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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 2, 1910.
92.-All messages dispatched in connection with the working of trains shall be written up in ink.
Shunting.
CHAPTER X.
SHUNTING,
93.-Hand-shunting must be performed only by persons in the employ of the railway and on the orders of the Stationmaster in charge or the Shunter, and the porters or coolies performing the shunt should be clearly given to understand what is required of them. No wagon in a station yard may be moved by employes of the Engineering, Locomotive or Stores Departments without the permission of the Stationmaster, and not even then, unless a com- petent employe of such Department supervises the movement.
94.-Except under unavoidable circumstances, vehicles in the act of loading should not be shunted; and if it is necessary to shunt such vehicles, care should be taken to see that the load in them is evenly distributed as far as possible before the shunting is com- menced.
95.
---At stations where a Trafie shumter is not employed, all engine shunting will be performed by the Guard in charge of the train of which the engine forms part, but he must first obtain the necessary authority of the Staticumaster.
96.-Drivers must not detach their engines from trains or commence shunting nuless authorised to do so by a Traffic shunter, or where there is no shunter, by the guard.
97-When wagons have to be hand shunted out of Station yards for Engineering purposes, line block should be obtained (see Rule 115).
Before wagons are removed from a station the brakes must be examined, and no wagon whose brake is defective may be shunted beyond the limits of a station.
(a) The gangs must also be provided with sprags.
(b) Wagons must not be hand-shunted on or in the neighbour- hood of gradients steeper than 1 in 500; except under special arrangements to be made by the District Engineer with the Traffic Superintendent which will prevent wagons from getting out of control.
98.--Not more than two wagons may be taken out at any one tinue. The wagon or wagons must be accompanied by not less than 4 men per wagon. The wagon or wagons first taken out must be brought back to the station before any other wagon is taken out.
99. - Wagons may not be shunted between stations at a speci exceeding 2 miles an hour.
Supply of Coples of Rules or Translations
CHAPTER XI.
RAILWAY SERVANTS GENERALLY. 100.--(1) The authorised officer shall supply......... -
(a) to each station, and to each Locomotive Rauning Shed, a copy in English of the rules for the time being in force on the railway.
(b) to each railway servant on whom any definite respon- sibility is placed by the said rules, and who under- stands English, a copy of the said rules, or a copy of such portious thereof as relate to his duties. (2) The authorised officer may, at his discretion, supply to any railway servant who does not understand English, a translation, in a language which he understands, of the said rules, or of such portions thereof as relate to his duties, or cause them to be ex- plained by a person competent to do so, who shall obtain an acknowledgment from the individual to the effect that he under- stands the purport of the same.
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