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Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10200, 2 May 1912, Page 4

Every department is now stockeu with the ve.y latest and exclusn? goods for autumn and winter wear at A. Court and Son's, "The Buay DvehiTe"—Adrt.

While in Auckland our represeintativ'e culled on Mir Whiittome, who is an enthusiast on roads. Mr Whittonile kindly showed his visitor what the Newmarket Borough is doing in the forming of neiw; roads.- First a good clay bed is formed, next a layer of big stones is laid down and blinded with smaller ones. Over this a ten-ton road roller is passed, reducing it to" a. solid pavement, a sort of horizontal wall—no water, observe, being used. Oh tihe top of this is placed a layer of small.; stones dipped in boiling tar ly the jj process which secure® an entire a>b- \ senoe of waiter and a. perfect coating i of tar. The roller is again passed | over and a solid, sound, watertight road of great wearing capacity is the result. NlewMmrdtet has lately raised a big loan for street improvements, and is appairemtly going to have the best, roads in the country, j —Tauniaa'unui Press. \

New winter goods and novelties for present wear now opening up.—Robt. Wood, the cash draper, Pollen St., Thameg.-—Ad»t. |

Our Auckland correspondent wires that a youth named Joseph 'Christie, ! for attempting to escaipe from Mt. Eldem gaol, was sentenced to seven days' close ■donfinement.