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process, at the Glasses reaching the other end for the purpose of Tempering them to withstand any heat afterwards, I was also shewn the Engine & Test Guage Glasses being rolled & blewn into long strip's & where they were cut into different lengths, also the department where Office Paste Ink & Glue was made & bottled also the Packing Room & Sample Room where Glass Bottles, Tube's & Glasses of every description, altogether I spent an enjoyable hour inspecting the works, & after thanking my Pilot & seeing the Sand which was made into Glass, I returned to the Home & did some writing, As this Town is the same name as my own Town in Australia, naturally I was very much interested in it, as my Town was named after this place, No doubt this Town is a pretty place, not very large but nicely laid out & had the Weather been fine, I could have had a better chance of seeing more of it. The Trains are rather on the old style, & come no where near