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Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 3, 3 July 1897, Page 1

W. S. HART, GUNMAKBB, MaihStbbbtWbst.PaimkbstohNobth IMPORTER OP GUNS, Ac, and every Sporting Hequisite, from the best English makers. W. 8. H., being a Practical Gun* maker, can be relied on as being capable of doing sound work of anyjkind 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 Mo 6, lfaz of shot, and 4 wads. My best cartridges cannot be beaten. Try them against others. Also, cartridges filled with Smokeless Gunpowders ; Schultze, 8.8., and EC. cartridges filled to order with any special loading. Bepairs promptly executed, Guns re browned, re-stocked, &c. Ev«ry description of Guns and Sporting Requisite at Lowest Pnc«s. Second hand Guns bought and exchanged. ' . .--■■- I TBHATS OABTT. NOTICE. TRESPASSERS with do« or gun on the properties of the undersigned at Beaconsfield will be prosecuted without further notice. R. J. STUART J. CORPE James Spiers Freeman, LAND AGENT ASHUBST. rTIHE Largest List of Farms in the A District to select from. The following is an extract from the Boston Herald, U.S. A :— "8* MILES OF BICYCLE. "npBE Herald Bicycle Parade has I prored 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 THB 8£ KltBS OF BEAUTIFUL, interesting and instructive pageant had an educational effect on many thousands. Amosg 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 » 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. " The contest for bicycle popularity to decide which wheel of them all ehould bear the stamp 'THR HOST POPULi* BIOTOU,' the last of the two battles to come to so end, was a battle royal, with ft 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 erery rider his particular wheel is the only wheel on earth, and in comparison with his wheel all others Me as twinkling ■tars to the sun. " The riders' name is legion, and when the test of popularity was begun the legion got to work. Ballots came in ia 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 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 wheeU in the list, those haying a poll of 70,000 or over, more than 2,000,000 Bailors wbbb oast. " The contest went on tor months and when the end came THE WABWICK WAS TOE WIKKBB, The victory of the Warwick had nothing uncertain about it ; it was as emphatic as a vote of 671,589 and A IBAD OF ALKOBT 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 bsU lotting. It is manufactured by the Wan wiok Cycle Company of Springfield, of which Mr F. J. W. Feab is Sole Agent for New Zealand." HOW THE VOTES STOOD Off THE 27th AUGUST. NINETYJEIGHT COMPETITOES. The following are those of the 98 Competitors best known to N.Z. Cyclists:— WARWICK... „, 936,960 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 V ...Under 2,003 World J " The WARWICK subsequently won with 671,589 votes, and a lead of almost 200,000 over its nearest competitor." Sou Agent, F. J. W. FEAB, WILLIS STREET The oldest-established practical Cycle Expert ia WtLtittQTOH Fatting Ageub-G/. W. ftoua