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Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 137, 9 December 1897, Page 4

TRUTH WILL PKEVA.IL. NO one will question th<- •\ei:urncy of the Custom- returns A uupe* laid before Parliament km* work fur» nitb.es a tnble of the consumption v{ articles m common use, which n staii« ling until the surrounding circumstances are considered, and tho reason only strikes one like the flash ot an electric searchlight. The consumption of l-'u.nr and To.a for the the two past jenrs, and i\iv duty paid per head of popul.ttion, m stntfd thu« : — Lhs Duty Total lbs used. perhf.ud. per head Sugar, 1895, 65 568,960 88 5 3s B£<l Sugar, 1896,67.395,84,1 B^4 3* *}d Increase... 1,826 880 9 Ojd Tea, 1895, 4,472,528 rf 04 2s 6*d Tea, 18S6, 4,431,480 588 In lljd ■ Decrease ... 41,018 16 7H ! It seems incredible that while the people used more sugar they ehould consume loss Tea. Tho explanation in that the China and Indian Tons nr^ rapidly going out of consumption, and the BnK ish product, grown in Ceylon, is very properly taking their place Forcmont among Ceylon Teas stiind* the UNRIVALLKD SDttATUKA. and although tliere hnve been doubtn c»>t upon the claim!) that have been made for itg 3TRENOTH lllld WONDKBI'OL KOONOMY, the official testimony lhat 41,048 fewer i pounds of Ten have proved sufficient for i an increase of population of 13.517 in i the 18i?6 period is too convincing to nd- : mit of further question. SUKATURA TEA is not blended with 1 Indmn or China tens, nor im it handled i from the timo it leaves tbe st<>ros in • Ceylon until it reaches the consumer. ' RffiVct and consider what you are • losing annually by using ordinnry tea. 1 A»k your grocer for. an.i inoi»t upoi j havin X , SUKAT [TRA. and no other. W. G. BHEAKEB, "'*"'"" U»r>Kß AKRB, StKam Tubhino Wobus, M*Dchrtßirr Street, Peildinir. AGKNT for Me«ers Ourney Bros., Banketws.ro manufacturers, Wei- • lington ; tho Palmerston JN. ash and Door Compan-. A welUn^sorfed stock ■ of bashes and Door* nlway * on hand - The followine is an extract fruin »f:r > Boston Herald. U.S.A. : — ; "8J MILES OF BICYCLE '' "fTIHE Herald Bicycl© Para.ie h/i* _|_ proved to be not the hit of « ' daj, but the hit of the season, and no better proof of this can bo had thnn tbe . tact that there is n:»t a single devotee of the wheel, man or woman, wb> is not eager for a repetition of it, and another chance to compete for prises. "Then, too, the great display which went to make up THE 8f MILKS OF BEAUTIFUL, interesting and instructive pageant had an educational effect on many thousands Among people who did not appreciate the force that cycledom hud become, the Herald parade is discussed, and the basis of discussion is very largely made up of expressions of wonder at tho 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 is now nothing but pr*ise. '• 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 feauts 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 *THB MOST POPCLAB BICTCLJ,' the last of the two battles to come to an end, was a battle royal, with a rojal victory ah a final. Wcaks and months did this contest go on, followed aad participated in with an interest and a zest that surpassed expectations. To every rider his p&rficular wheel is the only wheel on earth, and in comparison with his wheel all others are as twinkling ■tars to the tan. " The riders' name is legion, and when the test of popularity was begun tbe lesion 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 coder the avalanche. The cyclisCK rallied loyally about the standards of tho wheels which they had chosen. It noon 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 nun-> dreds of thousands, and for the first 10 wheels in the list, those having a poll of 70,000 or over, more than 2,000,000 Bar.Lors wkbb cast. " The contest went on tor months and when the end came THK WARWICK WAS THB WINHBB, The victory of the Warwick had nothing uncertain about it ; it was as emphatic as a vote of 671.669 and ▲ UiD OF ALMOST 200,000 over its nearest competitor. " Ths winning machine ia one that is well and favorably known to all cyclists, aud nothing can better prove this than the big vote and final result of tho bal» lotting. It is manufactured by he WW-» wick Cjcle Company of Springfield, of which Mr F. J \y. Fear is Sole /gen* for JVew Zealand.' 1 HOW THE VOTES STOOD ON THK 27th AUGUST. NINKTY-fcIOHT COMPETITORS The following are those of the 98 Com* petitors best known to N.Z. ' jrcliats: — WARWICK 336,960 Columbia 235,365 Wuverlej 85,379 Union 81,996 Sterns 40,490 Bpaldj#g 1O,«13 Sterling ... ... Q,21/5 Day ton .'.'. .'.. S.iw Barnes ... ... f 307 Cleveland ") WLijtp J- ...Uuder 2.000 Worfd \\ ■ ' '•The W4BWICJT subseoacntly won with 671,689 votes, aui ? If ad of almost 200,000 over its neanst coinpeuto?.' 1 8ol« Aoent. F. J. W. FEAR, WILLIS STREET The oldest>eßtabli«hod practical Cye!c It Xpert in Wblliwqton Pianoforte Lessoofi, " T ESSONS oo tbe Pianoforte gives I_J For terms apply Miss Ovbtib, Mftooheeter Street.