CTC Gazette, Vol 1895, No 4

CTC Gazette, Vol 1895, No 4 cover
PublicationCTC Gazette
Volume1895
Issue4

Articles in this issue

  • Appeal to members touring in England to assist with checking route drafts for Volumes II and III of the British Road Book.
  • The editor reports on the failed Universal Lights Bill, news that several county councils have adopted lighting bye-laws, and negotiations over cycling access to Hyde Park.
  • Administrative notices and information for members for April 1895.
  • Minutes of the monthly Council meeting at the Covent Garden Hotel chaired by R. C. W. Cosens, recording the appointment of new Chief Consuls including Thomas E. Lowe (Stafford), Rev. Hugh Callan (Ayr) and Alexander F. Webster (Canada).
  • Report of the Annual General Meeting including decisions and motions passed.
  • Notices on Carr & Co.'s new "Athletic" biscuits, Harold Adams' combined tool bag and valise sold by George Sheldon of Walsall, and Pearson's Weekly's Album of Sporting Celebrities featuring well-known wheelmen.
  • Articles and notices for women members of the CTC.
  • Notices of club meets: the West Riding at the Royal Hotel, Boston Spa on Easter Monday under Chief Consul Leonard Kershaw; Notts members at Southwell under Joseph W. Wright; and Glasgow and District at the Erskine Ferry Hotel under J. B. Stewart.
  • Technical articles on cycle equipment, maintenance, and mechanics.
  • News and trade intelligence from Coventry's cycle manufacturing industry.
  • A technical review of the current range of pneumatic tyres available to cyclists.
  • Brief miscellaneous news items and notices.
  • Member letters debating side-steering versus handle-bar tricycles, comparing Dunlop Ridge and Welch tyre covers, and rebutting calls for a weekly Gazette given its recorded £532 annual loss.
  • Listings of forthcoming group tours and rides available to members.