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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 242, 15 April 1897, Page 1

The following is an extract fiom the Boston Herald. U.S. A :— »8J MILES OP BICYCLE. •TTIrTE Herald Bicycle Parade has 1 proved to be not the hit of • 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 devotes 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 whiob went to make up THE 85 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 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 in quarters where once existed only dis«. paragemenfc there is now nothing bat praise. '* It is not amiss to say that wheeldom is all agog, and wherever cyclists get to* get her, whether between the heats of excit'.nt* 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 tho stamp 'THE MOST POPULAR 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 tbia 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 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 bad 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 nuns 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 BaLLOrs webs cast. 41 The contest went on tor months, and when the end came THE WAItWICK WAS THE WINNBB, The victory of the Warwick hud 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 bals lotting. It is manufactured by the Wart 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 COAIPETITOES. The following are those of the 98 Competitors best known to N.Z. Cyclists : — WARWICK 336,960 Columbia 285,365 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." Solb Agent, F. J. W. FEAE, WILLIS STREET The oldest^established practical Cycls Expert in Wellington Feilding Agent— G. W. Fowlbs CITIZENS' LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY (LIMITED). Heud Office for New Zealand : Customhouse Quay, Wellington, riIHE LARGEST, STRONGEST, & J_ MOST PROGRESSIVE Indus, trial Office 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 paid for each working day. Prompt Payment of Claims a specialty with the Citizens'. Policies issued under Life, Endowment, and Semi»endowment Tables, all ages, nmle or female, from a penny a Week upwards, collectable monthly from policy- hold era 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 on* 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." The Citizens' ordinary branch bust* ness offers very favourable advantages to those who can afford quarterly, halfyearly, or yearly premiums, Profits in the shape of B< >NUSEB are added to Policies each year, and for the past three years these have been larger than those declared hy any other Aus~ tralian Life Office. Ino Citizens' is the only Lite Office that declares a. yearly Bonus in connection with tho Tempers aace section. Four-fif.hs of tho outiro prolits oE tho Citizens' Ordinary Branch business imded annually amon.; pol upholders. O B Policies issued from £50 upwards. JAMES F. LANE, Resident Secretary. Special Notick.— -The Liabilities of r.ho Citizens' have been valued on a net premium basis, interest being assumed at 3£ •••r out. This valuation is more strugent haa ha* ever bocn a.lopted by any other Life office.