DRIVE FOR WASTE RUBBER

Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 172, 17 April 1942, Page 5

DRIVE FOR WASTE RUBBER

Campaign In Britain (Received April IG. 10 p.m.) LONDON, April 15. Because of the position in the Far East, the main sources of Britain’s rubber supplies are now in the hands of the enemy. To meet the emergency the Ministry of Supply has announced a nation-wide campaign for the recovery of all waste rubber. An urgent appeal is being made to every household to put out all rubber for collection by the local authorities. All other concerns, such as garages, cycling, golf ami oilier similar clubs, are also urged to hand over what they can. .Modern war, it. is emphasized, calls for huge .supplies of rubber, and thousands more tons of it tire needed now. At Hie same lime, details of the effect of Hie rubber shortage in Germany and occupied European countries were given by the spokesman of Hie Ministry of Economic Warfare. He said: “News has come from Holland of a tyre made of cork. In Denmark cycle tyres of paper, which last about a mouth, have been invented, and in Budapest an attempt is being made to run motor-buses on rails by fitting wooden wheels.” A Detroit message slates Hint engineers of Hie Ford Company have developed a new tyre composed ehielfv of a special fabric requiring only onesixleeiilh of the rubber normally used. Though the experiments tire still in the

preliminary stage, a company spokesman said that tests had proved the tyre durable and capable of long wear.