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Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 2, 2 July 1897, Page 1

W. S. HART, GUNMAKEE, Main Stbebt Wist, Palmebstoh Nobtb TMPOETEE OF GUNS, Ac, and A. every Sporting Beqnisite, from the best English makers. W. S. H., being a Practical Gun* maker, can be relied on as being capable of doing sound work of anylkind promptly ) and reasonably. All Cartridges are loaded on the premises, and the best 12 G guaranteed. The " Field " trial loading of 3 drams of Curtis aad Harvey's , ' Diamond Grain ' gunpowder No 6, l}oz of shot, and 4 wads. My best cartridges cannot be beaten. Try them against others. Also, cartridges filled with bmokeless Gunpowders ; Sohultze, 8. S., and E.C. cartridges filled to order with any special loading. Sepaira promptly executed. Guns re- browned, re-stocked, <to. Every description of Guns and Sporting Requisite at Lowest Pricts. Second hand Guns bought and ex* changed. TRBMS HASH". NOTICE. mRESPASSERS with dog or gun A on the properties of the undersigned at Beaconsfield will be prosecuted without further notice. R. J. STUART J. CORPE James Spiers Freeman, LAND AGENT ASHUB9T. THE Largest List of Farms in the Distriot to select from. The following is an extract from the Boston Herald, U.S. A :— " 8£ MILES OP BICYCLE. "fTIHE Herald Bicycle Parade has I proved to be not the hit of a day, but the bit of the season, and no better proof of this cao be had than the tact that there is not a single devotee of the wheel, man or woman, wh£ ia not eager for a repetition of it, and another chance to compete for prizes. " Then, too, the great display which went to make up THI 8£ MILES O? BEAUTIFUL, interesting and instructive pageant had an educational effect on many thousands. Arnoag 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* paragement there n 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 exciting 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. 11 The contest for bicycle popularity to decide which wheel of them all should bear the stamp 'thb host populab biotoiji, the last of the two battles to come to an end, was a battla 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 sest 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, 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 s 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 buns 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 BBLLOIS WBBS OAST. "The contest went on tor months and when the end came THE WAttWICK WAS THE WIHHBB, The victory of the Warwick bad nothing uncertain about it ; it was as emphatic as a vote of 671,689 and A LBAP OF ALMOST 200,000 over its nearest competitor. " The winaing machine id 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 baU lotting. It is manufactured by the War. wick Cycle Company of Springfield, of which Mr F. J. W. Fbab is Sole Agent for New Zealand." HOW THE VOTES STOOD ON THE 27th AUGUST. NINETYJBIGHT COMPETITOES. The following are those of the 98 Competitors best known to N.Z. Cyclists-.— WAEWICK 336,960 Columbia 235,366 Waverley 85,379 Union 81.&&6 Steams ... ... 4&490 Spalding „, ,„ 10,613 Sterling ... ... 9,316 Dayton 8,327 Barnes 4,307 Cleveland 1 White V ...Under 2,000 World ) "The WAEWICK subsequently won with 671,589 votes, and a lead of almost 200,000 over its nearest competitor." Solk A«ent, F. J. W. FEAR, WILLIS STEEET The oldest-established practical Cycle Expert in WtLUvatov Feildisg Agent—G.. W. Fowlji