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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February 1, 1916. 



plosion was caused by the contact of naphtha fumes from the 

 sohition vessels with naked gas jets, and recommended that all 

 lights, whether electric or gas, be enclosed by globes and that 

 naked lights should be prohibited. 



Mr. Morton, of the laboratory staff of Pirelli & Co.'s new cable 

 works at Southampton, has accepted an appointment at Birming- 

 ham with the Dunlop Rubber Co., Limited. 



J. W. Shaw, late of the Paragon Rubber ^lanufacturing Co., 

 Hull, is now director and works manager of the Pomona Rubber 

 Co., Limited, Manchester. 



The British Foreign Office has reported that out of 300 bags 

 of parcels post mail seized on the steamship "Helhg Olav," 109 

 bags contained nothing but crude rubber. The estimated weight 

 of the rubber seized was 8,000 pounds. 



The Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Co.. Limited, London, has re- 

 cently opened a sales branch in Dubhn, to take care of its in- 

 creasing trade in Ireland. 



OBITU.'\RY NOTES. 



The position of commercial manager at the works of the Ley- 

 land & Birmingham Rubber Co., Limited, Leyland, vacant by the 

 death in active service of Lieutenant-Colonel Fallows, has been 

 filled by the appointment of Mr. Pratt, late with G. MacLellan 

 & Co., Glasgow. 



Kenneth Pelmore, whose death at the early age of thirty years 

 I regret to record, was better known to the rubber trade as Kurt 

 Pfleiderer of the well-known Peterborough firm specializing in 

 rubber-washing machines. 



Lieutenant Walter Wild, late of the Wood Milne, Limited, has 

 suffered a severe bereavement in the death at the Dardanelles of 

 his son. Trooper John Wild, of the North Auckland Mounted 

 Rifles, New Zealand expeditionary force. 



THE DUNLOP RUBBER CO., LIMITED, REPORT. 



The Dunlop Rubber Co., Limited, reports net profits for its last 

 fiscal year of £411,639, making, with £33,241 brought forward, a 

 total of £444,880 [$2,165,013]. After paying dividends on the 

 preference and ordinary shares and writing off £175,000 [$851,- 

 637] on real estate, plants and equipment, the net balance of 

 £75,528 [$367,557] is carried forward to this year's account. 



To insure a constant and uniform supply of the best cotton 

 fabrics the company has entered into arrangements whereby 

 spinning and weaving mills of the most modern construction, 

 operating nearly 50,000 spindles and 200 heavy looms, have been 

 buih at Rochdale, near Manchester, England, on the purchase 

 of which the company has an option. 



The directors expressed the opinion that the outlay for the 

 new estabhshment at Bromford, to cost about £330,000 [$1,605,- 

 945], and the purchase of the cotton goods mills, with the ex- 

 penses entailed by the excess-profits tax law and the redemption 

 of the balance of the parent tire debentures, can be accomplished 

 without the issue of new capital or affecting dividends, but recom- 

 mended that they should be given that power to increase the 

 authorized preference capital from £800,000 to £1,000,000. 



Anderson in 1902, will be continued under his name at 4 Jorgen 

 Kocksgatan, Mahuo. 



The Trelleborgs Gummifabriks Aktiebolage, Trelleborg, en- 

 gaged chiefly in tlie manufacture of rubber tires, has increased 

 its capital stock fn.m 300.000 to 800,000 crowns [$80,400 to 

 $214,400]. 



O. Nelson, formerly of the Hartford Rubber Works Co., Hart- 

 ford, Connecticut, has been appointed factory manager of the 

 Gislaveds Gummifabriks Aktiebolag, manufacturer of automobile 

 tires, Gislaved. 



.■\ serious fire recently destroyed more than $30,000 worth of 

 crude rubber and other materials of the Viskafoss Rubber Works, 

 Viskafoss. 



NORWAY. 



The Norwegian Government is spending 100,000 crowns [$26,- 

 800] in erecting and equipping an aeroplane factory with a shop 

 large enough to assemble four machines simultaneously. 



A circular issued by the government, dated November 12, 1915, 

 places an embargo on all exports of woolen or cotton rubber- 

 ized fabrics and also on garments made of these fabrics. 



Aktieselskabet Skandinaviske Kabel og Gummifabriker, a new 

 company planning to manufacture cables and general rubber 

 goods, was recently incorporated in Christiana with 1,200,000 

 crowns [$321,600] capital stock. 



DENMARK. 



During the year 1913, Denmark imported $112,947 worth of 

 crude rubber from France. Since the outbreak of the war this 

 trade has entirely ceased. 



.A.ktieselskabet DeForede Gummi and Luftringefabriker, 

 Copenhagen, recently declared a 25 per cent dividend. This 

 company's production of automobile tires has been increased 

 from 25 to 60 tires per day in spite of the many difficulties that 

 have been experienced in obtaining sufficient quantities of crude 

 rubber and other raw materials. Dr. Alfred Benyon has been 

 elected president of the company. 



Through the joint efforts of the Danish "Landbank" and the 

 British Ambassador at Copenhagen, the Copenhagen Auto Cab 

 Co. has obtained a large consignment of tire casings and inner 

 tubes. 



Aktieselskabet Unmack & Pedersen, Aalborg, wholesale deal- 

 ers in transmission belts, packings and mechanical rubber goods, 

 have increased their capital stock from 140,000 to 200,000 crowns 

 [$37,520 to $53,600]. 



TRADE NOTES FROM SCANDINAVIA. 



SWEDEN. 



'T'HE Liljeholmens Hampspunerei och Kabelfabrik, Liljehol- 

 *■ men, manufacturers of insulated wire and cables, has re- 

 cently increased the salaries of its employees 10 per cent. 



A new tire and general rubber goods repairing company has 

 been incorporated in Gothenburg, under the name of Goteborgs 

 Gummireparatoinsverkstad, Einaar Lundstrom. 



■Victor Anderson, owner of a large belt, packing and general 

 rubber mechanical goods business in Malmo, died recently, aged 

 forty-three years. The business, which was founded by Mr. 



SMUGGLING RUBBEH INTO GERMANY FROM HOLLAND. 



The smuggHng of rubber from the Netherlands into Germany 

 has become a profitable business, according to a report printed 

 in a Paris paper. On account of the high prices obtainable in 

 Germany much rubber has been sent there, the Dutch consumer 

 being compelled to do without. 



The government of the Netherlands, in striving to maintain 

 strict neutrality, requires owners of automobiles desiring new 

 tires to turn in their old ones, regardless of how damaged and 

 dilapidated they may be, in order to prevent them being sent to 

 Germany. 



It is said that much smuggling is being indulged in. although 

 smugglers, when apprehended, are subject to a fine of 16 florins 

 [$6.43] per pound. It is intimated that the Germans are glad to 

 pay a price that makes rubber smuggling profitable, even if the 

 smuggler is occasionally apprehended. 



Weise & Co., large importers and dealers in crude rubber and 

 gutta percha in Rotterdam and Amsterdam, Holland, have an- 

 nounced that M. J. Overeynder has withdrawn from the firm and 

 has been succeeded by Mr. F. A. F. De Gruyter, who has been 

 granted power of attorney at the Amsterdam branch. 



