WOOL FOR ROADS.
EXPERIMENT SUGGESTED IN MARLBOROUGH.
RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT
The possibility of using wool as road surfacing material was suggested to the Marlborough Sheepowners' Union by Mr W. G. Rudd, who related that at Benopai some years ago, through an accident, a mass of wool became impregnated with. tar. The whole mass was flung out on to a roadway, where it speedily incorporated itself with the road surface. It had been subjected to years of heavy traffic, but was unaffected.
Mr Rudd said the accident .had suggested to him that a good use might be found for the rougher qualities of wool. Members of the union appreciated the possibilities of the proposal, ad it was decided to ask the Marlborough County Council to lay down an experimental strip of the wool-tar mixture, members of the union providing the rough wool for the purpose.
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Franklin Times, Volume XXII, Issue 8, 20 January 1932, Page 5
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145WOOL FOR ROADS. Franklin Times, Volume XXII, Issue 8, 20 January 1932, Page 5
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