THE CYCLE TRADE

Evening Star, Issue 16092, 18 April 1916, Page 2

THE CYCLE TRADE

PO THON IX DUXEBIV. The a .ument made in too ;',-..•., tar' by our ChrisUhcf hj v.--- .;.-. ' , oil i'hursiLy- la:.t respecting Uic si. ■■ : ...a. ot sup t .'d-.s in the cycle tr,r ie ; t .i ■ ; . .cot time has attracted the. a;,- .. *. several laeae impoiicr. c. this -: -. i iui'unn us that tne position :.-. o- i ..: a .cans serious, lor six • ■:.<■: .: .■, ic-oai tlrms have been sii-.v..- -■=£.< l~j •.::]■■■. .eg tiieir tuli leqr.i rem. aits, w.lh a C-piicoi in a- lew nisv.-.n.-es ia •■. o ..no?, such i'., cycle eiianis o: la,

■-•lass and pedals of the cheaper c!..As regards the question of ri.ns, n. nave never been snort in Bunediu, and .he present- time stocks he'd here arc oitl

u ■ to last a good sis months from dat. without any fresh supplies coming to ii.ii.iv.i.iis, uuii rtuiiateiy, are scarce, bin .iiery is ad.ice that the position will be relieved within the next week or tv,. The same remarks apply to chains. .M-.c lion was also made of red-reflectors. Tn. n.:.> nitnerio been considered a. slowselling line, but recently the Cliristcuuic. Lity Council and the' Timaru Borough Council have been enforcing the by-la. o.iriving it necessary ior cyclists aif, iiiotoiista to have these, reileetors fitted u tneii- machines, cciiaeriutiaiy there, lia.been an eiiormous rush by the public tv piirchaasi tuein. lhereiore the stocks, noi •joaie hl'j iit any Lima, Wire soon ox haiiststi. Iliis, however, is an abnormal ■demand, which is not likely to recur ii. ilio tuture.' The position oi cycle nas not changed, excepting in le-ard t, one puvtiei.iiar brand, which has been increased about 10 per cent. Nearly ail die other tyres, however, have remaine., the same as they were m 1915, at which time they were, reduced considerably as lOiupaved with 1914. The reason Brookes s ..aoaies are scares ia on account qi the fact thai the rise in leather necessitated, Messrs iii-ijokes raising their prices in England, out there are other saddles on the market. Celluloid goods have certainly increased ia to k.O per cent, in value, but there is no serious scarcity in Uunedin of mudguards-, pumps, or any other such linej uiauuiacLured from celluloid. Oeuei-ally speaking, on most oi the cycle lines, that c-.io manufactured from steel there has ueen an all-round increase of 15 per cent., ami in some ca-saa higher, but in comparison with other commodities this increase is not by any-means considered a large one.

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