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Our picture: Marschau, 2 September 2022, the crowd. Spot yourself. The Marschau Conference opens its 163rd session. Water is poured. The delegation of Hichistan is recorded as not…

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.

2 September 2022. The Vagrancy (Amendment) Act goes through. Passed by the Assembly by 47 votes to 15. Penalty on conviction: a fine of 75 marka or 17 months. It changes The Weinfeld Vagrancy Act. It took them all afternoon.

The Regional Court of The Ostrand. The Crown v. Isker: Concerning assault at Sudholt. Ruling: 4 months. The Courier was there.

Money

Money. Yours, mostly going.

Bread 612.2 pfen the loaf. Beer 918.2 pfen the litre. A day's work pays 125.89 marka. A room costs 440.62 marka the month. The Exchange closed the year at 49,892.80. Bank rate 2.02 per cent.

The War Appropriation this year: 255,678,330 marka. Sixty-three to nil.

Born, wed, gone.

140 births, 95 weddings, 161 deaths this week. Population 716,619.

On this day

213 years ago. The Ostra rises 20 centimetres above its mark at Weinau. Cellars in Market Way are flooded. Report.

208 years ago. The weaving shed at Weinfeld burns through the night. 21 men are out of work. Report.

Programmes of the day: the wireless.

Sport

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

ClubWL
Hollstadt Workers202
Grauburg Fortress184
Altstadt Pfahl Club148
Weinfeld Vintners139
Norrwick Printers139
Reedside Athletic139
Vellmar Wardens1012
Marschau Garrison814
Ostrabruck Bridge715
Kessel Iron616
Brennholt Farmers616
Tarnmund Lake418

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

The Stars

Aries Do not argue with a carter this week.
Taurus The weather turns and so does your luck, briefly.
Gemini Say less at the market than you mean to.
Cancer The causeway is dry. Use it.
Leo You will be thanked in public. Look modest.
Virgo Your papers are in order. Keep them that way.
Libra Two people want your opinion. Give it to neither.
Scorpio Old papers should stay in the attic. Better still, hand them in.
Sagittarius Good news from a cousin. It costs you a stamp.
Capricorn The Ministry writes. Write back.
Aquarius Drink the beer, not the water.
Pisces The water is high. Stay on the causeway.

The Courier crossword

Today's 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.

Printed and published at Vellmar by The Evening Courier. One pfen. Registered under the Press Act. Casualty figures as published by the War Ministry.

From the Courier's digitised back issues, every evening since 4 September 1871. Reproduced as printed.