Within the past few weoks 700 farm labourers from Somerset, Dovon and Wiltshire have booked passages for Canada, and 1000 more are expected to leave in ■ the next few weeks. Their destination is the Saskatchewan district. So great is the rush thai the accommodation of two steamship lines calling at ristol is booked up, one Until the end of April and the other until May3B.
The Old Cycling Days.—Many years ago' when cycling was first the rage, .the woight of most cycles was about oGlhs. Since then' science has been ap--1 plied to cycle building:; and th<> result is that cycles can now bo built qnito i\'i strong weighing less than one-half the weight of the old Bepston Humh«rs>. One of the finest examples of high-grade lightweight mounts is the Fleet "Harry Green" Model exhibited in Mr G. .PL'Carson's window in Tattered Street. Lovers of a light running wheel should sec those new machines before Uiey are all sold. 2 308
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8529, 8 April 1913, Page 4
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