NORTH BRITISH RUBBER CO.

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3128, 5 July 1917, Page 8

NORTH BRITISH RUBBER CO.

"Tho largest rubber company in the British Empire" is tlie description given iii tho catalogue concerning tbo extensive exhibit inado by this well-known anil cntorprisiiiff Jirni, whoso operations aro truly world-wide. liWuded sisty ye*ra ago, tho Castlo Stills in Edinburgh havo grown steadily and solidly until at tho present day they keep going at high pressure no less than S(KK) men. It will bo of interest lo record that upwards of 700 of this stall" are lighting in the tronchos-a iino record for nny company. The company's rpputo lias been built up on thorough workmanship ami consistent quality, and has . increased through tho years that luive lapsed since the foundation until tbey now occupy a proud position in (:bo world of rubbor. Pi'ominont in tho exhibit aro tho famous solid band' tyres for lorries and buses, and llio Clincher cross tyro for curs. So great ban been tho demand for theso for war purposes that.the agents in ,\'ew Zualiind-have been, unable lo obtain anything liko adequate supplies. Older leading lines aro flic famed Balata and rubber bolting; tho well-known [Jniquo hot water bottles, so largely used in hospitals; hoses of all sizes; rubber matting, for ■which Ihero is a hugo demand on all the largo sleumcrs such as tho Union Company's fleet, and largo contracts with tho groat shipbuilding firm.of Denny's; motor cyclo covers of nil weights and sizes, and mado speoially for hard wear and rough roads; sea boots and trotting l)Oots; .drnggiste' fiinndriia; fishing stockings and waders: golf hags; hood cloth for motor cars. It is a feature of their cyclo tyres tha.t a guarantee k given with each ono issued. Tlio firm havo, taken aleo • a largo_ part in pro Tiding aorial fabrics, for which thero has been such, a huge domand since the war started. A Btrikinp cxsunplo of fcho

durability of this firm's goods is shown in n. picco of hoso which although it Jias boon in uso for over 20 years it is still in a soiiiud condition. Their agents in Now Zealand for many yeans past are tho well-known firm of Ilaywm'd Bros, and Co., of Christoluu-ch, ono of whose representatives, Mr. Norton. Taylor, has organised tho fine- show exhibit.—(Published by Arrangement.)