BICYCLES AS A NECESSITY.

Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16235, 3 April 1917, Page 11

BICYCLES AS A NECESSITY.

Many years ago when the Bicycle wati becoming a popular means of locomotion, the writer well remembers listening to a sermon ill 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 orfe can recollect the time when the members of the Constabulary were forbidden to ride a cycle when in uniform; the same applied to police officers. However things have changed. We now discover that' the cycle lias v, ormed its way into our social system i,o such a degree that find 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 fronts find they cannot possibly do their work ami get their meais unless they have a Cycle. We now come to the country worker ana 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 sunnlied with a trolley as a means of locomotion, but th-> County Council and Road Board workers are' compelled to resort to the Cycle. Parents will recollect the demands of their children for a Cjjcle for going to *.nd from school. Business ren would wonder what was wrong if their messengers were minus a Bicvcle. One could give thousands of further instances bat this is *to show that Wood's recognise "ihe requirements of all these riders and Keep a full stock of Biiycles, accessories and repair materials so that no Cyclist need be stivk tip. 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 and cheapest range of Cycle Tyres in Timaru is at Wood's. ,mf