BICYCLES AS A NECESSITY.

Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16233, 31 March 1917, Page 13

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 oh 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 ode a cycleiwhen in uniform; the same rpphed to police officers. However things have changed. We. now discover that the cycle has wormed its way into our social system to such a.degree that • Jiiid the push bike an absolute necessity-. The telegraph messengers are 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. Men who are employed on the water fiorit«s find they cannot possibly do their work and get their meals unless they have a Cycle. We now come to the country worker and those away ,in the back-blocks. Farmers do not allow their employees to keep hacks, so the Cycle again fills the necessity. Workers on the Railway are supplied with a trolley as a means of locomotion, but th-> County Council unci Road Board workers are compelled to resort to the Cycle. Parents will recollect the demands of their children for a Cycle for going to.knd from school.- Business rr-en would wonder what was wrong if their were minus a Bicycle. One could give thousands of further instances but this is, to show that Wood's recognise the requirements of all these riders and keep a full stock of Bicycles, accessories and repair materials so that no Cyclist need be up. After 23-' years continuous business in Timaru you r.'ay be sure Wood's Cyclo Depot knows how to enter for their pa--ticular trade: The finest and cheapest range of Cycle Tyres in Timaru is at Wood's. ...