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New Zealand Times, Volume LVIX, Issue 2923, 12 September 1896, Page 3

w ELLINGTON Ki .ENNEL TENTH ANNUAL SHOW, In Uiui.lshfd, FRIDAY ,t SATURDAY, 13th & 39th SEPTEMBER. RECORD ENTRY OF ANY DOG SHOW EVER HELD IN THE COLONY. GRANDEST COLLECTION of COLLIES EVER BENCHED in AUSTRALASIA. ART UNION in connection with the above. Ticket 4;, Is each, which also admits to Show. First prize. Lady’s Model Champion Bicycle ; 2nd prize, Gent’s ditto; and a number of other prizes. 883 A. W. STEVENS, Hon See. /JANAWATU AND WEST COAST AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATION. GRAND ANNUAL SHOW PALMERSTON NORTH, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY OCTOBER 28th and 29th. ENTRIES CLOSE OCTOBER 15th, Programmes and Entry Forms can bo obTHE ELEVENTH WILL BE HELD AT At 9 p.m. tained from 40 C. C. MILES, Secretary. GENE RAX BUSINESS

WOOD DIMS, &c. Yfiß ; Wood Rims are Iho best, always provided they are fitted with a cemented tyro, not clincher tyros, See what happened on Sunday with a wood rim and a Dunlop. Tbo Americans wero tlio first to adopt them, and now turn out no machines with anything but wood rims, unless specially desired. They, however, always recommend cemented tyres.and this orphans why 9o per cent, of American wheels are fitted with either single tube or M. and I W. quick-repair, double-tube cemented tyros. ! Either laminated or Plymouth wood rims are good, the latter having the* preference as offering no room for damp to affect them. NOW AS TO TKEaD.—No douot SJ-in was the standard tread of last ykau. Some makers, who had obtained a reputation for good machines, having made no real improvements for 180 G (thus saving tho cost of a new plant) explains why they are so anxious to bolster up the wide tread. Any experienced cyclist looks to iho tread as un important item, and anything over siu is considered out of date, as it is. The important point is that, though the tread bo narrow, tho baU-races should bo so far apart as to prevent any lateral motion under tbo strain of driving. Now, tbo YELLOW FELLOW, which has the narrowest tread in the world, (djlin for roadsters and 4in for racers), has adopted a method which makes the ball races further apart than even in the old sJin treads of last year; tho ball races on the chain side in both bracket and wheel are directly under tho chain, thus avoiding tho tendency to twisting strain ns in tho ordinary “bike.” Then, in this machine, the hubs being flangeless, give i a wider spoke spread than in any other machine made, call it bike or bicycle. In addition, the Forks rest, not on tho axle, but on tho cones themselves, tbo bearing being adjusted from outside tbo frame. Any cyclist will appreciate this point. Thisrcal bicycle lias not a divided crank which is liable to come apart, but Las a one piece axle. If any bicycle made is as up to date or as good , as tbo STEARNS, I have not seen it yet, nor 1 has anyone else. I Then tho BARNES and the WORLD.—The 1 crank axle and cranks are all in one, with no sieves or other makeshift contrivance to I tumble to pieces when least expected. The STEARNS, I sell at for .£25, is now selling like wildfire in Melbourne for .£3O cash, and tho Tourists, for which I charge .£2O, at b£2s ; and tho same with all the others lam running. I sell a treasonable profit, not to make a sudden fortune, but to work up a steady business. My contracts extend to over ,£SOOO worth of machines for the season, and I anticipate being able to double that amount of business. There is every anticipation of it at present. I’ll ; sell nothing that is behind the times.

S. E. WEIGHT, 33, LAMBTON QUAY. 297 BICYCLE REMAKES. PREJUDICES dio hard. Wo havo been educated to metal rims, and although tho Americans, who lead the world in improvements of the Bicycle, three years ago discarded the metal rims forvwood, we either can’t see, or won’t aoo, or don’t want to see, what is a tried and proved fact that wood rims are far superior to raotal in many ways. They are more rigid in. one way, and more elastic in another. They are lighter and handsomer, and what is equally true —will stand tho wet better. These remarks apply to Columbia rims, which are three-ply, laminated, made from curly maple specially prepared, and have no equal in any rim made. If any wooden rim on a Columbia splits, warps, swells with dampness, or in any way becomes defective within TWO T E ARS from, purchase we will replace with now ones (either wood or metal) free of charge. Wood rims cost much more than metal, so there must be a good reason why all tho 300 American bicycle firms insist on this stylo. Wo notice that a local firm boasts that their wheels have a tread of not more than 5 inches. Now the Columbia tread (over all) is 5£ inches, and this is the minimum tread that any machine can get without sacrificing some other part. Owing to tho peculiar crank shaft mechanism of tho Columbia it is possible to make a narrower tread than any other, but it is impossible to reduce this under 51 inches without (Ist) cither narrowing tho rear hub (thus weakening the wheel); or (2nd) narrowing the distance between tho ball races, when tho long levorage of tbo crank racks the crank hanger bearing ; or (3rd) by bringing the cranks so close to tho chain and lower forks there is danger from rubbing and catching tho garments. A leading legal cyclist of Wellington remarked a day or so ago that ho would not buy a certain ultra narrow tread machine foe theso'reasona. Tho Columbia tread is narrow, but not absurdly so. ,„ , ~ , , Our first shipment of Oolumbiaa and a good share of tho second are all spoken for. Wo expect tbo first lot to arrive in about two or three weeks and every two weeks thereafter. Wo have over .£3OOO worth on the way and expect to place at least .£IOOO worth tins ; season. , .. , Wo hero bog to point out onco more that there is no Bicycle made to come up to the high Standard of the Columbia. It is un-equalled—-nnapproachod. in examination of i the machine will amply satisfy you of the absolute truthfulness of statement. A 1 Government Inspector of Wellington, who has ridden many wheels and spends a good part of ■ bis time on a bicycle, after examining all tho ■ makes on tho market stated that he con* i aidered tho Columbia to bo worth at least £.* more than any other. Tho Columbia sells in , Melbourne (where the Customs charge only ! 10 per cent, duty) for ,£2B 10s cash, while in 1 New Zealand, where wo pay 22 per cent., or i | about •£■! on each machine, wo charge only Tbo Columbia is not only the strongest, tho most durable and the most beautiful . machine in tho world to-day, but it is tbo cheapest also. In the ups and downs of human life tuoro will ho many sorrows and regrets in tho waning months of 1890, but no pangs will bo keener than those felt hy the purchaser of an ordinary bicycle when they realise that by waiting a few short weeks they might have had the best (the only best) bicycle made—the Columbia—Standard of tho World. For of all sad words of tongue or non, The saddest arc those—“ it might have been.” THU YEEEX & JONES COMPANY. 247 BOUSE, BLACK AND SON, COACHBUILDBRS... Taranaki street. 'XfkfE Manufacture all Classes of Vehicles, V EVERY ATTENTION GIVEN TO REPAIRS. FOR SALE—I New, Strong Grocer’s Cart. 1 Second-hand Gig. X Second-hand Phaeton. 1 Second-hand Phaeton, with hood. 893 G. E. WARBURTON, QUALIFIED CHEMIST (Late with Messrs Barr«.nd and Son), Has commenced business at 108, CUBA STREET, 17ITH a new and carefully selected stock y of Drugs, Chemicals, Patent SICINES and Sundries, and respectfully jits your patronage. Special attention in to tho Dispensing of Prescriptions and lily Recipes. , , ountry orders promptly despatched, and lags paid when cash remittance included, lease note address — “THE PHARMACY,” 108, Cuba street. Telephone, No. 1060. 103 PRONG HEALTHY BABIES AND CHILDREN. ,E KIRK’S FARINACEOUS FOOD, r recommended by the Faculty. Sold by all Grocers and Storekeepers. Wholesale, ,T. ANDERSON AND CO. LLORENTE’S PILLS are not claimed to be a cure for everything, but they are a certain Cure for Constipation, Headache, Dizziness, Sluggish Liver and Bilious Disoxderg generally. Procurable from TURNER & CO., Pharmacists, Manners street,