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Lyttelton Times, Volume XCIX, Issue 11593, 31 May 1898, Page 6

IMPORTANT CHANGES IN* THE CYCtE TRADE. ItJ is announced that a well-known fim of cycle manufacturers, who have, for soma time past, occupied a very prominent position in local bicycle circles, have decided to relinquish manufacturing. On being nterviewed on the above subject, they, jlaim it is impossible for any local manufacturer to compete with ■ the large and wealthy foreign makers; who have - every facility for producing better bicycles and at lower prices than the colonial firms "wlu> have to depend upon parts makers for their supplies. The Barlow Cycle Co., above referred to, have secured the Christchurch agency for the Goold Bicycle Coy.,; Ltd., of Brantford, Canada, manufacturers «of the famous Red Bird and Black Bird: • cycles, which are so well and favourably known, throughout New Zealand. They axe..;' showing; a, .fine line ,pf now "samplcig, and amongst others beantifulA models; of ladies . and , gents’ - Black Birds. . .These machines are, they claim, equal'in quality, to any cycle sold" in New-Zealand at £25 or over, and contain onlythe very best material and workmanship. it is ,: considered 1 that tins'machine is to sell at £l6 10a, our. local makers and dealers will have a hard time to compete. We advise' intending purchasers .to dnspect, these up-to-date wheels when their mind turns to cyding. At the Barlow Cycle Co., next Coker’s Hotel. —[Advt.] Wonderful value in 18ct Wedding and Engagement Rings at S. Clarke and Go.’s, jewellers, 148, Colombo Street.—[dvt.]On March 3 Pope Leo XIII. entered upon the twenty-first year of his pontificate,. 4 length of reign which has only been’exceeded by eleven Popes since the Pontificate' of SI Peter; to wit, St Peter himself, Anno Do* mini 34 to 67; Sylvester 1., 314 to 337; Leo the Great 440 to 461; Adrian 1.,,7“?l to 795; Leo 111., 795 to 816; Alexander HI., 1159 to 1181; Urban ViiL, 1623 to 1644; Clement XL, .1700 to 1721; Pius VI;, 1178 to 1799; Pius YII., 1800 to 1823; and thO present Pope’s immediate predecessor, Piul DL., 1846 to. 1878. .... ; . Chapped hands are cured at once by Wilton’s Hand • Emollient. Is, at' all chemists. S„ ' ' H., BUHBMAIVN, . .. FODB-SOOMED COTTAGE FDKNISEEI) COMPLETE' ■ FOB £3B ' 1.0 s ' ODSITTISTG-HOOH.0 D-SITTISTG-HOOH. SCyds tepestry iarpct or 4 Suite of npholsteiiet art Eqtiare ’ furniture—l couch , X 1 fender, X hearthrug easy chair, 4 cssaallj Xsot flreirons chairs Jr ovMl or round table I pair lace curtains . BEDEOOif, :X art carpet square ■ X double bedstead X duchessa toilet chest, 1 spring mattress with mirror, : 2-jewel drawers and trass handles 1 fretrtoiJetwsure 1 washstand, with towel . rails 1 bolster 2 kapoc pillows 1 pair blankets X pair-curtains 1 blind on spring roUee . 2 cane chairs SPAEE EEDitGOM. - oyds carpet • ’ 1 blind oh sniing rblta 1 single bedstead X wash stand’ . 1 spring mattress X set ware X bolster ' , I toilet table' X kapoc pillow . - ■ . 1 , 1 glass bp. stand X pair blankets 1 emir lace curtains BiNma-aooar, &c. X t able, 6 chaifa 1 dinner sot of SSpiecas 1 tea tot-of 2X .pieces X set jogs (1> sizes) etumbltra 2 glass jam dishes . 2 salt-cellars X pudding basin 1 glass butter dish 1 sugar basin I table lamp 1 American broom X set shoe brushes 2 blnddead. brushes X tin dipper . I fcmfeiooid; , ■■ - X wire-egg-beete* I corfcecrsw 1 tin-opener 12 pattypans 1 candlestick 1 nickol clock S-eauoopans, in sizes 1, kettle 1 enamel frying-pan ; 2 galvamaed-waAtuba X wood -washboard , 1 galvanised bucket 1 charcoal iron 1 pepper box 1 nniuieg grater X fish slice .1 colfee pot X teapot 1 ' X cake, tin 1 meat? tin X coal hod,japaanafi I toasting fork 1 banister brush 1 hair broom 5 dozen clothes pegs X enamel pie dish X fire shovel ; X wash-up basin 1 scrubbing brush -- i dozes teaspoon* 4 „ dessertspoons* | . „ table;: 4 „ dessert forlfii | „ table ' | „ daeaeirt kui vue I i „ table ' I 209, COLOMBO STEEBT, AND CATffIRBB<AI ( _SQUABE. .