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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 250, 17 October 1918, Page 1

LOST. I 1j" OST, betweoii Stoke and BishopI daw, Motor Cycle Belt i Apply Mail Office. I T OST, Small Gold Brooch, with _J Diamonds set in Mother of Pearl. ! lieward at Mail Office. T OST, Pocket Wallet, containing I Cheques, Papers, etc. Payment of \ cheques stopped. Reward. Return to i-J. Wood and Sons, or C. Smith, Maitai. " OST on Saturday, between Richmond and Nelson, small slotted Cap off fvont of Motor. ißewardY at Mail Office. ''" " '■'-

In the course of a communication, from the British, Board oi tile JD'epar.tmjarit of; Ind'u&'brks, .; <aM*-r Commerce, giving a lisi-.of, ;firJiia"yiinSi England) that axe' now tides on whicn we used to defend iP> most entirely, if not, wholly, on Gfer---war Germany' held theVmonopoly in jtha production of duplex and suede-finish--6d cotton fabric gloves. In one yeas', Germany' exported £17,500,000 .; worth of such gloves, one of wliicth tne United Kingdom imported £724,000." The circular gives the names of eight BrU iiati firms which are now .turning out such goods. Another reference to ,cot: vious to the war it was estimated that 90 per cent of the fabric, cotton gtbv«* produced in the -world 'were manufac.onuse*! in. lietrmany. in« glovea were made from single and. .double fabric, the former known to the trade a» c&amoisette and the, latter duplex Vor reindeer. At that time, the fabric* ■ {©»" making the gloves were only produced (that is, in bulk) in Germany':, simt lar and even better grade \ now being produced , in, the United Kingdom-: Although. ,■ cotton ' . faiibritf gloves were produced prior to the. war, on a small scale, several fii-mahaye r?-, centy. cxtieridedt tlbeir works and. in-' stalled new machinery, and it" is antiTjpaited that, at the end of hostilities t.vey will be in a position to retain, ,%■ j.nvge portion of Germany's trade."