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BIG GLASGOW FIRE.
£30,000 DAMAGE AT ENGINEERING WORK.
Loss estimated at almost £30,000 was caused by a fire which occur- rod last month in the engineering premises of The Mirrlees Watson Company (Ltd.) In Scotland Street, Glasgow.
MONDAY,
BOMB EXPLODES AT AERODROME.
"FIND ON BIRD-NESTING EXPEDITION.
JULY 18, 1927.
HOME GOLF NOTES.
REFLECTIONS ON RECENT FORM.
The most satisfactory features ground at Northolt Aerodrome in Men's Amateur-are the arrival of A bomb explosion on the flying plonships-the Ladies's and the of the two recent, British, Cham- which a boy of 12 was seriously new personalities into the game, injured is to form the subject of and the predominance of youth, The fire broke out in the pattern Ministry. The boy, George Mar Mlle. Simone Thion de la Chaume, an official inquiry by the Air writes an Observer correspondent. shed, and spread rapidly to a pattin, of Twickenham, is now making the lady champion, is not yet nine- tern loft and to the open yard satisfactory progress in the Ex-teen years of age, while Miss which was filled with patterns, afbridge Cottage Hospital, says a large number of which were com- London paper in mall week.
Dorothy Pearson, who was defeated pletely destroyed.
in the Aral, is the French girl's Glasgow Fire Brigade squnds playmate named Albert Sparke William Tweddell, the amateur It appears that Martin and a senior by only a few months. Dr. spent over three hours dealing (10), who lives at Hill Farm champion, is thirty years of age, with the ontbreak.
The firm, which manufactures all drome, went together on a
House, Ickenham, nesr the aero- and therefore, in the very prime of kinds of sugar machinery, steamnesting expedition, and wandered force that is likely to become more bird- life. He is a new force in golf, u eendierising plant, water distillers, and oil well nuchinery, occupies from Sparks brought Martin to his five years.
on to the flying-ground. A ery powerful in the course of the next, extensive premises bounded by side, and they examined a cylin-meteoric golfer, here to-day and Dr. Tweddell is no Seolland Street on the north, the drical object about nine inches gone to-morrow. To the mass of Glasgow Corporation Power Station on the west, and the ground.
Subway long, which was lying on the golfers in Britain, his name, until main line from Glasgow Central
a few days ago, was practically un- Station to the coast on the south.
world, absolutely unknown. While 11 known; to golfers, throughout the The erection chiefly affected was
his triumph has come as a complete the pattern shed, a wooden con-
surprise to most people, those who struction with corrugated iron roof, 330 feet long and 20 feet
played mostly in the Midlands, are have had occasion to notice his golf, wide, running north and south Jack Moun the railway and the
have felt that a man constantly ac- 21 not in the least surprised. They gomplishing scores of 71, 72, and medals in the process, must in the 79, and pocketing a handful of 26 end make a boid bid for the great-28
street.
to the shed.
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Up in a Flash The fire apparently originated at the sonth end of the shed, and was observed a few minutes before six o'clock by Mr. Boan Macdonald, the station engineer at the Subway peter house. He at once notified the fire brigade and the oficials of the firm, but thought the former were on the scene within a few minnes they were too late to pre- vent its spreading, for, according th an eye-witness, it just went up in a flash.
string from his pocket and tied it Sparke produced a piece of to the end of his find, saying that his mother would like it as souvenir,
far Martin discovered a similar Before they had gone
inches long, to which he also tied but larger object about fifteen
a. piece of string.
The subsequent
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OUR CROSSWORD PUZZLE.
Horizontal.
Emaciated.
Twice five, 6 Rubbish from destruction of
Anything.
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Social insect. Four-wheeled vehicle,
Cooking utensil. 15 Otherwise,
General drift of thought, 18 Broad. 10 Foppish,
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Ethereal salt. Anaesthetic. An interbreeding of races..
Instrument for measuring the
amount of salt in a solution. Morindin dye. Dwelled, Masculine pronoun.
babies. Toy Tin container fund.
@ Wetter.
Pertaining to the interior of a building.
10 Forbidding.
13 To pierce with a pointed instru
ment.
16 Dry sent.
18 Moistened.
20 Opposite of "toed” (dancing).
21 Tests for flavour.
23 South American monkeys.
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Sewing implements.
work,
2205280 feet.
80
Rant
32 To bail water out of a boat." 34 Passage.
36 Seed bag.
38 Type of head covering.
Sixth note in scale.
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for
preserved
To the east of the shed is silunt- ed an open yard, in which a num-described by the injured boy in ber of heavy patterns were lying, an interview with a Central News and east of that again is a brick-representative in Exbridge Hosest honour of all. built Four-floor pattern-machine shop and store, 150 feet long and
What manner of man is this who 31 30 feet wide, lying at right angles,
Dragging Souvenirs" Home, has swept aside champions and men 33 We started to drag the souvenirs particular school of thought can35 Fluid in a tree.
with international reputations? No 34 over the grass, said Martin, when a shepherd in an adjoining field Because he played a good deal of
claim Dr. Tweddell as a disciple. 87 called to Albert to open a gate golf on the loyal. Balgowne links 35 Icon. through which he wanted to drive at Aberdeen, while gradunting in 1 Bem. some cattle, Albert let go of his medicine at University, Scotsmen 12 Constant companions. string, and I was standing waiting daim to have laid the foundation of 43 Types of auto badies. for him when suddenly there was his golf. a big bang between my feet.
But there is little re44 A "U" shaped nail semblance between Dr. Tweddell's more after that for a time, but ally associated with the men who I don't remember very much style and methods and those gener-
Vertical. there was a lot of smoke, and I have learned their golf across the seem to remember crawling a long Border. way over the grass. Then some true Scottish swing-the long, flow
You cannot mistake the airmen found me, and, wrappinging sweep of the club that finishes me in their coats, took me to the roun! the neck. Though perfectly sick quarters and bandaged my rhythmical, the swing of Dr. Twed- wounds. I had no idea it was a bomb, or I would never have
dell is sharrer and quicker, and the tonefied it.
are not so extended. In short, it is a more businesslike swing, one Martin's injuries include deep it calculated to get out of gear so and extensive lacerations at both quickly as the more exaggerated legs above the knees, which neces- and flamboyant type. sitated many stitches, and slight injury to the right eye, apparently eaised by a spark.
Assistance was at once called for, and soon there were machines from five stations on the scene under the direction of Firemester Waddell. Then lines of hose were played on the burning mass, but the westerly wind that was blowing proved a serious obstacle, and it was with the utmost diffi- enity that it was prevented from spreading to the engineering shopa in the main building.
flames.
י
sure stream of water.
chance,
It might be supposed that Dr. Twed- dell is an artificial rather than a natural golfer, but whether this is efficient one. so or not he is an extraordinarily From a study of his
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Visible water vapour. Water spirit.
4 Point of compass.
6. To bark snappishly.
$ Period,
7 Half an em.
Saturday's Puzzle.
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BAS)&WHE ACTUSLU STAB EMI SONATA CLI ORDA INKHO
what is known as the "all-airway. rente," where, says J. H. Taylor, there are no bunkers.
Deep Concentration.
The
cellent body balance, and a nice With a good awing, an ex-
conception of the finer points of the game, Mr. MacNair will surely be heard of again.
has
Ideal Temperament. The bomb which the boys found ideal temperament for golf-cool, concentrates
The new champion possesses an I have seldom seen a gelfer who
Mr. Tolley and Mr. Wethered fell are believed to be of the type used calm, perfectly collected in all situa. Tweddell when the all-important manner In spite of their efforts, how in bombing practice.
so deeply as Dr.from their high places in such a ever, the fire did succeed in spread-bu-striking an object a dense cloud thought and action.
They emittions, and very deliberate
as to suggest that inputting comes to be done. With their ing from the yard to the store of smoke, which enables the pilut
golf hns deteriorat. Nothing body bent and head over the ball, It building, and on the third floor. to see whether a hit has been shot
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may be only a tem- no nothing moves but the arms in'a porary phase, but it and
is not which is used as a pattern loft, registered. How they were allows
iy attempted until he short, pendulum-like swing, while without significance that in the case the door and the woodwork of the ed to remain on the ground is at have been properly adjusted, such bull is close to the objective.
satisfied that all things the eyes. remain steadfast until the of Mr. Tolley he could only snatch windows were soon ablaze. Un present, unexplained. der the fierce, heat, the windows
as the correct placing of the fect, champion's putting methods are sotish captain, Mr. W. J. Guild, and a half in his match with the Scot- were shattered, and the dames
the proper angle of the club to the sound and practical that they are crept inside the building, setting out of existence with a high-pres-rect poise and balance of the body, as is so often the case with players youth whe
intended line of fight, and the cor- not likely suddenly to break down, proper by an unknown American was beaten in the championship the contents alight.
Portunately it was possible to
entered "just for Coal Bing Smouldering,
who adopt freakish methods that the fun of the thing." Mr. attack thein from the other end of But even then the area occupied
please for a time and then fail com-Tolley's the building, which is 130 feel long by the power house was not com-
pletely to function. To show how
golfing reputation by 30 road, and, the damage on pletely out of danger, for beside
little was known of Dr.. Twed-light
undoubtedly suffered 凸
setback. dell's golf, he was not chosened's golf was distinctly unsatisfac-
Mr.. Wether," that door was confined' to an area the blazing, pattern shed was a methods the impression would prob- to represent England against Seot- of about 20 feet. The contents, great store consisting of 195 tensably be gained that Dr. Tweddell land in the international match pre- themselves to such a degree, that along with those of the other of washed singles coal. "Though was trying to imitate Mr. Bobby ceding the championship, but, hav- occasionally he had recourse to tho tory, the wooden clubs misbehaving floors, however, suffered from the it did not aqtually catch fire, it Jones. water which was thrown on to the was smouldering ominously, and famous American player, the feet to his capabilities us a golfer, he whole the standard of golf was for As in the case of the ing confounded all estimates as iron for driving purposes. On the members of the Subway staff had are close together, the hands well will now most certainly be one of below what one expects in a cham- to be set to the task turning it down, and the arms held in to the the first.choices for Britain against pionship. over and keeping it wet.
sides of the body. But there the America in next year's Walker Cup. Having ensured the safety of likeness ends, the two swingsmatch in the United States. the surrounding property all the being quite different from one an energies of the firemen were de other, that of Dr. Tweddels being Aylmer, who has twice played for Until he defeated Mr. Colin
You can go up now by paying a voted to quelling the fire in the slightly shorter, and with less of Britain, and then Mr. Wathered, little down on un aeroplane in shed and yard, and after about an
the flowing grace so prominent a little or no notice was taken of Dr. England. Manufacturers have in- hour it was completely under con- feature of the swing of Mr. Jones. Tweddell I met hin: in one of his stituted the pay-as-you-fly plan in trol.
Like most of the celebrated earlier matches, unattended except selling two-seater ships. Prices American golfers, Dr. Tweddell by his opponent and the two end- are within reach of only a few, purpoadly refrains from cleaning dies. and polishing his clubs, with the in tossing a coin on the tenth green about £230, with 24 monthly in- Dr. Tweddell was engaged however; the initial payment is result that they give the appear to decide whether he or his oppon-talments of £2. ance of having come straight out of ent had to putt first, there being no
second-hand shop. In no sense
referee to settle the matter. Be of the word can Dr. Tweddell be
fore the end of the week 4,000 termed a long driver; he just a moderate hitter of the ball, but ex- people came out to see Dr. Twed-
dell annihilate his opponents. tremely accurate. He does not
A youth who has covered himself drive so far as Mr. Tolley or Mr. Wethered, for example, but he will Glasgow, a young man who wears with glory is Mr. A. MacNair, of be on the course far more often. horn-rimmed spectacles, and plays The most striking feature of Dr. with the coolness and deliberation weddell's golf is the iron play. It of a veteran. He is never fluster- is just plain, straightforward hit- ting, with no attempt at anything, and never shows the slightest sign of nerves." Mr. MacNair seichtine or spectacular, the ball reached the last eight, defeating being hit fairly high along many distinguished people on the
Oil Tank in Danger, An alarming development was the discovery that the weed 'and felt easing in the roof of a large tank immediately over the power station stokehold was on fire:
The tank has two compartments, one holding water and the other ende oil.
The latter has a capa- city of 250 tons, und about 20 tola But by that time extensive dan of oil were in it last night, age had been done. About 130. Ilad the oil ignited circunt-feet of the pattern shed hid been stances at the power station would burnt to the ground, while in the have been alarming in the ex-yard the gaunt steel framework of treme, with the stakehold furnaces which alone" reamined, all; the and boilers. In action, a fire above | framework were destroyed and lay them and another a few yarda to in great smouldering Eeaps which threw up dense clouds of steam At this point the stakehold staff whenever a jet water was played were working under conditions of on them, „ộmong the burnt paf-| great difficulty, the heat being interns were several relating to valu- tense, while improvised gus-masks able machinery, ... of water-sonted cloth had to be
At the time of the outbreak a worn to combat the choking fomes, number of men wers engaged on The danger from the burning the spot, but they were all safely, casing was of short duration, withdrawn. So far there is no in- fireman on ladder blasting the dication, of how the Are was flicker on the ledge of the tank caused.
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