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P A R K I N G AT THE M A R I N E M U S E U M We would draw to the at t e n t i o n of all members some ver y important tion w h i c h has been given to us by the staff of the Marine Museum Canada in respect of parking in the vi ci n i t y of the Mu se u m for meetings. 14. informa of Upper T. M. H . S. The Cana di an Na ti o n a l E x h i b i t i o n has now instal led an au tom ate d parking lot entrance system at all of its lots, and it will be in o p e ra ti on wh en eve r the booths are staffed. This will occur wh en e v e r there is a show or other event in the area. Under such circumstances, free adm is si on to the park ing lot a d jacent to the Mu s e u m will no longer be av ail abl e simply by id ent ify ing yo ur se l f as going to the Ma rine Museum, as in the past. It now will be n e c e s s a r y for the st andard $7. 00 par ki ng fee to be paid, but T. M . H . S. me mbers and friends will be able to obtain immed iat e reimburse men t by pr es en ti ng their C . N . E. parking stubs at the front desk in the Mus eum upon arrival. The Mu se u m regrets this in co n v en ie nc e and asks that T. M. H . S. advise if any problems are e n c o u n t e r e d w it h the control of the p a rk in g lot so that the a p propriate official contact can be made wit h the C. N . E. park ing authority. We will rely upon our me mbers to let us know about any di ff ic ult ies they may encounter. * * * * * MOR E A B O U T T H E G L E N G A R N O C K Readers will recall that as our Ship of the M on th No. 209 in the January issue, we fe atured the "Wolvin" canaller JOHN CRE RAR (16), (b) FOURAS (21), (c) G L E N GA R N O C K (27), (d) CO UR TR IG HT (40), (e) C E D A R B R A N C H (I)(44), (f) EMPIRE NEWT, and that in the F e br ua ry issue, we follo wed up with some i n f o r ma ti on from Go rd on Turner co nce rn in g the lo ca ti on of the hamlet of Glengarnock, in whose honour James Playf air r e c h r i s t e n e d the vessel when he acqui re d her in 1921 for the com pa ny that was to become Glen Steamships Ltd. in 1922. Apart from the origin of her name, we raised another quest ion con ce rn in g G L E N GA R N O C K in our or iginal feature, and that was the apparent m y st er y of her registry. We me n t i o n e d that G L E N G A R N O C K and her Playf air sisters did not appear in the D o m in io n List of Ship pi ng for 1922 or 1924, and that we could not find her in the List until 1927. We also no ted that our 1924-1925 Lloyd's Re gister showed them simply as being of "British" registry, but without any home port being indicated. Once again, our loyal me mbers have ral lie d 'round us in our time of need, and two of them have come up w it h the answer we required. Bill Schell, of Holbrook, Mas sa ch us et ts , and George Ayoub, of Ottawa, have come forward with the in f o r ma ti on that the sisters were en ro lle d at Ne wc as tle -on -Ty ne, England, and Bill even goes so far as to suggest that, from his study of regis tr y numbers as signed out of that port, the en rol lme nt of GL E N G A R N O C K most p r o ba bl y took place during the mo nth of October, 1921. George advises us that in 1921, the re gi s t e r e d owner of GL E N G A R N O C K and her sister sh ip s was Swan, Hunter & Wigham Ri ch a r d s o n Ltd. (Jas. Playfair, m a n a ger), and from 1922 until 1925, the r eg is te re d owner was Glen Steams hip s Ltd., Mi dl a n d (Jas. Playfair, manager). This i n f o r ma ti on raises yet another in te re st in g question, namely how the famous British s h i p b ui ld in g firm became involved wi t h these vessels after their wartime service on salt water. The only logical co ncl usi on is that Playfair went to the Swan, Hu n t e r firm for financ ial backing in the setting up of his new fleet, and that Swan, Hu n t er held the mortgage, proba bly right through until the regi st ry of the ships was tr an sf er re d to Mont rea l on April 16, 1925, at the time of the Hall takeover of the vessels. We wo uld still like to see a photo of one of the sisters with "Newcastle" on her stern.