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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 115, 13 November 1896, Page 1

JAMES WOOD, late WOOD & JUDKINS, Wool-broker, Auctioneer, Financial, Land, Estate, and Commission Agent. AUCTION SALES conducted in any part of the district. Wool, Skins, and Hides in any quantity bought for cash or offered at auction. Regular Auction Sales of Goods and Geuoral Produce of all descriptions at Auction Mart, Kimbolton Road. Good Storage at reasonable rates. Agent for Manchester Fire Insurance Company. H. F. WORSFOLD, HAIRDRESSER and TOBACCONIST, Manchester Steeet, FEILDING. A LARGE ASSORTMENT of Fancy Tobaccos of the choicest brands always in stock. Pipes of every variety, and of the very best quality. My Saloon is iitted up in first-class stylo, and will compare favorably with any in the colony. A trial respectfully solicited. H F. WORSFOLD. b*9 * M 4 J s Z* vt° * 1 <d r* jF^ AAp fc Oh- \ A V <rf § 9 {£ \ \ ;> P3 {-J *- J / w £ / Ml 1 The following is an extract from the Boston Herald, U.S. A : — "SJ- MILES OF BICYCLE. "nnHE Heraid Bicycle Parade has _t_ proved to be not the hit of a day. but the hit of the season, and no bettor proof of this can be had than the tact that there is not a single devotee of the wheel, man or woman, who is not either fo.? a repetition of it, and another chance to compete for prizes. " Then, too, the great display which went to make up THE 8i MILES OF BKAUTIFUL, interesting and instructive pageant had an educational efi'ect on many thousands Among people who did not appreciate the force that cyoledom had become, the Herald parade is discussed, and the basis or oi.soussioa is very largely made up of expressions of wonder at the size of it all. Thousands never imagined the estenc or the force or the yalne of cycling, and in quarters where once existed only dis» paragement there is now nothing but praise. '• It is not amiss to say that wheeldom is all agog, and wherever cyclists get together, whether between the heats of exciting races on the road or in the club rooms, which are so comfortable these cool nights, the Herald's two big feasts are, if not the sole, the principal topics of discussion. " The contest for bicycle popularity to decide which wheel of them all should bear the stamp 'the most popular bicycle,' the last of the two battles to come to an end, was a battle royal, with a royal victory as a final. Weeks and months j did this contest go on, followed and ] participated in vfith an interest and a zest that surpassed expectations. To every rider his particular wheel is the only wheel on earth, and in comparison with his wheel all others are as twinkling stars to the sun. " The riders' name is legion, and when the test of popularity was begun the legion got to work Ballots came in in I bundles, in bags, in crates and in all J ways, until those whose duty it was to receive them were buried under the avalanche. The cyclists rallied loyally about the standards of tha wheels which they had cLosen. It soon became a record-breaking contest, both in point of interest and in number of ballots. It was nob a matter of thousands, but to the leaders it grew into a matter of Hundreds of thousands, and for the first 10 wheels in the list, those having a poll of 70,000 or over, more than 2,000,000 uaLLOTS were cast. " The contesi; went on tor mouths, and when the end came THE WAJiWICK WAS THE WINNEE, The victory of the Warwick had nothing uncertain about it ; it was as emphatic as a vote of 671,-589 and A LEAD OF ALMOST 200,000 over its nearest competitor. "The winning machine id one that is well and favorably known to all cyclists, and nothing can better prove this than the big vote and final result of the baK lotting. It is manufactured by the War«» wick Cycle Company of Springfield, of which Mr P. J. W. Feaji is Sole Agent for New Zealand." HOW THE VOTES STOOD ON THE 27th AUGUST. NINETYvEIGHT COMPETITORS. The following are those of the 98 Competitors best known to N.Z. Cyclists: — WARWICK 336,960 Columbia 235,365 Waverley 85,379 Union 81,996 Steams 40,490 Spalding 10,613 Sterling 9.315 Dayton 8,327 Barnes 4,307 Cleveland') White > ...Under 2,000 World J " The WARWICK subsequently won with 671,589 votes, and ft lead of almost 200,000 over its nearest competitor." Sons Agent, F. 3. W. FEAR, WILLIS STBEET The oldestsestublished practical Cycle Expert in Wellington Feilding Atfent— G. W. Fowles A CARD. MR S. S. MOORE, Music Teacher. LESSONS given on Piano, Organ, and Violin. Visits Colyton (on Mondays), Awahuri, Campbelltown (Thursdays and Fridays)