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No.22.47 號柒零百肆式萬弍第 日捌拾月肆年午庚
KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.
On and after
STATIONS. No.
TIME-TABLE.
APRIL 7th, 191, until Farther Notice (all previons
A.M. AM.
Kowloon. Dep. 6.351 8.00
Yazmati.Dep. 6.44
Shatin...Dep 2.56
Taipo...Dep 7.10
Taipo
Market Dep. 7.15
www
Fealing..Dep. 7,25
Shrung-
Shum-
chuz...Arr. 7.36 8.40
Canton... - 11.68)
shai...Dep. 7,30
Time Tables caucalled),
IF TRAINS
No.10 No.
AK.
P... K. P.X. F. F.X.
8.24.9.05 10.00 13.10 1.182.32 3.80 480 5,40 7.85
9.15 10.08 12,14 12.
9.23 10.20 12.33 1,83
943) 10,33) 13,43) 1.51
48 10.57 1.47 1,55€
4.58 6,48 7.48 50 6.00 7,55 5.041 6.13 8.08
5,09 6.17 8.12 5.18 6.37 8.33
5.236.32 8.26
3,174.00 8.39 6.58 8.32
10.00 10.47 12.572.0|-
9.01 0.05) 10,521 1.08 9.137 3,11) 9.07 10.11 10.68 1.09 3.16
5.42
DOWN TRAINS
7.18-
STATIONS
No. 3 3. 1 A.M. A.M.
Ro. T Na, No.13, No. 17 No.19 No. 1 No.23
P.M. | P.M. | FN | PI A.K. A.M. A.M.
*
...Degi
8.03
8.25
2.07
Caatos
11,58
Shumchin...Dep. 7.13 759 10.34 (11.91, 11,49" 9.83 4.89 5.47 6.43 Shennaibui. Den 290 5,051 lone Fanling ...Dep. 7.25 8.10 10.47 19.00 3.444.50 5.58
4.465.54
Taipo Market. Dep.
7.85 8.41 10.57
Taipe
Dap.
7,408,20 11,01
Shalin
Tamati ...Dep.
Dep.
7,53 8x8 11,14
8.08 3.61 11.28
Kowloon ...ATT.
18.119.54 5.00 8.08
19.163.005,046,13
12,308,135,17 | 6.28
12.423.976,29 | R.38
8.12.47 11,32119,01 19.48 2.33 5.35 6.44 7.22
7.49
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becomes after a series of washings; the water is drained and circulated again, thereby depositing the mud in bins, which are cleaned out the periodically. By this means same water is used over and over again, the necessary quantity being added to make up losses..
No. 1 and myself packed haver, Linsi the Chinese directed our steps, sacks with food ready for an early to a large house in its own grounds, morning start" and went to bed. and we discovered that although We had a call' at 2.30 a.m., with our intended boat was away' the large cups of cocoa provided, and house, servants, and all the house at 3 m.in. were wending our way contained was ours, and two bed- toward the head of the pier (to rooms had been prepared and lunch which the ship was secured), where was ready 11 What hospitality! we had been informed an engine Having had a nice hot lunch we We next visited the moulding.. and brake-van would be waiting. sought the Army to get an "intro", shop, and were fortunate enough to Our troubles commenced almost to the nunes, so off we went to the and a few moulds of castings ready. immediately. After waiting until guard-room and found inquiries had We watched the men carrying can 3.20 a.m there was no sign of en- been dying all over the place (the drons of molten iron and pouring it gine or van, so we found our way officers having been warned of our into the moulds. It is then cover- to the traffic-manager's office and arrival by an lieutenant whom weed with sand, and we saw some fortunately the night clerk could had spoken to the day before, he castings at a later stage with me speak English also we found we having got them on the telephone) chipping the sand deposit off the had not been forgotten.
casting,
We were marched off by a soldier to the officers' mess, where we were:
We duly thanked Mr. Wong and greeted by a corporal withhe arranged our train for that This way for you, sir so we night, and off we trudged for tea said:"Rooms? We can only oc- at the army officers mess, where cupy one house at a time!"
we spent the evening yarning and quite enjoyed it.
After much delay the train was formed and we got into the brake van in company with a Chinese, bis son and daughter and two other Chinese. (We had brought deck chairs.) I must first describe. the condition in which we found the With the exception of our intende brake van; through all the joints of ed boat, all the engineers of the its boards one could look with KM,A. at Lins are Belgians, to we ease; it had two large open spaces, expected difficulty and got it. Any one on each side, with the whole bow, we saw the managing engineer world blowing through, and lying who, when he heard our require en the floor was the one and only rents, complained that it was late door it possessed (the large type of (3.30 p.a.) and also he didn't think After he could spare man unless we sliding-door with rollers). waiting a considerable time we de- were content to see the surface cided it would be much nicer to works only, and to this we natur- have the only door in place on the ally agreed. He did the bait was windy side, and we eventually per 1,400 feet down, and it was two suaded the Chinese to assist; it miles to the work doesn't matter that we shipped the door inside out, the important thing being that it kept out quite a large amount of wind
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He produced a Chinese named Mr. Wong who could speak excel lent English, and proved to be a very interesting guide.
We were already congratulating
We Srat visited the electrical ourselves upon having brought power-house. The joes are kept deck-chairs, and very thankful we dry by electric pumps and are also were before we finally returned to it by electricity. There are two the ship. It was after & am bepitheads, one worked by: electricity fore we started, and we felt quite and the other by steam sympathetic toward the railway and everyone connected with it.
However, troubles eventually come to an end and start we did, plenty of cold air coming in every where, also odd soldiers and travel lers-which the two guards (one railway and one Coal Company) didn't seem to mind at all-until we had a full house.
At 8 pm. we wished them good. bye and went home to dinner. As the train we were advised to take was due to leave Linsi at 2 a.m., we decided to park in a couple of arm-chairs in our clothes, and got very comfy with heaps of cushions. We arranged that we should be
one hour before the private coach ung up from the mines by phone was due to go...
Coal-Train Travelling.
The telephone bell rang at: 2. a.m. and we were asked to catch the private coach at 2.30 a while we did, arriving at Kuye where we eventually found the coal. train (loaded), In this case the brake-van had both its doors in place and not so mach, open-work between its planks, but it was a bitterly cold night.
After a fairly short wait we start- The Bits are doubled; as oneed at about 3.30 am and what a comes up the other goes down,journey. We stopped an hour aL & Each has three decks, and on each time; the van soon filled and what deck are stowed three trolleys a crowd littering the place with holding. I should think, half a top nut-shells, etc. At a bridge near each. The trolleys from the lifti Chang, one side was occupied are run along a line and placed in by the Northern Army, the other a large cylinder which revolves, taking the trolley with it and so emptying the coal down a shoot Having stopped at various places and eventually bringing the trolley for long intervals for no apparent upright again. The coal passing reasons we arrived at Kuye, and down the shoots falls on automatic cakewalk.) found the train didn't go on to screeners (much like Liasi for probably a couple of hours From there the different sizes of Linsi brauches off the railroad. coal are gathered by continuously and the track from Kuye is owned moving troughs (like a travelling by the Kailan Mining Administra-stairway) and stationed along the ton) but we were saved by the trough are boys who pick out the Aupearance of the K.M.A. private ahele (a paraffin-producing ore).
by the Nationalists. They search the trains on both sides of the river and take a long time about it, and incidentally have fatigue pinching coal: They didn't search us except to ask what was in my haversack, and when I said.oply "chow " they were content but the Chinese were
not treated at all civilly by the soldiers.
At the time of writing there is a truce, and soldiers from each army go either side on leave. Going up From here we visited the coala Northerner was with us in addi-. electric.coach We were taken in charge by a Chinese who informed washing plant. It consists of tion to some Nationalists, and the a that our intended host was a sized gates. Along the trough flows there is not enough money to con- form of trough having different same when returning. I imagine Peping, and we began to wonder
a continuous stream of water, and tinue the war at present, but as- what was to become of us, we
any shale remaining sinks to the soon as one or the other gets some. having failed to receive the news bottom immediately, Coal passes they will decide to continue the in time to prevent our departure.along the stream and in the second war, if the weather is suitable! However, our motto being "ever onward, we decided to raid the and is caught in the gate, while the some understanding at the present doubt China wante stage the poorer quality coal sinksThere is no section of the British Army station better quality coal succeeds in time. We arrived at Chinwangtao ed there and make them put, the rehching the third stage where itat 10 p.m.. had lunch, a good hot. Navy up for the visit.
is trapped. Whilst coal is passing bath to remove our travel stains along the washing machine. air jets and any. " friends
we may have are blowing up through the water. gathered on the way, and in the causing a pulsating action and evening went to bed quite early,
It is surprising how thick the water visit Linsi by coal traini
80 ales in 10 Hours.
It is interesting to note we ar-
hours doing 80 miles. On arrival at
LANE CRAWFORD'S rived at 1 p.m., having been 10 washing-mud and soil from the coal, fully determined never again to
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