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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27ru, 1907. 
By the kind invitation of Messrs. Pack and Sons, the 
members paid a visit to the works of this old-established firm. 
The party was met by Mr. Pack and conducted by him through 
the whole of the extensive works. Every stage of the process of 
building the body of a carriage or a motor car was shown, from 
the wood, metal, &c, in the rough state to the highly varnished 
and upholstered finished article. A feature of interest was the 
comparatively large amount of aluminium used in the place of 
wood for panels in motor cars. Mr. Pack informed the members 
that most of the wood was obtained from Sweden, this being 
found the most serviceable for their purpose. One of the many 
inventions of Mr. Pack was a device for easily raising the body 
of a car so as to get at any of the parts underneath; this he 
thought out in bed during a sleepless night. An interesting 
operation was the fixing of an iron tyre on a wooden wheel ; the 
tyre, which was rather smaller than the wheel, was placed in a 
furnace, and being thus expanded was dropped over the wheel 
and the whole flooded with water, when the iron contracted and 
the tyre became firmly fixed. The various skins used in the 
upholstering department, although not much to look at, are of 
considerable value. In the absence of the President, the 
Honorary Scientific Secretary, Mr. F. Harrison, M.A., thanked 
Mr. Pack for his courtesy and giving up so much of his time in 
conducting the party through his works and explaining all the 
details of the business. 
SATURDAY, APRIL 20rn, 1907. 
VISIT TO WARREN FARM SCHOOLS. 
The Warren Farm Schools and the children in them were 
under scrutiny on the above date. The thirty-five ladies and 
gentlemen who indulged in the inspection were more appreciative 
than critical ; and in so well-ordered an institution it would be 
difficult to be otherwise even if one had the inclination. The 
members, with their President, Dr. Walter Harrison, believed 
that an afternoon could be profitably spent seeing how the 
children of the Poor Law were turned into useful citizens of the 
Empire. 
Mr. E. Rowland Cowley, who is Chairman of the Committee 
in charge of the Schools, had suggested the visit, and went an 
