"LEATHERUBBA"
.'..Arr.'v.E. '..'Dimant,;.ijf . ; lMbo,urne, has',- states a ■ Press Association - telegram from Hastings, selljjig.:to _a ..New'Zealand; syndi'cate,. for' ; iT2o,oo(i',' the fight; to>' liianiifacturo ■:'■'.leatherubba "i ,■ in:> New ; ;.' Zealand,;; and, a ,comspany,. with' a Capital of .£4(),000 (over-sub-scribed),-ha£ been; Mated ; to;manufacture many :artiClts of ; commerce now iu'ade 'of' ordinary leather, and rubber, the,.waste : products of 'which make ! "leafhonibba." -Ninety: per. cent, of the capital . was .raised; in; Hawke's Bay.jThe. factory;is ; to" be at''Hasting; 'will comnlenee early next -.yearj'----.' i As'"has' 'been''.''explained vin ;these ' columns : some months, ago;••"leatherubba"' is to be made ;nf . those cartloads. of leather "tailings" from boot factories,/'old; .boots,.' and,' btlts," 'old bike? tyres, etci 1 '; These _will be reduced by'machinery to';.a-'powder, then' mixed'hp with a" eompoSi,tion; and under pressure made, into Ysheets; and slabs according to the purposo intended.' It is .claimed : that '.the material thus . manufacr tured will.:make,an excellent. substitute for; leather for '.'boot-Soles; and is.- adapted for mat. .ai»d linoleUrii-making, ..aad>a hundred: other; 'useful things. . '■' ■ " '
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 586, 14 August 1909, Page 15
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158"LEATHERUBBA" Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 586, 14 August 1909, Page 15
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