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Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 28, 2 August 1897, Page 1

W. S. HART, GUNMAKSR, Main Stbeet Wb9T, Palmkbston Nobth IMPORTER OF GUNS, &c, and eyery .-porting Eequisite, from the best English makers. W. S. H\, being a Practical Gnn» maker, can be relied on as being capable of doing sound work of anylkind promptly and reusouably. All Cartridges are loaded on the premises, nud 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, end 4 wads, My best cartridges cunnot be beaten. Try them against others. Also, cartridges filled with Smokeless Gunpowders ; scbultze, 3. S,, and EC. cartridges filled to order with any special loading. Eepairs promptly executed. Guns re browned, re-stocked, &c. Evory description of Guns and Sporting Requisite at Lowest Prices. Secondhand Guns bought and ex« changed. H. F. WOES FOLD, Hairdresser and Tobacconist, Manchester Street, FEiLDiNGt WHILE sincerely thanking the public for the very liberal paironige bestowed upon roe since starting business in Folding, I heg to inform them that I have made extensive improvements in my premises. The Shop and Saloon are now fi;tcd i'.p iq first-class style, and to keep pace vriih the times I have reduced the price of Kaircuttiag to sixpence. A. first class s( ock of Tobaccos and Cigars, Snuff (sc-ntod, Scotch, Princess Mixture, and best Brown Kapee), Toba;co Pouches, Perfumery, Violin Strings, Bows, &c.; &c. The following is an extract from the Boston Herald, U.S. A :— "8$ MILES OP BICYCLE, ' npHE HeraUl BicycU Parade has X proved to be not the hit of a lay, but the hit of the season, and no setter proof of thia can be had than the act that there is not a single devotee of ;he wheel, man or woman, who is not >ager for a repetition of it, and another ;hance to compete for prizes. " Then, too, the great display which yent to make up THB 85 MILES O* BEAT/TIPUI., nteresting and instructive pageant had in 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 jf discussion is very largely made up of expressions of wonder at the size of it all. Thousands never imagined the extent or Lhe force or the value of cycling, and in quarters where once existed only dis* paragement there is now nothing but praise. '• It is not amiss to say that wheeldom ls all agog, and wherever cyclists get to» jether, whether between the heats of sxcit'.ug races on the road or in the Blub rooms, which are so comfortable these cool nights, the Herald's two big Feasts are, if not the cole, the principal topics of discussion. " The contest for bicycle popularity to lecide 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 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 every 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, 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 wheels in the list, those having a poll of 70,000 or over, more thaa 2,000,000 Ba T .Lora webe cast. «' The contest went on tor months and when the end came THE WAUWICK WAS THE WINNBB, The victory of the Warwick had 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 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 bak lotting. It is manufactured by the Wart wick Cycle Company of Springfield, of which Mr F. J. W. Feab is Sole Agent for New Zealand." HOW THE VOTES STOOD ON THE 27th AUGUST. NINETYsEIGHT 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 , 10,613 Sterling 9,315 Dayton 8,327 Barnes 4,307 Cleveland") White V ...Under 2,000 World J 11 The WARWICK subsequently won with 671,589 votes, and a lead of almost 200,000 over its nearest competitor." Solk Agent, F. J. W. FEAR, WILLIS STBEET The oldestsestablisbcd practical Cycls Expert in Welijnoton Feilding Agent— G. W. Fowiw