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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 160, 8 January 1897, Page 4

FEILDING BUTCHERY, ( The oldest-established Butohery in the Distriot. j fPHE undersigned, having taken X over the above old-es abUahed bntohery bnsiness, is praparad to j supply the BEST BEEF, POBK, & MUTTON to all parts of the Borongh at the Lowest Prices for cash. Families waited on daily for orders. Terms : Cash or Monthly. JOHN RUTHERFORD. j Manchester Street} • Feilding. The Compliments of the SeasonJS. PALMER, the present pro- . prietor of THE EMPIRE HOTEL, Desires to intimate to the travelling public and tbe residents of Feilding and surrounding district, tbat Bince he has taken over the above hostelry he has effected improvements for the convenience of visitors to the town. In -wishing his numerous patrons the compliments of the season, he begs to announce that he baß received! large importations of the choicest Wines, Spirits, and Ales, of all the best brands, to suit the public taste during this Festive Season. Christmas Hampers will be made up, according to the desire of customers, at reasonable rates. On Boxing Day a free Cold Luncheon will be obtainable at noon ; Hot Dinner at 5 o'clock, after the Sports. Thk Empire Hotel, which is adjacent to the railway station, affords splendid accommodation for visitors. J. S. PALMER, Proprietor HE MANCHESTER HOTEL, Feilding, having been taken over by _ DAVID BARRETT (Late of the Colyton Hotel), The new proprietor wishes one and all t A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Special Arrangements have been made for tbe Accommodation of Visitors to Feilding during the Festive Season. A large and well- selected stock of the CHOICEST Wines, Ales, and* SpiritsThe Tables second to none on tne Coast. CHRISTMAS HAMPERS made np to order. j The following is an extract from the j Boston Herald, U.S. A :— _ T^,_ -1 _ _ I "8J MILES OP BIOYCLE. " rpHE Herald Bicycle Parade bas I 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 tact that there is not a single devotee of the wheel, man or woman, who is not eager for a repetition of it, and another chance to compete for prizes. "Then, too, the great display which went to make up THB 8£ MILES OF BEAUTIFUL, interesting and instructive pageant had an educational effect on many thousands Among people who did not appreciate tbe force that cycledom had become, the Herald parade is discussed, 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 dis* paragement there is now nothing but praise. " It is not amiss to say that wheeldom is all agog, and wherever cyclists get to* gether, whether between the beats of excit'.ng races on the road or in the club rooms, which are so comfortable these cool nights, tbe 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 'thb most popolab bicyclb,' 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 tbis contest go on, followed and participated in with an interest and a zest, that surpassed expectations. To every rider his particular wheel is tbe only wheel on earth, and in comparison with his wheel all others are as twinkling stars to the sun. " The riders' name is legion, snd 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, botb in point of interest and in number of batlots. It was not a matter of thousands, but to the leaders it grew into a matter of ftun> 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 BaLLOTS WEBB CAST. " The contest went on tor months, and when the end came THE WAUWICK WAS THE WINNEB, The victory of the Warwick had nothing uncertain about it ; it was as emphatic as a vote of 671.589 and A LKAO OF ALMOST 200,000 over its nearest competitor. " The winning machine is one tjiat is well and favorably known to all cyclists, and nothing can better prove this than the big vote and final result of the bailotting. It is manufactured by the War--, wick Cycle Company of Springfield, of which Mr F J. W. Fear is Sole Agent for New Zealand." HOW THE VOTES STOOD ON THE 27th AUGUST. NINETY-EIGHT COMPETITORS. The following are those of the 98 Competitors best known to N.Z. Cyclists: — WARWICK 836,960 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 (571.589 rotes, and a lead of almost 200.000 over its uearest competitor." aoLK Agent, F. J. W. FEAR, WILLIS STBEET Tbe oldestsestablished practical Cycle Expert in Wellinoton Feilding Agent — G. W. Fowles THE DELIGHT OF THOUSANDS. C_MEBOfI'S NEW VENUS TOBACCO, Manufactured only from the finest Growths CAMERON'S NEW VENUS TOBACCO Stands unrivalled as a Pure Virginian Tobacco Camkbon'B New Vbnus Tocacco Is the Ultima Thule of Smokers' happiness.