FAST ROADMAKING.
Greatest Military Advance Since The War. SUCCESSFUL TRIALS. (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON', November 29. A new method of rapid roadniaking, described as the greatest military advance since the war, is reported by the "Daily Telegraph" military correspondent, who states that trials in India were successful. By the use of bitumen emulsion a hard "skin" can be rapidly laid over a surface, forming a roadway strong enough to bear an almost unlimited number of motor lorries. Whereas ordinary roadniaking involves a vast amount of material in the shape of stones and lighter metal, also an immense amount of labour, the new roads can be pushed into hostile territory at the rate of eight miles a day. The surface is first scarified and the track is then levelled by means of a grader. Finally the bitumen emulsion is mixed cold with earth on the surface, and thus the "skin" is formed.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 283, 30 November 1933, Page 7
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