Cycling.

Free Lance, Volume IV, Issue 204, 28 May 1904, Page 21

Cycling.

Foi the fust time in the histoi.y ol the Timaiu-to-Chrifetehuieh. Road Race it will be pos-sible foi the whole of the co.lonj to be lepicsented. Tlie Dunlop Tvie Company aie argajUMiig test laces through' the League's centie secretaires hi Auckland, Falmerston North, Napier, Wellington, Nelson, Dunedm, and Inveioorgill, and the competitor establishing the tastest time in each of these event* will have his expenses paid so that he may compete m the big event on feW ICtJi July next. A veiv ci editable raotoi-car driven as accomplished lecently by Mr. R. A. Duncan, who drove from Adelaide to Melbourne, a distance of nearly sax hundied miles. Mi. Duncan drove an Oldsmobile (o h.p.), -and left Adelaide en Wednesday, April 27th, reaching Melbourne without tiooible on Saturday, April 30th. The actual dnvmg time en route is stated to be only thirtyeight "hours. The prize-list in connection with the Timaiu-to-Chiistohurcli Road Race \iill be bv far the most valuable ever ottered ior a cycle race of any description ever "held in the colony. Already the Canada Cycle and Motor Co.. Ltd.. Lave donated a Red Bird Cycl- Me^-s Bell Bros.. Chri=tchiirch, a Bell evele . nMfl M'e-eprt^ Inelis Bros., Wellington, a Rot ci cvclc.

During the winter of our discontent, as occasioned by the luthless pursuit ot the Income Tax papei , it is interesting to learn that by a mechanical device business people can pass the long rows of figure*, (which will persist m arriving at vauous totals each time they are cast) over to a mechanical device that will present the sum in correct fcnm, not once, but always. This ingenious machine, known as the Burroughs Kegistenng Accountant, is on exhibition at the New Century Typewriter Company, 31, Victoria-street. At last weeks meeting of the Insurance Institute it attracted a good deal of attention, and created a very favourable lmpiession amongst the members present. A large number are in use in Europe and Australia, and no doubt business men who know a good thing when they see it will soon appreciate its manifold' time-saving points. The Fieeman. and Wallace Elect 10Medical and Surgical Institute, comei ot Elizabeth and Bathurst streets, feyclney, holds a position of high significance. It is presided over by a. stair ot skilled specialists in nerve and blood diseases. Eacih specialist has graduated fiom famous colleges in Europe, and "has ooncenti ated his efforts and entire studies upon certain classes of diseases arising from certain, causes. Thus a man suffering from insomnia is attended to by a specialist who thoroughly undeistands the ailment, and the cancer patient is attended to similarly. In oidei to meet the great growth of public pationage accorded the Institute from the southern and western States of the Commonwealth, a bramoh of the Institute has been opened at the 001 ncr of Elizabeth and Bourke streets, Me - bourne, where a skilled staff of specialists may be consulted daily