BICYLES AS A NECESSITY.

Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16234, 2 April 1917, Page 11

BICYLES AS A NECESSITY.

, Many /years ago when the Bicycle wasfbecoming a popular means of locomotion the wnter well remembers ili&tenmgr.to a sermon in the course of Which cycle lidmg on Sundays was denounced as a wicked sacrifice and m :every way a trespass on the sanctity of the Sabbath. Further one can recollect the time when the members of the I a'med Constabulary were forbidden to ride a cycle when in uniform; the same rpplied to police officers. Ilowever things have changed. We now discover ' that the cycle lias wormed its way into our social system to such a degree that ; v ''/ir,d the push bike an absolute neces'"sitc.

J.t .The telegraph messengers are obliged Wo-.use them in their work; the-police . .find they cannot get along without rem. Ministers Preachers and Church ,-Officials . would otherwise only get athrough- one quarter of their worlt. t Men vrliorare employed on the water fionts fin cl they cannot possibly do ;their work s> ml get their meals unless they have a Cycle. ■We now come to the country worker nnd ' 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 supnlied with a trolley as a means of locomotion, ■but. t-h-> County Council and Koad Board workers are compelled to resort to the Cycle. Parents will recollect the demands of their children for , a Cycle :for going to r.nd from school. Business reii would wonder what was wrong if their messengers were minus a Bicycle. One could give thousands of further instances hiit_ 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 he stivk up. .After 23 years continuous business m 'Timaru you may be sure Wood's Cycle Deoot knows how to.enter for their particular trade. The finest and cheapest rnnge of Cycle Tyres in Timaru is at Wood'®. ... ■