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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 175, 27 January 1897, Page 4

Tto oiaeflt-estabUilwa Butohery in the Dirtrici. fTVHE andersignedf, having : token JL over the tjjpte dd-es ablished buteherj business, is prepared to BEST BEEF, POBK, A MUTTON to all parts of the Borough at the Lowest Prices for oash. Families waited on daily for orders. Terms: Gash or Monthly. JOHN RUTHERFORD. Manchester Street, Feilding. The following is an extract from the .^ OT ]^S£F~BICYCLE. ••mHE Herald Bieyele Parade has J_ proved to be not the hit of a day, but the hit of the season, and no better proof of this can b« had 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 prises. ** Then, too, the great display which went to make up TH« 8| HILBS O* BEATJTIFITI, 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 existed only dis* paragement there is now nothing but <• 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 dub rooms, whioh.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 , *TH» HOST POPULAB BICYCM, the last of the two battles to come to an end, was a battle 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 aest that surpassed expectations. To every rider his particular wheel is the only wheel on earth, and in comparison with his wheel all others are as twinkling ■tars 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 chosen. It soon 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 BaLLOTS webb cast. "The contest went on tor months, and when the end came TSB WAJtWICK WAS THE WINHBB, The victory of the Warwick had nothing uncertain about it ; it was as emphatic as a vote of 671,589 and A L*A© OF ALMOST 200,000 over its nearest competitor. "The winning machine id one that is well and favorably known to all cyclists, and nothing can better prove this than the big vote and final result of the bnN lotting. It is manufactured by the Wan wick Cycle Company of Springfield, of which Mr F. J. W. Fear is Sole Agent for New Zealand." HOW THE VOTES STOOD ON THE 27th AUGUST. N.INETY'.EIGHT COMPETITOES. The following are those of the 98 ComMtitors best known to N. ,Z. Cyclists :— WARWICK 836.960 Columbia 235,365 Waverley 85,379 Union ... ... 81,996 Steams 40,490 Spalding 10,613 Sterling 9,315 Dayton 8,327 Barnes 4,307 Cleveland') White > ...Under 2,000 World ) 11 The WARWICK subsequently won with 671,589 votes, and a lead of almost 200,000 over its nearest competitor." Solk Agent, F. J. W. FEAR, WILLIS STREET The oldest-established practical Cycle Expert in Wbllington Feilding Agent— Q. W. Fowlbs PIANOS. PIANOS. E ELLERY GILBERT, Pianoforte , Expert and Dealer, is now in Feilding, and has with him some firstclass Pianos, which will be sold on very reasonable terms, for Cash or on the 20 or 80 months' Time Payments. The instrnments are now on view in the premises next to Sherborne House, Manchester Street. Every Instrument will be tuned and sent out in first class order, and kept id tone free of charge for 12 months. Old instruments taken in exchange. JAMES WOOD, late WOOD & JUDKINS, Wool-broker, Auctioneer, Financial, Land, Estate, and Commission Agent. AUCTION SALES conducted in any part of the district. Wool, Skins, and Hides in any quantity bought for cash or offered at auction. Regular Auction Sales of Goods and General Produce of all descriptions at Auction Mart, Kimbolton Road. Good Storage at reasonable rates. Agent for Manchester Fire Insurance Company. ' TAMES J. OURTit Custom, Shipping, and Forwarding Agent, Cvroxhovbb quay, WELLINGTON P.O. Box 198, Telephone, No. 9. Proprietor of Wellington Parcel Delivery Company. Croodi and Parcels forwarded to all parti of the world. XMAS SEASON. XMAS SEASON. W. G. SHEARER, CABINETMAKER, HAS Just Received NEW GOODS for Xmas Renovation. Oilcloths and Linoleums Wool Mats, all colors Austrian Chairs Chilis' High & Low Chairs Rocking Chairs, <tc, &o Etery description of Furnwire made to order if not in stock at the Steam Furnitnre Factory and Turnery "flfcrks. Th© Blue Sl£D, Manchester Street. ItibßK&l f?ifiswflt tot Cosh*