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Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 134, 6 December 1897, Page 4

TRUTH WILL I'KEVAiL. NO one will question the accuracy of the Customs returns. A paper laid before Parliament this week fur* nishea a table of the consumption cf articles in common use, which is start* ling until the surrounding circumstances are considered, and the reason only strikes one like the flash ot an electric searchlight. The consumption of Eu*«r and Tea for the the two past years, and the duty paid per head of population, it stated thus : — Lhs Duty Total lbs used, per head, per head Sugar, 1895, 65 568,960 88 5 3j S,M Sugar, 1896,07 395.8-4') 89"4 3* BJJ Increase ... 1.826 880 9 Ojd Tea, 1895, 4,472,528 6* 04 2s 6id Tea, 1896, 4,431.480 s*BB Is 11 £d Decrease ... 41.048 16 7H It seems incredible that while the 1 people used more sugar they ebould consume less Tea. Tho explanation is that the China and Indian Teas arc rapidly going out of consumption, and th« Brits ish product, grown j n Ceylon, is very properly taking their placeForemost among Ceylon Teas stands the UNRIVALLED SURATURA. and although there have been doubts cant upon the claims that have been made for its BTKBKOTH and WONDXSFOL KCOKOMT, the official testimony that 41,048 fewer pounds of Tea have proved sufficient for an increase of population of 13,517 in the 1896 pericd ia too convincing to admit of further question. SUKATURA TEA is not blended with Indian or China tens, nor is it handled from the time it leaves tho stores in Ceylon until it reaches the consumer. Reflect and consider what you are losing annually by using ordinary tea. Ask your grocer for, aad insist upon having, SURaTCTRA, and no other. iiiiiilj.* fflKfiSTinii lf *Vu._ W. G. BHEAREB. Unpkeiakbr. Stkam Turning Worr.«, Manchester Mreet, Feildmtr. AGKNT for Messrs Ourney Bros , Basketwarc manufacturers, WeU i lington ; the Palmcrstnn N. ash and Door Company. A welUa sensed etock i of Sashes and Door* alway* on hsnd The following is an extract from the , Boston Herald, U.B A. :— "81 MILES OF BICYCLE 1 "fTIHK Herald BicycU Parade has ' JL proved to be not the hit of a t day, but the hit of the season, and no > better proof of this can be had than the I tact that there is not a single devotee of the wheel, man or woman, who is not i eager for a repetition of it, and another ' chance to compete for prizes. •• Then, too, the great display which i went to make up THE 8j MILES OF BEAUTIFUL, r interesting and instructive pageant had I an educational effect on many thousands Amomg people who did not appreciate * the force that cycled om had become, the 1 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 dii» paragement there is now nothing but r praise. " It is not amiss to say that wheel dom is all agog, and wherever cyclists get to* j gether, whether between the heats of * exciting races on the road or in the 3 club rooms, which are so comfortable 1 these cool nights, the Herald's two big * feaits are, if not tbe sole, the principal topics of discussion. 8 •• The contest for bicycle popularity to 3 decide which wheel of them all should B bear the stamp ' 'THE MOST VOPCTLIR BIOTCLI,' 1 the last of the two battles to come to an B end, was a battle royal, with a royal victory as a final. Weeks and monthi ' did this contest go on, followed and " participated in with an interest and a Best that surpassed expectations. To ' every rider his 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, in crates and in all ways, until those whose duty it was tc receive them were buried under the avalanche. The cyclists rallied loyally about the standards of the wheels whioh s 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 gremr into a matter of nun* - dreis of thousands, and for the first 10 5 wheels in the list, those baring a poll ol 70,000 or over, more than f 2,000,000 BaTxors wsbx cist. "The contest went on tor months ' and when the end came 1 THS WARWICK WAS TUB WlHKll, The victory of the Warwick had nothing 3 nncertain about it ; it was as emphatic as a vote of 671,689 and 4 had or almost 300,000 ever its nearest competitor. " The winamg m*£bjn.e is one that ii well and favorably known to all flyplists, and nothing can better prove this than the big vote and final result of the bal> lotting. It is manufactured by he Wan wick Cjcle Company of Springfield, ol which Mr F. J. W. Fkab is Soie Agent for New Zealand." HOW THE VOTES STOOD ON THE 27th AUGUST. ninetsVeight competitors. The following ajp tboaa of the £8 Competitor* best known to N.#. Cyclists :— WABWICK 386,f1«0 Columbia 235,366 Waverley 85,37P Union 81,086 Steams 40,490 Spalding 10,ft13 Sterling 9,315 Dayton 8,327 Barnes 4,307 Cleveland *) White > ...Under 2,000 World ) " The WABWICK subsequently won i with 671,589 votes, and a lead of almost | JJOi)#QQ ojot its nearest competitor." S<o**~AOWTT, FT 117 t? W A U . 4s W. P&M*t WILLIS BTBEET , Tho oldest-established practical CycU Expert in Wsuinotok FoiMinp Aeronf — O. W. Fowr.a* James Spiers Freeman, LAND AGENT ASHUBBT. Pianoforte Lessons. LESSOtfB ftfs Jtfoe Pianoforte given Fox «•**>» WWt Mm Gram, U tiwbeetet Stew*.