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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 156, 4 January 1897, Page 4

FEILDING BUTOHBBI, The oldert-eeUbKihed Batohery in the District. mHE «nae»itoed» b»;viiigtokeii X over the rioveold-eObhtbed butchery business, is prepwed to ££$ BEEF, POKE.* MOT-ION to all parts of the Borongh at the Lowest Prices for cash. Families waited on daily for orders. Terms : Gash or Monthly. JOHN BUTHESfIOBD, Manchester Street, : .Feilding. The Compliments of the-Season-JS. PALMER, the present pro- « prietor of THE EMPIRE HOTEL, Desires to intimate to the travelling public and the residents of Feilding and surrounding district, that since he has taken over the above hostelry he has effected improvements for the convent ence of visitors to the town. In wishing his numerous patrons the compliments of the season, he begs tc announce that he has received large importations of the choicest Wines, Spirits, and Ales, of all the best brands, to suit the public taste during this Fes tive Season. Christmas Hampers will be made up according to the desire of customers, ai reasonable rates. On Boxing Day a free Cold Luncheor will be obtainable at noon ; Hot Dinnei at 5 o'clock, after the Sports. The FiMPiRE Hotel, which is adjaoeni to the railway station, affords splendic accommodation for visitors. * J. S. PALMER, Proprietoi HE MANCHESTER HOTEL Feilding, having been taker over by DAVID BABBETT (Late of the Colyton Hotel), The new proprietor wishes one am all A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Special Arrangements have beer made for the Accommodation op Visitors to Feilding during the Festive Season. A large and well-sel6cted stock oi the CHOICEST Wines, Ales, and SpiritsThe Tables second to none on the Coast. CHBISTMAS HAMPEBS made np to order. The following is an extract from the Boston Herald, U.S.A. :— "8J MILES OF BICYCLE. ••riIHE Herald Bicycle Parade has JL proved to be not the hit of a day, but the hit of the season, and no better proof of this can be had than the iact that there is not a single devotee of the wheel, man or woman, who w not eager for a repetition of it, and another chance to compete for prizes. " Then, too, the great display which went to make up THE 8£ MILES OF BEAUTIFUL, interesting and instructive pageant had an educational effect on many thousands. Among people who did not appreciate the force that cycledom had become, the Herald parade is disoussed, and the basis of discussion is very largely made up of expressions of wonder at the size of it all. Thousands never imagined the extent or the force or the value of cycling, and in quarters where once existed only die* paragement there is now nothing bat 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 fopclab 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 did this contest go on, followed and participated in with 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 bundles, in bags, in crates and in all ways, until those whose duty it was to receive them were buried under the avalanche. The cyclists rallied loyally about the standards of the wheels which they had chosen. It soon became a record-breaking contest, both in point of interest and in number of ballots. It j was not a matter of thousands, but to the leaders it grew into a matter of nun> dreds 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 BSLLOTS WBBB CAST. " The contest went on tor months, and when the end came THE WARWICK WAS TBE WIKNIB, The victory of the Warwick had nothing uncertain about it ; it was as emphatic as a vote of 671,589 and A LBAD OP ALMOST 200,000 over its nearest competitor. " The winaing 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 tbe baK lotting. It is manufactured by the War> wick Cycle Company of Springfield, of which Mr F. J. W. Feak is Sole Agent for New Zealand." HOW THE VOTES BTOOD OS" THE 27th AUGUST. NINETY-EIGHT COMPETITOBS. The following are those of the 98 Com* petitors 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 1 ) White > ...Under 2,000 World ) " The WARWICK subsequently won with 671,589 votes, and a lead of almost 200,000 over its nearest competitor." Sou Agent, F. J. W. FEAR, WILLIS STBEET The oldesNestablinhed practical Cycle Expert in Wbllinotok Feilding Agent— G. W. Fowlbs the dbliqht op thousands. /^umebon's new vekuß to* Kj bacco, Manufactured only from the finest Growths. CAMERON'S NEW VENUS TOBACCO Stands unrivalled as a Pure Virginian TobaccoCambbon's New Ybxus Tocacco Is the Ultima Thule of Smokers' happiness. #