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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



IJULY 1, 1911. 



FLEXIBLE METALLIC 



TUBIUG. 



reclaimed rubber in general guods, against 30 per cent, used 

 in America. 



This is made in Great Britain by only two firms, the Xortliern 

 Flexible Metallic Tubing Company, of Bradford, Yorkshire, and 

 the l-lexible .Metallic Tuhc Conip.my, <if 

 Ponders End, London. These linns are 

 large purchasers of strip rubber, which 

 is used to make the tubing airtight. It is about 14 years since 

 this business commenced, considerable difficulty being experienced 

 at the outset with the galvanizing of the metal. The demand 

 for this tubing has shown continuous expansion in recent years 



Mr. R. W. Eccles, who has been for some time manager of the 

 New Liverpool Riil)her Company, second, has gone to Messrs. 

 F. Keddaway & Company, second, Manchester, as general com 

 mcrcial manager. Mr. Eccles was formerly manager at the 

 Castle Rubber Company, second, Warrington. The New Liver- 

 pool Rubber Company has been already referred to in these notes 

 as the original Liverpool Rubber Company taken over by Messrs. 

 Chas. Macintosh & Company, second. 



The recent death at a comparatively early age of Mr. James 

 Iddon, of the well-known Leyland firm of rubber machinists. 

 will be generally regretted in the trade, both from a personal 

 and business standpoint. From small beginnings, Mr. Iddon had, 

 by his ingenuity and close study of the requirements of the ruli- 

 ber trade, raised his firm to the high position it now occupies, 

 both in home and foreign estimation. Before commencing busi- 

 ness at the Brookfield Ironworks, Leyland, in 1887, he had long 

 held the post of engineer at the works of the Leyland Rubber 

 Company. Uf the various developments in rubber machinery, of 

 which he was the pioneer, it is perhaps with the largely extended 

 use of the hydraulic vulcanizing press that his name has been 

 most intimately associated. 



A well-known waterproofer of the Manchester district has 

 passed away in the person of G. E. Ferguson, of the firm of 

 Ferguson, Shiers & Co., whose mill is at Failsworth. This busi- 

 ness was started in 1894. both partners having been connected 

 with the Heywood proofing firm of Z. Mistovski & Company, 

 now for many years defunct. 



Slazenjer & Co., the well-known sporting outfitters of Lon- 

 don, has been floated as a public limited company, with a capital 

 of i265,000 [=$1,289,622]. An important part of the business 

 is the sale of lawn tennis balls, Slazenjer's make having been 

 adopted by the Lawn Tennis Association as the standard ball for 

 tournaments about ten years ago, Ayres balls having previously 

 held this position. The firm are large buyers of uncovered balls 

 from the rubber manufacturers and fin-sh them off in their own 

 factory, at least this is what is generally understood. As re- 

 gards the game, there is no sign of any diminution in its 

 popularity, the number of tournments having greatly increased 

 in recent years. This is not only in England, but to a lesser 

 degree, all over Europe, so that it is a safe supposition that the 

 income of the new company will show increased profits in its 

 lawn tennis department. Of course, Slazenjer's have no mo- 

 nopoly, except as regards tournaments, as there are various other 

 makes of balls, some at a considerably less price, which fill the 

 requiremertts of a section of the community. 



GIANT RUBBER COVERED ROLLS. 



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THE "CASTILLO A" TROPHY. 



.^mflng the trophies to be offered at the coming rr.liber ex- 

 hibition, all of which were "at home" to the press and those 

 interested in the show, it is unanimously agreed that the $1,000 

 trophy of The Indi.v Rubber World of New York deserved the 

 praise and admiration that it received. Already of connnanding 

 proportions, and most elegantly and suitably designed, it was 

 placed on a double plinth in the center of the other cups, above 

 which it towered, a real work of art in bright and oxydized 

 silver.— [rro/>iV(i/ Life. May. 1911.1 



■yill. .\'orlh British Rubber Co., Limited (Castle Mills, Edin- 



■* burgh), recently covered some rolls for Charles Walmsley 



& Co.. Limited, paper makers' engineers, Bury, which they believe 



are the largest rubber-covered rolls ever used in Great Britain. 



Several rolls were rubber covered, and from the pliotograph 



Gi.\NT Rubber Co\'ered Roll. 



some idea of the size may be gathered. The rolls were 30 inches 

 in diameter, and 225 inches over all, and weighed over six 

 tons each. Walmsley & Co., constructed the machines in which 

 they are to be used to make paper at 650 feet per minute, for 

 Edward Lloyd, Limited, Sittingbourne. 



INDIA-RUBBER GOODS IN COMMERCE. 



EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES. 



/^FFICIAL statement of values of exports of manufacturers 

 ^^ of india-rubber and gutta-percha for the month of April, 



1911. and the first ten months of five fiscal vears, beginning 

 July 1 : 



Belting, Boots All 



Months. Packing and Other ToT.^L. 

 and Hose. Shoes. Rubber. 



April, 1911 $230,708 $92,305 $722,751 $1,045,764 



July-March 1,511,975 1,801,977 4,475,544 7,789,496 



Total, 1910-11 $1,742,683 $1,894,282 $5,198,295 $8,835,260 



Total, 1909-10 1,580,088 1,593.696 4,082.427 7,256,211 



Total, 1908-09 1,225,882 1,139,271 3,165,096 5,530,249 



Total, 1907-08 1,141,634 1,365.616 3,122,544 5,629,794 



Total, 1906-07 1,040.560 1,007,935 3,015,892 5,064,387 



The above heading ".•Ml Other Rubber," for the last ten months, 

 includes the following details relating to Tires: 



For All 



Months. .'Automobiles. Other. Total. 



April, 1911 values $202,233 $67,412 $269,645 



July-March 1,325,903 411,801 1,737,704 



Totnl, 1910-1911 ....$1,528,136 $479,213 $2,007,349 



BRIEF MENTION. 

 .\ SF'ECIMEN of CastUloa elastica rubber, in crepe form and of 

 very excellent quality, reaches The India Rubber World from 

 Messrs. David Bridge & Co-, Limited, the rubber machinery en- 

 gineers of Manchester, England, who describe it as having been 

 coagulated under the Da Costa system. [See I. R. W., January 1, 

 1911 , page 129.] Tlie rubber referred to was produced in Vera 

 Cruz, Mexico, on the property of El Palmar Rubber Estates, 

 Limited. [See I. R. W., May 1, 1910, page 283.] 



