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No cracker firing will be permitted in Ice House Lane, Duddell Street, or in the Lanes leading out of Duddell Street for a distance of 80 yards from Queen's Road.
Cracker firing 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 cracker 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 crackers is not to be carried on in the vicinity of places of Christian Worship during Divine Service on Sunday, the 14th February.
The Police will have strict orders to summon or arrest persons firing crackers in contravention of the foregoing restrictions.
The Firing of Bombs is Strictly Prohibited.
No. S. 37. It is hereby notified that on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th February, 1915, being the days fixed for the Races at Wong-Nei-Chung, the following Regulations, under Ordinance No. 2 of 1869, will be in force:
I.-All traffic going to and from the Races at Wong-Nei-Chung will keep the .ordinary rule of the road in Queen's Road East and Morrison Hill Gap Road.
Arsenal Street all horses and vehicles will go by Queen's Road East and Morrison Hill Gap.
II. Trucks, bearers of chairs and persons carrying burdens will also keep the ordinary rule of the road but as close to the side channel as possible, with the exception that east of Arsenal Street, they will procced by Arsenal Street, Praya East, and along the Praya or by Wanchai Road east of No. 2 Station and the road west of Bowrington Canal.
III.-Every person who shall ride or drive in a furious manner, or so as to endanger the life or limb of any person, or to the common danger of the passengers in any public road or thoroughfare is liable to a penalty.
IV.-All foot passengers between the Magistracy and Praya East are to walk only on the footpaths, and not on the roadway, except for the purpose of crossing.
V.--No chairs or vehicles will be allowed to remain on the road between the boundaries of the Cemeteries and the Stands; neither is any vehicle to go at more than a slow pace at the same place.
VI.-Chairs and vehicles to be arranged in the neighbourhood of the Race Course as directed by the Police Constables on duty.
VII. Owners of dogs are recommended not to allow their dogs to go near the Race Course as any dog found straying without a collar with the name and address thereon of its owner, is liable to be destroyed (Ordinance 1 of 1845, Section 17).
VIII.-Persons using chairs are recommended to go and return by way of Kennedy Road so as to avoid overcrowding the Queen's Road and Praya. No horse or vehicle will be allowed on Kennedy Road.
C. McI. MESSER, Captain Superintendent of Police.
5th February, 19'5.