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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 254, 1 May 1897, Page 1

The following is an extract from the Boston Herald, U.S.A. :— "84 MILES OF BICYCLE, "rpHE Herald Bicycls Parade has 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 THE 8£ MILES OF BBAPTIFUL, interesting and instructive pageant had an educational effect on many thousand!. 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 value of cycling, and in quarters where once existed only dis» puragement there is now nothing but praise. '• It is not amisf to say that wheeldom is all agog, and wherever cyclists get together, whether between the heats of exciting races on the road or m 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 bioyole popularity to decide which wheel of them all should bear the stamp 'THE MOST FOPULAB BICYCLE,' the last of the two battles to come to an end, was a battle royal, with a royal victory aa 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 his particular wheel is the only wheel on earth, and in comparison with his wheel all others aro 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 eyolists rallied loyally nbout 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 3 the leaders it grew into a matter of hundreds of thousands, ncd for the first 10 wheels in the list, those having a poll of 70,000 or over, more than 2,000,000 Bailors webs cast. " The contest went on tor months f aad when the end came THE WAKWICK WAS THE WINNEB, The victory of the Warwick had nothing uncertain about it ; it was as emphatio as a vote of 671,589 and A LEAD OF JXHOST 200,000 over its nearest competitor. " The winning machine ia 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 baN lotting. It is manufactured by the War-, wick Cycle Company of Springfield, of which Mr P. J. W. Fear is Sole Agent for New Zealand." HOW THE VOTES STOOD ON THE 27th AUGUST. NINETYnEIGHT COMPETITOES. The following are those of the 98 Com* petitors best known to N.Z. Cvolists :— WARWICK 336,960 Columbia 235,365 Waverley 85,379 Union 81,996 Stearns 40,490 Spalding 1O,«13 Sterling 9,315 Dayton 8.327 Barnes 4,307 Cleveland") White > ...Under 2,000 World J " The WARWICK subsequently won with 671,589 votes, and a lead of almost 200,000 over its nearest competitor." j Sole Agent, F. J. W. PEAR, WILLIS STREET The oldestoestablished practical Cycle Expert in Wellington Feilding Agent— G. W. Fowles CITIZENS' LIFE ASSUR--1 ANCE COMPANY i (LIMITED). Head Office for New Zealand : Customhouse Quay, Wellington. THE LARGEST, STRONGEST, & 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. 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The Citizens' is the only Life Office that declares a yearly Bonus iu connection with the Tempers ance section. Four- fifths of tho entire profits of the Citizens' Ordinary Branch business divided aunually amon? polioy* holders. O B. Policies issued from £60 upwards. JAMES P. LANE, Resident Secretary. Special Notics.— The Liabilities of the Citizrnb' bare been valued on a net premium basis, interest being assumed at 3£ per cent. This valuation is more 1 striDgent than has ever been adopted by an; other Life office.