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Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 133, 4 December 1897, Page 4

TRUTH WILL PREVAIL. . NO one will question tho accuracy of the Custom* returns. A paper laid before Par'inm-nt thi>- week fur* nishes a table nf the con^'iuipUon « f articles in common u>«\ which is start" ling until the surrounding circumstances are considered, and the reason only strikes one like the flash ot an electric searchlight. The consurap'ion of Sutrsr an.4 '"ci for the the two past years, nod the duty paid per head of populntion, i* stated thus -.— Lbs Daty Total lbs u««d. per head, per head Sugar, 1895, 65 568.960 88 5 3» Bi«* Sugar, 1896,67 395,84) 89"4 3< Bjd Increase ... 1,826 880 9 o}d Tea, 1895, 4,472,528 604 2i «!d T«a, 1896, 4.431,480 s*BB 1* 1 1 |d Decrease ... 41,048 '16 7H It seems incredible that while the people u*ed more sugar they ehould consume less Tea. The explanation is that the China and Indian Toas nre rapidly j going out of consumption, and the British product, grown in Ceylon, is very properly taking their place Foremost among Ceylon Teas stands the UNRIVALLKD SURATIfRA. and although there have been doubts ca«t upon tbe claims that have been made for ttfl STBRNGTH and WONDBEFOL KOOJCOMT, the official testimony that 41,048 fewer pounds nf IV a bare proved sufficient for an iDcr«*ase of population of 13.317 in the 1896 period is too convincing to admit of further question. SURA.TURA TEA is not blended with Indian or China tent*, nor is it handled from the tima it leaves the store.* in Ceylon until it reaches the consumer. Reflect and consider what you are lofting annually by usiug ordinary tea. Ask your croeer for. and insist upon having, STTRaTDEA. and no other. W. G. SHEARER. Under* akrb, Rtkam Turning Wobrs, Man<;he»t«r street, Peildintr. AOKNT for Messrs Gurney Uros , Basket ware manufacturers, WeU i hnjjion ; the Palmerston IV. ;ash and Door CompanT. A well-assorted stork i of Sashes and Doom always on hand Tho following is an extract from (be , Boston Herald, U.S.A. :— 1 "8£ MILES OF BICYCLE >i"npHE Heiald Bicycle Porade has I _|_ proved to be not the hit <>f a 1 day, but the hit of the season, and no ) better proof of this can be had than thr I tact that there is not a single devotee ol the wheel, man or woman, wh > is n->t , 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 or BEAUTIFUL, p interesting and instructive pa^ennt had I an 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 of discussion is very largely made up oi expressions of wonder at the size of it all Thousands never imagined the extent oi the force or the value of cycling, and in quarters where once txisted only dis> paragement there is now nothing but praise. " It is not amiss to say that wheeldon is all agog, and wherever cyclists get to< gether, whether between the heats oi exciting races on the road or in thf club rooms, which are io comfortable thes« cool nights, the Herald's two big feasts are, if not the «ole, the principal topics of discussion. " The contest for bicycle popularity tc decide which wheel of them all should bear the stamp 'THB MOST TOPUXiB BICYCII,' the last of the two battles to oome to an end, was a battle royal, with a royal victory as a final. We«ks and months did this contest go on, followed and participated m with an interest and a fest that surpassed expectations. Tc every rider his particular wheel is the only wheel on earth, and in comparison with his wheel all others are as twinkling ■tars to the sun. " The riders' name is legion, and when the test of popularity was begun the legion trot 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 hun> dreds of thousands, and for the first 1G wheels in the list, those haying a poll oi 70,000 or over, more than 2,000,000 BaTxors wkbr cast. " The contest went on tor months and when the end came THB WAttWICK WAS TRJS WIHHM, The victory of the Warwick had nothing uncertain about it ; it was as emphatic ag a vote of 671,689 and ▲ xbad or almost 200,000 Over its nearest competitor. " Th« winding machine i« one that ia well and favorably known to all oyolists, and nothing can better prove this than the big vote and Anal result of the ballotting. It is manufactured by he War* wick Cycle Company of Springfield, of which Mr F. J. W. Fbab is Soie Agent for New Zealand." HOW THE VOTES STOOD ON THE 27th AUGUST. NINETYnKIGHT COMPETITOBS. The following are those of the 98 Com* petitors best known to N.Z. Cyclists : — WARWICK 386,960 Columbia 236,365 Waverley 85,379 Union 81,996 Steams ... ... 40,490 Bpalding 10,613 Sterling 9,315 Dayton 8,327 Barnes 4,307 Cleveland 1 ) White > ...Under 2,000 World J_ " The WARWICK subsequently won with 671,089 rqtes, and a lead of almost 200,000 oyer its nearest competitor." So** AOBIfT. F- J. W. FEAR, WILLIS BTBEET Tbe oldesUeatapliihed practical Cyel* Expert in WuiiiWTop James Spiers Freeman, LAND AGENT Assro»T. THE Largest List of Farms in tho Dintriet to select from. Pianoforte Lessons. LESSOWB on ft* Pianoforte given , For texma apply Muw Oowia, MtMbettor Street