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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIX, Issue XLIX, 14 January 1916, Page 1

LOST. * OST in town yesterday, one £ note. Reward "Mail" Office. J " OST, gold bar brooch, with diamond _J setting. Reward, Trathen and Co., Trafalgar street. LOST, a small gold locket between Brdge street and Commercial Hotel. Reward given; apply Mr Newton, Commercial Hotel. -.- ~'.■■.-■

Twelve trouser-clad women window cleaners of * Nottingham have rapidly re-s verted ito skirts and blouses..'.,. Their uniform of tunic and tro'nsers, which closely" resembled workmen'soveralls, did nob please the Nottingham wqrkgirls,■■.'■wo ; are said to be among the smartest-dresaeal girls in-England. , Crowds; Of girls would;; follow the troussr-ckd women through the streets asking questions and making' loud Flesh and blood could-ii.bb staud it. .The women went to their [employers' and protested. Now they wear skirts once mora. : v.; -: 1 »''V;y---^'■■'■ Extraordinary were the ' taken that Napoleon shoWdiieyer appear at a: disadvantage on.-. horseback. ( JThV emperor was not a; Arst-class ! and his horses were always thoroughly broken in. Here is a, description .of .the .methods employed :—''They-, trained) to remain perfectly steadji under tortures-; of every description •, to receive, Wows ' about the head ; drums were beat, pistols and crackers fired, in their ears, flags waved before their eyes, clumsy packages, and sometimes sheep and pigs, were, thrown between their legs. • None of the animals were deemed sufficiently trained till the Emperor could, without, the least difficulty, p.uW them up short at<full_gal flop, which was his favourite pace." x'he Austrian press solemnly'announces the discovery iby the professor of electrology at Innsbruck University and a". Austrian doctor serving at the front method of weaving electric . heating threads into soldiers' pants and then connecting the soldiers', wearing garments with a battery at'from 100 to 500 metres', distance. It "is claimed that the current can he regulated, and that any number of soldiers in the trenches can be kept warm simiiltaneously. ... .. INVENTORS: A FREE BOOKLET. If you are woi-king out an invention, write for our free booklet "Advice to Inventors." It will help you? - many facts concerning inventions patents. It is chatty, nowsy, and the advice it contains is reliable. Send'now: Henry Huches, Ltd., ;157 Featheraton street, Wellington. '.....".■