BICYCLES AS A NECESSITY.

Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16232, 30 March 1917, Page 11

BICYCLES AS A NECESSITY.

Many years ago when the Bicycle was becoming a popular means of locomotion 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 fcSabbath. Further one can recollect the'time when the members of the aymed Constabulary were forbidden to ride a cycle when in uniform; the same ppplied to police officers. However things have changed. We now discover that the cycle has wormed its way into our social system t>o such a degree .that i find the push bike an absolute necessity. ...... The telegraph messengers dre obliged to use them 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. l Men who are employed on the water flouts find they cannot possibly do their work imd" get tbeir meals unless they have a Cycle. We now come to -the country worker find those away in the;back-blocks. Farmers do not allow their employees to'keep hacks, 60 the Cycle again fills the necessity. Workers on the Railway are supplied with a trolley as a means of locomotion, but .-tin County Council and Road Board workers are compelled to resort to the Cycle. l Parents will recollect the demands of their children for a Cycle for going to and from school. Business it-en would wonder what was wrong if their messengers were minus a Bicycle One could give thousands offurthc instances but_ this is to show that Wood's recognise the requirements of all-these riders and keeT> 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 be sure Wood's Cycle Depot knows how to cater for their particular trade. The finest nncF cheapest rsmge'.of Cycle Tyres in Timaru is at Wood's. ...