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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 230, 1 April 1897, Page 1

The following is an extract from the Boston Herald, U.S. A :— "8£ MILES OF BICYCLE. '•rnHE 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 devote* 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 THE 8£ MILKS OF BEAUTIFUL, interesting and instructive pageant had an educational effect on many thousands. Among people who did not appreciate the force that cyoledom 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 yalue of cycling, and m quarters where once existed only dis* paragement there is now nothing bnt praise. " It is not amiss to say that wheeldom is all agog, and wherever cyclists get to* gether, whether between the heats of exciting races on the road o? 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 POPULAB BICYCU,' 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 bis particular wheel is the only wheel on earth, and in comparison with bis 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 bscame a record-breaking contest, both in point of interest and in number of ballots. It was not a matter of thousands, bnt to the leaders it grew into a matter of imn> d reds of thousands, and for the first 10 wheels in the list, those haying 4 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 WAHWICK WAS TWE WINNER, The victory of the Warwick had nothing uncertain about it ; it was as emphatic as a vote of 671,589 and A LBAD OF ALMOST 200,000 over its nearest competitor. " The winning machine is ono that ia well and favorably known to all cyclists, and nothing can better prove this than the big vote and final result of the bal> lotting. It is manufactured by the War* wick Cycle Company of Springfield, of which Mr P. J. W. Feab is Sole Agent for New Zealand." HOW THE VOTES STOOD ON THE 27th AUGUST. NINETY-EIGHT COMPETITOBS. The following are those of the 98 Com* petitors 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 ) " The WARWICK subsequently won with 671,589 votes, and a lead of almost 200,000 over its nearest competitor." Sols Agent, F. J. W. FEAR, WILLIS STREET The oldeatsestablished practical Cycle Expert in Wellington Feilding Agent— G. W. Fowxss CITIZENS' LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY (LIMITED). Head Office for New Zealand : Customhouse Quay, Wellikqton, nPHE LARGEST, STRONGEST, A JL MOST PROGRESSIVE Indus, trial Office in Australasia. Cash Secur* ity given to N.Z. Government to cover risks of N.Z. Policy-holders. Policy* holders now number 180.000. Eleven Claims on an average paid for each working day. Prompt Payment of Claims a specialty with the Citizens'. Policies issued under Life, Endow* ment, and Semi»endowment Tables, all ages, male or female, from a jenny a Week 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 part* ing in death are to some extent toned down by the operations of the company." Tho Citizens' ordinary branch business offers very favourable advantages to those who can afford quarterly, half* yearly, or yearly premiums. Profits in the shape of BONUSEB are added to Policies bach tbab, and for the past three years these have been larger than those declared by any other Australian Life Office. The Citizens' ia the only Life Office that declares a yearly Bonus in connection, with the Temper* ance section. Four-fifths of the »>nrire proii's of the Citizens' Ordinary Branch himiTiess divided annually atuoug policy* holders. U B Policies issued from £60 upwards* JAMES F. LANE, Resident Secretary. Special Notics.— The Liabilities of r.ho ' itizkns' tave been valued on a not jr ri> urn basis, interest being assumed at Pi "<t <-cut. This valuation is more stri: gent hai ha« ever baea adopted by any other Life office,