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POLICE DEPARTMENT,
No. S. 31.-In view of the approaching Chinese New Year, it is hereby notified by His Excellency the Governor that, permission is given for Fireworks to be fired as follows:-
A. Within those portions of the City of Victoria and the Kowloon Peninsula
bounded by the following limits:-
A.-(1.) Queen's Road East from Royal Naval Hospital entrance to Kennedy Road, by Kennedy Road to a line running through Hing Wan Street, down Stone Nullah Lane to Wanchai Road and Tai Wo Street to Gloucester Road, along Gloucester Road to Stewart Road and Burrows Street and by Burrows Street to the Gas Works, Wauchai Road. Wanchai Market and both sides of the streets are included in these limits.
(2.) Kowloon l'eninsula.
All the area south of Austin Road.
On Monday, the 16th February, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.; and on Tuesday, the 17th Febuary, from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. On Monday, the 23rd February, from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m.
B.-Within those portions of the City of Victoria not comprised in the limits set out in A. (1), and within that part of the Kowloon Peninsula (the portion indicated in A. (2) excepted) which lies within a line and includ- ing Nathan Road from its junction with Austin Road to Prince Edward Road, thence, Prince Edward Road to the railway line, thence, the rail- way line to the tunnel face at Kowloon Tong, thence, to the northern end of Waterloo Road, thence, Waterloo Road to Prince Edward Road, thence, Prince Edward Road to Argyle Street, thence, Argyle Street to Waterloo Road, thence, Waterloo Road to the railway line, thence, the railway line to Chatham Road, thence, due south to the south sea shore, thence, the sea shore or sea wall to the Star Ferry Pier; and Jordan Road, west of the district specified above.
From 4 p.m. on Monday, the 16th February, till 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the 18th February, and on Monday, the 23rd February, from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m.
Firing of fireworks is to be strictly confined to the times named above, both within and without the prescribed area; and both sides of all streets, or parts of streets named as the boundaries above, are to be considered as within the prescribed area.
No burning fireworks or other fire is to be thrown above the head or near any person or inflammable material, and all reasonable precaution must be taken against accident, as every one is liable for damage arising from his carelessness.
The firing of fireworks is not to be carried on in the vicinity of places of Christian Worship during Divine Service.
Attention is drawn to Government Notification No. 187 of April 1st, 1927. No person shall make, sell, or have in his possession any fireworks which explode by detona- tion, or which contain any explosive ingredient or mixture other than black gunpowder, charcoal, "sulphur, saltpetre, aluminium and potassium perchlorate, or which have in any single container thereof more than 10 grains of any explosive mixture in which potassium perchlorate is an ingredient".
No firework may be discharged within the following area :-
All that area within and bounded by a line along the whole of Ko Shing Street to its western end or junction with Des Voeux Road West, thence along Des Voeux Road West to its junction with Centre Street, thence along Centre Street to its junction with Bonham Road, thence, along and including Bonham Road to a point found by producing the eastern boundary of Pound Lane, then to and along and including Pound Lane, thence along
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