THE RUBBER BOOM.

Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12750, 23 March 1910, Page 3

THE RUBBER BOOM.

TEN NEW OOMP-ANIES. : 'Vbess Association — Copyright.] ' London, March 21. ' The prospectuses of ton rubber companies have been issued to y -day with capital aggregating £2,500,000, and of two oil companies with capital . or £425,000. . , • ■....' The "Daily Telegraph" says that the high price of rubber made some cargoes of Para rubber so valuable that it was difficult to find a market. To insure these cargoes 15 per cent was paid on Saturday, while the ordinary rate is 4s per cent.