HBH 1896 Feb 28 2 BARTON The Pahiatua Herald says: - Mr BARTON, manager of the Bank of Australasia at FIELDING, with his wife, arrived in PAHIATUA on Monday evening on bicycles. They journeyed on their machines the whole distance with the exception of about seven miles of road which had been just newly installed. They both started for MASTERTON on their machines yesterday morning. Mrs BARTON wore an ordinary bloomer rig, and led off at a tip-top pace in the presence of an admiring crowd.