19 Oct 2012
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cornwall, UK - Yesterday we published a plea from a UK-based reader to identify some blocks of Gutta-Percha. Today, the same lady has sent more images, which to this editor suggest that the cargo has come from a shipwreck, and has only now washed up on the UK coastline.
Our correspondent writes: “About the same time I picked up the first TJIPETIR block, I noticed dozens of these. I assumed they were modern. Now I'm wondering whether they're part of the same rubber 'consignment' as the TJIPETIR blocks. These 'sheets' are raw rubber too I think - they have the name Senawang pressed into them. If the TJIPETIR blocks are old, maybe these are.
She continues, “Does the SENAWANG Rubber Co exist today? If the rubber fell off a ship this year, it's clearly less of a story!â€
She adds some Google research (see links below). Is there anyone out there who can identify the possible source of this material?
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The Straits Times 15 June 1912 (Singapore)
The Straits Times, 16 May 1916 (Singapore)
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