October 1, 1911.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



11 



Some Rubber Interests in Europe. 



GREAT BRITAIN. 



Tlie Mincing Lane Share Exchange was recently organized in 

 London to deal mainly in rubber and tea shares. The purpose 

 of the organization was to inaugurate well defined rules for 

 regulating the relations between brokers and customers, which 

 liave hitherto often been confused and unsatisfactory. 



Announcement is made that the North British Rubber Company, 

 Limited (Edinburgh), which has during the last few years 

 erected factories at Paris, Berlin and other continental points, 

 has decided to build a plant at Aalborg, Denmark, in connection 

 with certain financial interests in that country. It is expected 

 that the annual output at the start will be about 500,000 pairs of 

 footwear. 



Wood-Milne, Limited (Preston, England), are advertising a 

 "stcclrubber" solid tire for motor cars, and describe the ma- 

 terial as "a unique amalgamation of hair-like stands of steel 

 with finest Para rubber," and they claim that this composition 

 embodies the elasticity and shock-absorbing qualities of rub- 

 ber with the toughness and durability of steel, and moreover 

 that it is non-skid. Some of the footwear manufacturers have ex- 

 perimented witli soling made of "steel-wool," which is a com- 

 bination of rubber with fine steel filings, the claim being that 

 this rendered the sole non-slipping, but the success of the steel- 

 wool sole has not been conclusively proved. This new "steel- 

 rubbcr" tire will be watched with interest. 



The Awards Committee of the International Rubber and 

 Allied Trades Exhibition, awarded on September 14 the "India 

 Rubber Journal" (London) Hundred Guinea Shield, for the best 

 sample of Plantation Para rubber shown at the exhibition, to 

 The Sungei Kapar Rubber Co., Limited, Selangor, Federated 

 Malay States, which secured 96.5 points, and highly commended 

 the following companies which received over 90, but under 96 

 points: 



Siriniesa Estate, Ceylon ; Tremelbye Rubber Co., Limited, 

 Federated Malay States; Bukit Rajah Rubber Co., Limited, 

 Federated Malay States ; Highlands & Lowlands Para Rubber 

 Co., Limited, Federated Malay States ; Culloden Estate, Ceylon ; 

 Klanang Produce Co., Limited, Federated Malay States. 



The "Grenier's Rubber News" (F. M. S.) Silver Trophy was 

 also awarded to The Sungei Kapar Rubber Co., Limited. 



The award was made by Sir Henry A. Blake, G. C. M. G., 

 president of the International Rubber E.xhibition, who congratu- 

 lated the company which had won both prizes and Mr. Gordon 

 Dickson responded in behalf of the Sungei Kapar company. 



The British West African Association has transferred its 

 offices from 75a Queen Victoria street to Revenue House, 7 and 

 8, Poultry, and 36 and 37 Bucklersbury, London, E. C, at which 

 address a room has been opened for the permanent exhibits of 

 African products. There are also extensive and comprehensive 

 reading rooms connected with the association's offices' covering 

 the various industries of British West Africa. 



The North British Rubber Co., Limited, Edinburgh, makes a 

 detachable rim which is said to be extremely easy to manipulate, 

 a fact which is largely due to a novel expanding and contracting 

 clinch band which carries the tire. This band is provided with 

 a number of incurved hooks or projecticns, practically forming 

 a rim, which engage with the beaded edges of the tire. One side 

 flange is permanently shrunk on to the wheel, while the other is 

 detachable. When the detachable flange is withdrawn, the tire 

 attached to the band (to which the security bolts are fixed) is 

 easily pushed on or drawn ofif. The tire having been placed into 

 position, the detachable portion of the rim is inserted and is 

 automatically locked with spring-controlled bolts. A tire can be 



detached, a new tube inserted, and the whole replaced in a few 

 minutes. 



SECOND REPORT OF THE RUBBER SECURITIES, LIIUTED. 



The difference between a year ago and now in the rubber 



promotion world is shown quite vividly in the difference between 

 the recently issued second annual report of the Rubber Secur- 

 ities, Limited (London) and its first report, issued a year ago. 

 In its first report it showed a net profit of £15,000 [$72,997.50] 

 made up from profits on share transactions, interests and com- 

 missions. The shareholders were paid a 20 per cent, dividend 

 and the sum of £9,800 [$47,691.70] was carried forward. The 

 recent report shows a net profit for the past year of iSOO 

 [$3,893.20]. But with the amount brought over from last year 

 they can still make a fairly respectable showing. 



TKE CONTINENTALS NEW MAKCHESTER PREMISES. 



Much appreciation has been displayed of the new premises of 

 the Continental Tire and Rubber Co., at 248-252 Deansgate, Man- 

 chester, which are considered to rank among the finest specimens 

 of Manchester commercial architecture and to invite comparison 

 with those of London. 



MOTOR AND TIRE EXPOSITIONS IN LONDON. 



Two interesting events are scheduled for November in London. 

 The Olympia Motor Show will be held from 3d to 11th, while 

 the Cycle and Motorcycle Exhibition will take place from 20th 

 to 25th. Both displays will be at Olympia. 



Tires will be prominently represented on the later occasion ; 

 some of the exhibitors being of international reputation, such as 

 Dunlop Pneumatic Tire Co., B. F. Goodrich Co., Michelin Tire 

 Co., and others. 



WRINGING MACHINE TRADE AT THE LEIPZIG FAIR. 



While, generally speaking, the results of this year's Leipzig 

 Autumn Fair, are said to be much less important than those 

 recorded a year ago, the cautious policy of buyers is attributed to 

 political uncertainties. Business in wringing machines, on the 

 other hand, displayed activity in harmony with the increasing 

 demand in this branch. 



the GERMAN RUBBER STEEL TRADE. 



According to a special report in the "Gumini-Zeitung" upon the 

 features of the rubber heel trade at the recent Leipzig fair, the 

 collections shown on that occasion included a large variety of 

 shapes. Well known marks, as usual, were most in favor. Pur- 

 chases for export were in the aggregate on a scale of largely 

 augmented importance, while there was a falling off in the direct 

 operations of American buyers. 



NEW GERMAN RUBBER EACTORY. 



The establishment is announced at Frankfurt-on-Main, of a 

 new rubber factory by Messrs. Heinrich and Louis Peters. These 

 gentlemen have been respectively manager of the works and 

 commercial director of the Louis Peter Aktiengesellschaft. 



AUSTRALIA. 



The Colonial Rubber Co., Limited (Sydney) has changed its 

 name to The Johnston Tyre and Colonial Rubber Co., Limited. 

 The present directors of the company are Samuel Hordern, 

 Anthony Hordern, W. A. Anderson, G. G. Johnston, J. H. Wylde- 

 Brown, and A. S. Harrison. 



THE SWEDISH RUBBER INDUSTRY. 



Swedish statistics for the year 1909 indicate that there were in 

 that country 9 plants manufacturing rubber products, employing 

 in tlie aggregate 1,352 hands; the annual production equalling 

 $2,432,791. The value of the total output was about 2 per cent. 

 less than that of 1908, and about 5 per cent, below the figure of 

 1907. .About 80 per cent, of the production was in rubber shoes. 



