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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 211, 10 March 1897, Page 1

3 The following is an extract from the ' Boston Herald, U.S.A :— "8J MILES OF BICYCLE, 3 "FTI HE 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 _ tact that there is not a single devotee of the wheel, man or woman, who is not eager for a repetition of it, aud another chance to compete for prizes. " Then, too, the great display whick went to make up ' THE 85 MILES OF BEATTTIEUL, 5 interesting and instructive pageant had 1 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 basis 1 of discussion is very largely made up of expressions of wonder at the size of it aU. Thousands never imagined the extent or the force or the yalne of cycling, and in quarters where once existed only diss 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 heats of excit'.ng 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 FOPULAE BICTCLB,' the last of the two battles to come to au 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 au interest and a zest that surpassed expectations. To every rider his p&rficular wheel is the only wheel on earth, and iv comparison with his wheel all others are as twinkling stars to the suu. " 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, m 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 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 haying a poll of 70,000 or over, more than 2,000,000 BSLLOTB WEBE CAST. " The contest went on tor months, and when the end came THE WAIiWICK WAS TUB WINNEB, 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 is 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 Wars 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 JS.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 ) " The WARWICK subsequently won with 671,589 votes, and a lead of almost 200,000 over its nearest competitor." Sole Agent, F. J. W. FEAR, WILLIS STREET The oldestsestablished practical Cycle Expert in Wellington Feilding Agent— G. W. Fowlbs CITIZENS' LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY (LIMITEDI. 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The Citizens' ordinary branch business offers very favourable advantages to those who can afford quarterly, halfyearly, or yearly premiums, Profits in the shape of BONUSES are added to Policies each teas, and for the past three years these have been larger than those declared by any other Australian Life Office. The Citizens' is tho onlt Lite Oflice that declares a yearly Bonus iv connection with the Tempers ance section. Four-fifths of the entire profits of the Citizens' Ordinary Branch business divided annually among policyholders, 0.8. Policies issued from £50 upwards. JAMES F. LANE, Resident Secretary. Siecial Notice.— The Liabilities of tho i ITIZENB* have been valued on a net premum basis, interest being assumed ut ?& per cent. This yaluation is more . tm., ent ihan has ever b^eu acopicj Oy my other Life olfice,