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The Dunlop-Perdriau Company is the result of a merger during
1929 of the Dunlop Company of Australia, the Perdriau Company,
which was an Australian rubber manufacturing concern dating back
to 1881, and the Barnet Glass Rubber Company. The merger involved
 paid capital of £4,694,151. In addition to all kinds of
tyres, this firm manufactures mechanicals, waterproof clothing,
rubber shoes and general rubber goods. It has branches in all the
capital cities of the States and is by far the largest rubber manu-‘acturing
 organisation in the Commonwealth. The Goodyear
Company of the United States also have a factory in Australia.

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82. About half the rubber manufactured goods consumed in the
Commonwealth are made locally and the proportion of local manufacture
 is increasing. Tyres and tubes naturally form the largest
zlass of imports. In 1928 severe falls occurred in practically all
lasses of imported rubber goods as will be seen from the followng
 table which shows the total value of imports of each class of
articles and the percentage which came from Empire countries.

[mports of rubber manufactured goods into Australia, °

1925-96.

1926-27.

1927-28.

Per cent.
Value, | from | Value,
Empire

Jer cent,
from
Empire

Value,

Per cent.
from
Empire

Tyres (Pneumatic) wo
Tyres—rubber, other ...
Tyre fabric—rubbered ...
Lubes  .., ee ee
Belting ... 2dn ee
Joloshes, rubber boots
and shoes.
Elastic thread — boot
and apparel.
Dental cements and trays
Syringes and surgical goods
Floor coverings and mats
Hard rubber in sheets ...
Rubber articles (n.e.i.) ...

£000.
2,047
313
1
321
18
85

£000,
38 1,558
35 319
77 3
47 224
42 1
89 114

44
36
87
b6
29
892

£000.
801
193

32
40

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56

50
33
78

2592 |

58

259

48

314

55

18
13
13
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268

79
75
38
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412

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14
22
22 |
21
397

70 18 72
70 23 68
55 10 30
75 15 27
39 317 42

Total

3.361 |!

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3898 | 34 | 1,860 | 40

83. During the same period the imports of crude rubber and of
rubber machinery have been increasing. In the three years
1925-26 to 1927-28 the imports of crude and reclaimed rubber

Imports.