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Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 140, 13 December 1897, Page 4

TfcUTH WILL i'KEVAiL. NO one will question the accuracy of the Custom* i«turns. A p*per laid before Parliament this week fnr» nishes a table of the consumption of articles in common use, which 19 startling until the surrounding circumstance* •re considered, and thu reason only striken one like the fla- h of an electric searchlight. The consumption of Suijnr and Tea for the the two past years, and the duty paid per head of population, is stated thus ; — Lbs Duty Total lbs used. pei 1 head, per head Sugar, 1895. 65 ">6B 960 88 5 3* B±<\ Sugar, 1896, 67 395.84) 89*4 3* Bfd Increase ... 1,826 BSO 9 OJd Tea, 1895, 4,172,528 604 2s 6jd Te», 1896, <4.431,4«0 588 Ull Decrease... 41,018 *16 7}d It seems incredible- that while the people u-ed more sugar they ehould conlume less Tea The explanation is that the Chins and Indian Teas aiv rapidly going out of consumption, and the Brits isb product, prown in Cejlon, is very properly taking their place. Foremost among Ceylon Teas stands the UNUIVALLED SURATURA. and although there have bcea doubts cast upon the claims that have been made for its STRENGTH and WONDBBFI7L RCONOMT, the official testimony that 41,048 fewer pounds rf T»n hare proved sufficient for an increase of population of 13,517 in ihc 1896 period is too conrincing to admit of further question. SUtUTUR A TEA is not blended with Indian or China tens, nor is it handled from the tim? it leaves the stores in Ceylon until it reaches the consumer, Reflect and consider what you are losing annually by using ordinary tea. Ai-k your grocer for, and insist upon havinir. SUKATfTKA. and no other. W. G. SHEARER, Unhkb'akkb, Stkam Turning Wobrs, Manchester street, Peildinp. AQKNT for Messrs Gurnry Bros, BasVetware manufacturers, WeK hngton ; the Pulraerston N. and Door Cotnpnn- . A well-nssorted stock of Sashes and Door* always on hand The following is an extract from \ht Boston Herald, U.S.A. :— "8* MILES OF BICYCLE "fTIHE Herald Bicycla Parade has _L proved to be not the hit of • day, but the hit of the season, and no better proof of this can be bad 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 which 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 had become, the 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 txisted only dis* paragement there is now nothing but praise. " It is not amiss to say thai 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's 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 popola* bictcm,' the last of the two battles to come to an end, was a battlo 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 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 to receive them were buried under the avalanche. The cyclists rallied loyally about the standards of the wheels which they had cLosen. It soon be came a record-breaking contest, both in point of interest and in number of ballots. It was not a matter of thousands, bat to the leaders it grew into a matter of nun* dreds 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 Ba'.tors wbbb cast. " The contest went on tor months ' and when the end came THB Winnie* WAS THE WINVBB, The victory of the Warwick had nothing uncertain about it ; it was as emphatic as a vote of 671.589 and ▲ mad or almost 200,000 over its nearest competitor. "The winning machine i* one that is well and favorably known to all cyclists, and nothing can better prove this than the big Tote and final result of the bak 1 lotting. It is manufactured by he Wart 1 wick Cycle Company of Springfield, of which Mr F. J. W. Fear is Soie Agent for New Zealand." HOW THE VOTES BTOOD ON THE 27th AUGUST. NINETYnEIGHT COMPETITORS. The following are those of the 98 Competitors best known to N.£. Cyclists : — WARWICK 336,960 Columbia 235,365 Waverley 85.379 Union 81,996 Steams 40,490 SpaldiQK 10,618 Sterling 9,316 Dayton 8,327 Barnes 4,307 Cleveland") White S ...Under 2,000 World j •• The WARWICK subsequently won with 671,589 votes, and a lead of almost 200,000 over its nearest competitor." Sol* Asbnt, F. J. W. FEAR, WILLIS BTBEET The oldestsestablished practical Cycle Expert in Wellington PfiMi'ne Atr+nt— G. W. Fnwr.vo Pianoforte Lessons. LESSONS on the Piaßoforte given For terms apply Miss QvMiia, jsfwqhertOT Street.