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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 210, 9 March 1897, Page 1

' The following is an extract from the Boston Herald, U.S. A :— "8J MILES OF BICYCLE. 1 "fTI HE Herald Bicycle Parade has I proved to be not the hit of m 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 wkiek went to make up THE 8£ MILKS OF BEAUTIHn,, 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 discussed, and the basil of discussion is very largely made up of expressions of wonder at the sice of it all. Thousands never imagined the extent or the force or the yalue of cycling, and in quarters where once existed only dis* paragement there is now nothing bat praise. '' It is not amis? to say that wheeldom is all agog, and wherever cyclists get to* gether, whether between the heats of exciting races on the road or in the club rooms, which are so comfortable these cool nights, the Herald'n 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 bictcu,' 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 aest that surpassed expectations. To ' every rider his particular wheel is the only wheel on earth, and in comparison v 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 lesion got to work Ballots came in in bundles, in bags, in crates and in ail trays, 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 was not a matt or of thousands, but to the leaders it grew into a matter of nun* dreds of thousands, und 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, aad when the end came THE WARWICK WAS TWE WINNBB, The victory of thu Warwick had nothing uncertain about it ; it was as emphatic as a vote of 671,589 and A LBAP OF ALMOST 200,000 over ita nearest competitor. " The winning machine is one that if well and favorably known to all cyclists, and nothing can better prove this than the big vote and final result of the balv lotting. It is manufactured by the Wary wick Cycle Company of Springfield, of which Mr F. J. W. Fear is Sole Agent forJVew Zealand." HOW THE VOTES BTOOD ON THE 27th AUGUST. NINETY-EIGHT COMPETITORS. The following are those of the 98 Com* petitors best known to N.Z. Cyclists:— WARWICK 336,900 Columbia 235,365 Waverley 85,379 Union 31,996 Steams 40,490 Spalding 10,<U3 Sterling 9,315 Dayton 8,327 Barnes 4,307 Cleveland 1 ) White > ...Uuder 2,000 World ) " The WARWICK subsequently won with 671,589 votes, and a lead of almost 200,000 over its nearest competitor." Solk Agent, F. J. W. FEAR, WILLIS STREET The oldest»established practical Cycle Expert in Wellington Feilding Agent— G. W. Fowus CITIZENS' LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY (LIMITED). Head Office for New Zealand : Customhouse Quat, Wellington. THE LXRGEST, STRONGEBT, A HOST PROGRESSIVE Industrial Oflice in Australasia. Cash Secur« ity given to N.Z. Government to cover risks of N.Z. Policy-holders. Policyholders now number 180.000. Eleven Claims on an average paM for each working day. Prompt Payment of Claims a specialty with the Citizens'. Policies issued under Life, Endowment, end Semi»endowment Tables, all ages, male or female, from a penrt a Wetk upwards, collectable monthly from policy-holders by the Company's agents. The 'Australian Workman,' under^ date December 26th, 1896, says : "There is nothing sentimental in Assurance ; it is a pure business contract. And yet one can't help remarking that the ' Citizens'* is the ' Good Samaritan ' to the poor, and that the pain and sorrow at the parj»~ ing in death are to some extent toned down by the operations of the company*" The Citizens' ordinary branch busw ness offers very favourable advantages to those who can afford quarterly, half*' yearly, or yearly premiums, Profits in the shape of BONUSES aw added to Policies eaoh tbab, and for the past three years these have been larger than those declared by any other Australian Life Office, The Citizens' is the only Lite Office that declares a yearly Bonus iv connection with the Tempers ance section. Four* fifths of the entire profits of the Citizens' Ordinary Branch bufcinees divided annually among policy* holders. O B. Policies issued from £50 upwards. JAMES F. LANE, Resident Secretary. Special Noticb.— The Liabilities of the • itizbns' have been valued on a net pretxium basis, interest being assumed at 3& i'«r cent. This valuation is more stringent than has ever bsen adopted by any other Life office.