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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[June 1, 1916. 



American makes, this statement being borne out by the fact 

 that the production here for many years past has been advanc- 

 ing by leaps and bounds, exports prior to August, 1914, going 

 to all countries having rubber works. Great Britain, of course, 

 is indebted to the United States reclaimers for having been 

 shown how to produce reclaims at a competitive price and 

 quality, and also to United States manufacturers for showing 

 how it can be used in quantities. Now the pupils claim to be 

 equal to their teachers and the trade here looks forward to the 

 future with confidence, as, however low the price of their rub- 

 ber may be. the cost of waste must be in proportion, and so 

 enable the reclaimer to put his products on the market at 

 corresponding prices. 



TR.\DE MEMOR.ANDA. 



Since the death of Mr. Openshaw, the proprietor of the Holt 

 Town Rubber Co., Limited, Holt Town, Ancoats, Manchester, 

 manufacturer of reclaitued rubber and rubber substitutes, this 

 works has passed into the hands of Laughton & Son, who 

 carry on a similar business near Manchester. 



The Alperton Rubber Works at Wembley, near London, which 

 has now been closed down, was a reorganization of that ill-fated 

 rubber boom concern, the Crude Rubber Washing Co., Lim- 

 ited. On the failure of the original enterprise, whose factory 

 was in London, the Alperton concern started to manufacture 

 tires and other mechanical rubber goods, with the above-men- 

 tioned result. 



Thomas Lilley, whose death was recently announced, was a 

 partner in a large wholesale boot and shoe business in London, 

 but became prominently connected with the rubber trade some 

 years ago as chairman of directors of the Premier Waterproof 

 and Rubber Co., Limited, of Manchester, when the works were 

 taken over from a former private company. 



The annual meeting of the Society of Chemical Industry is to 

 be held in Edmburgh, where a new section was formed last 

 year. 1 may mention that the local secretary of the section is 

 B. D. Porritt. chief chemist of the North British Rubber Co., 

 and as he will be responsible for the organization of the pro- 

 ceedings, it is probable that members who are ignorant of the 

 rubber manufacture may have an opportunity of seeing some- 

 thing which will interest them. 



Sir F. H. Smith, Baronet, chairman of Charles Macintosh S: Co., 

 Limited, has been appointed on the Board of Trade Committee 

 appointed to consider the position of the British textile industry 

 after the war. This is owing to the fact that he is now and has 

 been for many years actively associated with the staple Lanca- 

 shire industry. 



Among the most recent enemy lirms to be wound up is the 

 New York-Hamburg India Rubber Co., Limited, presumably 

 because the Hamburg element predominates over the New York. 



Lindsay and Williams, Limited, at whose works an explosion 

 of naphtha was mentioned a few months back, are now moving 

 their business to larger premises at Bennett street, Ardwick, 



Manchester. 



OTHER BRITISH NOTES. 



THE conclusion of Justice Peterson in the Chancery Division, 

 Manchester, in tlic action of Cohen and another v. Fidler 

 & Co., in which both parties claimed the use of the word "Regent" 

 as a trade-mark for waterproof clothing, was to the effect that the 

 plaintiffs had established a reputation for their goods under that 

 name prior to the time when the defendants commenced to use 

 the word, and that its use by the defendants was calculated to 

 mislead. He therefore granted injunctions and dismissed the de- 

 fendants' motion, with costs. 



THE NEXT LONDON EUBBER EXHIBITION. 



The announcement has been made that the Fifth International 

 Rubber and Allied Industries Exhibition and the Second Inter- 

 national Cotton, Fibres and other Troiiical Products Exhibition 



will be held in London in May or June, 1919, under the same 

 direction as the previous exhibitions, A. Staines Manders, organ- 

 izing manager and Miss D. Fulton, organizing secretary. 



DR. WILLIS NOW IN ENGLAND. 



Dr. J. C. Willis, having resigned tlie directorship of tlie Botan- 

 ical Gardens at Rio Janeiro, has returned to England, and is 

 now living at Beechcroft, Clarendon Road, Cambridge, where he 

 is devoting his time to botanical work. It will be remembered 

 that Dr. Willis wlien in the Far East was director of the Royal 

 Botanical Gardens at Peradiniya and editor of the "Tropical .-Xg- 

 riculturist," published at Colombo. Dr. Willis writes that he 

 does not expect ever again to have much to do with rubber, 

 though he will always be interested in the progress of the rubber 

 planting industry. 



CHANGE STYLE OF FIRM NAME. 



The firm of Ritter & Hankin, 27 ^lincing Lane, London, 

 E.C, England, have sent out notices to the trade that they 

 have decided to alter the name of the firm tO' Geo. Hankin & 

 Co., the change to date from the first of May. There is no 

 alteration in the general conduct or constitution of the firm, 

 which will be continued as heretofore. 



A nOYAL DOCUMENT. 



The North British Rubber Co., Limited, Castle Mills, Edin- 

 burgh, Scotland, has been made by special appointment supplier 

 of pneumatic and other tires and general rubber goods to His 

 Majesty. King Alphonso XIII of Spain. A reproduction in 



miniature of the diploma or certificate of appointment is shown 

 upon this page and will' be examined with some interest and 

 curiosity. We understand that this company has equipped a 

 roval automobile witli clincher tires. 



SEIZED RUBBER CONDEMNED. 



The British Prize Court has condemned both the ship "Sul- 

 danha Da Gania" and her cargo of rubber, which was seized just 

 off the south-east corner of Iceland and taken to Kirkwall, March 

 6. The testimony was that this ship sailed from Para on Febru- 

 ary 6 and all the documents and papers, bills of lading, invoices, 

 etc., were for New York. No tidings were received from her 



