RESTAR FOR RELIABLE ROADS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 1 July 1924, Page 4

RESTAR FOR RELIABLE ROADS.

WHY TARANAKI IS FAMOUS FOR ITS ROADS.

Taranaki lias the honour of possessing tlie ;best- groads in the,. dominion. This. honour is awarded without, question. Eleven years ago, wlieir the Restar. Company started to., m ate and sell , their now, famous Restar Road Binder; the Taranaki roads were 116 better than any others, . Since /July; 1913, 2,750/324 gallons -of/Restar Road Binder have been’ supplied -to tlie : local bodies contained. in the. Tara naki pi'ovi lice. This is' sufficient to carpet about 400 miles of road, 12 feet wide! This, with the intelligent co-operation of Taranaki road engineers, is the reason why Tarahaki is famous for its roads. The Restar Company and its. Road Binder are now household words throughout the Dominion, and from a' modest bcgi.nning of one. small plant in Wanganui, has now large manufacturing depots in Wellington, Auckland and Gisborne, whilst ..the output- exceeds thab of any similar concern soutli of the line!. '■ 1 • -■ I The, secret of the /rein ark able Success or Restar has been the fixed policy of the company to concentrate on the production of a- high grade uniform Article. In tar distillation there is a, tendency to make the road, biuder-rthe secondary consideratibiv as T d&ihpalfed with the other valuable - bye-prodpets obtained *™ ni £ ar ‘Restar,' Liriiited, .011 the other hand,' whilst makiiig good?; use of, resultant bye-product si have made .the road hinder the main item. This pols° appealed to road engineers tnafc Restar is Regarded, as the standard 111 bituminous road cons taction. AUsitors interested; dnirroad construction should make a point of inspecting Taranaki roads.-. • *