Show OR as GOOD ROADS IN NEW ZEALAND concrete declared mot satisfactory in land of heavy rains cheaper in long run the new denland authorities both local and national are carefully studying in the subject of good roads realizing in that this 1 la the best way to open up the hinterland ot of the dominion the roads of the country in the main are ara not in very good condition there are or some come good stone roads about the larger centers but bue few of them extend out more than 25 or 30 miles their upkeep has been found very expensive especially in the northern part of the country since the rainfall Is heavy and washouts wa shouts are numerous because the stone used Is sott soft and grinds up rapidly biily the scientific american states of late much has been said in regard to the construction of concrete highways and it Is thought that this will be far cheaper in the long run than the stone roads as they are now constructed v fu eted for the re reason ason that the upkeep will be so very greatly reduced it Is estimated thata mile of 12 foot concrete road four inches thick could be built in new zealand for 2000 more than a mile of ordinary stone road on which there would be a saving in upkeep for the first five years of at least 1200 while at the end of 0 ten years there would be a saying saving of 7 or |