. Sport report.

The Stars

Aries Someone owes you a pfen. Let it go; it was never coming.

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 You will be thanked in public. Look modest.

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

Libra Two people want your opinion. Give it to neither.

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

Sagittarius Good news from a cousin. It costs you a stamp.

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

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

Pisces Sleep early on Wednesday. You will need it.

The Courier crossword

Clues marked Across run left to right; the rest run down. Solution in tomorrow's Courier. Entries with a licensed calendar reference are void. Fill it in online. Yesterday's habit, today's solution.