BURNT PAPA AS ROAD METAL.
While tvavolling up tho To Kapua tho I otlior day the representative of tho lUuigitikei Advocate made a note of tho use of burnt papa rock as a subatitutc for rond metal. Whcrcvci , tbo tracks iiro made of' burnt papa they arc quite good, although they lmvo been down now for over four yoars, and have in many cases needed no repairs at all. Advrintago should be taken now of tho easy access to lirowood to bum tho papa and get the rorula dono all Dio way through, for in a few years the getting of wood for the purpose will bo an exponstvo item.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 7245, 28 August 1902, Page 4
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110BURNT PAPA AS ROAD METAL. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 7245, 28 August 1902, Page 4
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