BICYCLES AS A NECESSITY.

Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16231, 29 March 1917, Page 11

BICYCLES AS A NECESSITY.

Many years ago -when, the Bicycle was becoming a popular means of locoriotion the writer well remembers listening to a sermon in the course of which cycle riding on Sundays was denounced as a wicked sacrifice and in every way a trespass on the sanctity of the Sabbath. Further one can recollect the time when the members of the armed Constabulary were forbidden to ride a cycle when in uniform; the same rpplied to police officers. However things have-changed. We now discover that the cycle has wormed its way into our social system Lo such a degree that • find the push bike an absolute necessity , The telegraph, messengers are obliged to use thieiri in their work; the police .find .they cannot get- along without rem._ Ministers Preachers and Church Officials would otherwise only get through one- Quarter of their work. Men who are employed on the water fronts find they ca:nnot possibly do their- Work smcl get their meals unless they have a Cycle. We now come to the country worker find those a.way in the back-blocks. Farmers do not allow their employees to keep hacks > eo the Cycle again'fills tiio necessity. .Workers on the Railway are supnlied with a trolley as a means of locomotion, but th> County Council and Bond Bfctard workers are compelled to resort to the Cycle. Parents will recollect the demands of their children for a Cycle for gsing to :-.nd from school. Business n-en would wonder what was wrong if their messengers were minus a Bicycle. One conld give thousands of further instances bat this is to show that Wood's t.lie requirements of all these riders and keep a full stock of Bicycles, accessories and repair materials so that no Cyclist need be stuck up. After 23 years continuous business in Timaru you may bo sure Wood's Cycle Depot knows how to cater for their particular trade. The finest nnd cheapest i-.mcrp of Cycle Tyres in Timaru is at Wood's. ...•