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Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 6, 7 July 1897, Page 1

W. S. HART, GUNMAKER, Main Street Wbst, Palmebston Nobth IMPORTER OF GUNS, Ac, and every Sporting Requisite, from the best English makers. W. S. H., being a Practical Gun* maker, can be relied on as being capable of dome 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 and 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 witb Smokeless Gunpowders ; Schultze, S. 8., and EC. cartridges filled to order with any special loading. Repairs promptly executed, Guns re browned, re-stocked, Ac. Ev«ry description of Guns and Sporting Requisite at Lowest Prices. ■Second hand Guns bought and ci« changed. TTUWS OASTT. NOTICE. TRESPASSERS with dog or gun on tlie properties of tlie undersigned at Beaconsfield will be prosecuted without further notice. ' R. J. STUART | J. CORPE I James Spiers Freeman, LAND AGENT Ashukst. THE Largest List of Farms in tbe District to Relect from. The following is an extract from tbe Roston Herald, U.S. A :— "8£ MILES OF BICYCLE. "FTIHE Herald Bicycle 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 whioh went to make up THB 8£ MILES OF BEAUTIFUL, interesting and instructive pageant had an educational effect on many thousands. Among people who did not appreciate the force that cycledom bad become, the Herald parade is discussed, and the basis of discussion is Tery largely made up of expressions of wonder at the sizo of it all. Thousands never imagined the extent or the force or the yalue of cycling, and in quarters where once existed only disparagement there is 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 excit'.ng races on the road or in the club rooms, which are so comfortable these cool nights, the Herald'B 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 POPUIAB BICTCXB,' 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 ever j rider his particular wheel is the only wheel on earth, and in comparison with his 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 a record-breaking contest, both in point of interest and in number of ballots. It was not a matter of thousands, hut to the leaders it grew into a matter of nundreds of thousands, and for the first 10 wheels in the list, those haying a poll of 70,000 or over, more than 2,000,000 Bailors were cast. •' The contest went on tor months and when the end came THE WAKWICK WAS THE WIKNBB, The victory of the Warwick had nothing uncertain about it ; it was as emphatic as a vote of 671,689 and A IBAD OP 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 baK lotting. It is manufactured hy the War> wick Cycle Company of Springfield, of whioh Mr F. J. W. Fear is Sole Agont for New Zealand." HOW THE VOTES STOOD ON THE 27th AUGUST. NINETY-EIGHT COMPETITORS. The following are those of the 98 Competitors best known to N.Z- Cyclists: — WARWICK 336,960 Columbia 235,365 Waverley 85,379 Union 81,996 Steams 40,490 Spalding 10,fi13 Sterling 9,315 Dayton 8,327 Barnes 4,307 Cleveland*) White V ...Uuder 2,00) World ) «« The WARWICK subsequently won with 671,689 votes, and a lead of almost 200,000 over its nearest competi-or." Sou Agent, F. J. W. FEAR, WILLIS STREET Tbe oldest-established practical CycU Expert in Wellington ftildjnfi Ageut-G. W. Jfcwtss