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a house on Barker Road. Now we have the last example of this immense boulder slipping down and smashing up No. 8 pumping station.
ACCIDENTS AVOIDABLE,
There seems to me no reason why engineering skill should not be brought to "bear on this ques- tion to do something towards pre- vonting those accidents which might almost be called avoidable. To the engineer, difficulties. pre- sent themselves only to be over- come.;
It is not my province to point out in what manner they might be overcome but suggest that if these cuttings on these ronds were faced with stone or coment,
if these huge retaining walls were properly built and property super- vlaed during building so that they should not net merely as dams, if | these nullahs could be truined or diverted, and if these threatening boulders .could be removed--by Blgating," a great risk of the monotonous recurrence of these damages avery year would be re- moved, a great saving of money effected as well as loss of life "and discomfort avoided.
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I was told the other day that a report was mado to the Public Works about a boulder which was sitting up a hill and threatening a house.
The Public Works were warned that they would be held responsible, I believe. The reply that was received was that the Public Works were keeping It under observation. Now, when such possible danger has been pointed out to them, does it not 'seem rather casual that a depart
ment like the Public Works should make a reply of that kind, if Í am correctly informed. One is almost. tempted to think of the Director of Public Works watch- ing this boulder and rushing-to bear it on his shoulders like a modern Ahlas when it shows signs of shipping.
LESSONS NOT LEARNED. Then, also, it seems to me that evident lessons to be derived from these damages are not always learned. For instance, the pullah that goes down Pedder Street and, that wrecked the street during the storm is being re-built to the same dimensions as before, although on a previous occasion this nullah was. heavily damaged.. Why could not the dimensions be made wider?
It is said that" these rainstorms oceur during high water- and that the rising tide meets the rush of storm waters and "sa prevents it escaping into the sea. But surely if the nullab were made on a
size proper
from experience already gained this ought not to be a factor.
OPTIMISM.
I have also seen that these land- slides occur pretty nearly always at the same place or in places closely adjoining previous ones" and apart from the removal of the slipped soil nothing seems to be done.
I have watched with great in- terest for months and months, every day, coolies on Stubbs Road near the Peak tram elation where there has been a notable-slip not yet righted; I have watched these coolies sitting and patting the parapet gently with mud in the hope that the Egyptian sun would bake it so that it might last for. centuries.
But the same thing occurs, every timer The next heavy rain that comes along causes a wash-out in the same place. And thus, not only is safely not secure but, we have every year very large suma of money voted to effect what prove to be only temporary re-
pairs..
CHEAP IN THE LONG RUN. -
I maintain that if a Commission was formed who would examine all these danger spots, they would be able to make recommendations which if acted upon might obviate these recurrent storm damages. it might be costly, but in the long run it would be cheap. I have therefore no hesitation in putting forward this resolution for the approval of the Council and for the consideration of the Govern. -ment.
-To-day's report of the Royal Observatory states that a depres- alon is approaching Vladivostock from the north-west. The Yang tuzo depression is moving north- ward. The local forecast up till
THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1926,
KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.
ANOTHER UNFORTUNATE YEAR RECORDED.
KING FEISUL,
CONCLUDES HIS VISIT TO LONDON
Rugby, Aug. 25 King Feisul of frak concluded to- The annual report for 1925, of the Kowloon-Canton Railway (Bri- day his short visit to London and tish Section) is out. The follow-left Victoria by the boat express ing are extracts:
on his way home,
In regard to the now concreta sleepers from which so much was expected, the report says: "Two Thousand seven hundred and alxty five sleepers were Of condemned and renewed: these renewals 427 were of hardwood, including 18 crossing or bridge timbers, and 2,820 were of conerete. Owing to the fact that the concrete sleepers are not giving satisfac- tion, it was decided that future replacements should be made
His physician and members of the suite accompanied him and among those at the station to say good-bye was his young son, who is at school at Harrow, and represen tatives of King George and the Government-British Wireless.
VALENTINO'S DEATH.
STILL MORE THRONGS.
New York, Alg. 25. Undeterred by yesterday's crush
men,
women and
with hardwood sleepers which and disorders, in which numbers are less expensive than those were injured, thousands of people made of concrete. A hundred congregated at the undertaker's establishment to catch a glimpse concrete sleepers of, a stouter of Rudolph Valentino's body, design were, however, cast and which has besu erakalmed and will be given further trial..
laid out in full evening dress, with --Considerable damage to the
faco. and shoulders exposed- Railway was caused by rain- Candles are burning at each corner storms in July which culminat- of the bronze coffin, which is ed in a heavy downpour on the smothered with wreaths, including 16th when 13.48 inches of rain
one from Signor Mussolini... The were registered. A 3-foot cul- coffin is guarded by four Fascists, vert at Yhumati Station was wearing black shirts, An immense choked up by debris from crowd of private works on the hillside children, filed past the bier all day, above, and the line flooded with fut the rate of eighty per minute. 'slurry. Later " on a heavy slip Reuter's American Service. 'took place and buried both tracks to a height of four or five feet, thus interrupting traffic. At Mile 3%, private works caused a diversion of the flood waters, which cut away the railway bank for some hundred yards, and all traffic had to change trains, at either side of the breach for two days. Four bridges also suffered serious damage to their flooring..
An Unfortunate Year.
AERIAL SURVEYS.
(Continued from Page 1). obstacles the observers from the air have to work against are clouds. For effective photographs, a clear atmosphere is required.
'Since the commencement of their
It is
work the company has been sin. gularly free of accidents of a seri- ous nature. Only four forced The year 1925 has again landings have been made by proved an unfortunate one for machines employed on the work. the Railway, directly attribut- The daily work is usually carried able to the conditions-obtaining-out-by-two machines, but for the in the Kwangtung Province, the survey of the F.M.S. coast, only one Through and Joint Sectional machine will be required." Traffic being suspended through- expected that the work will be com out the year with the exceptionpleted in about a month. bf166 Slow Through trains. The machine which has arrived The Through Slow Service at Singapore was flown by Mr. Vin- suspended in 1924 was resumed cent, according to whom the jour- on March 17th.. The Chinese ney was quite uneventful. Section passenger stock. how- over. was found to be in auch bad-state of repair, that It was considered inadvisable to allow it to run over the British Section as had been done in the past, and passengers were therefore conveyed to and from the border in stock provided by the British Section.
The through service was again suspended from June 1st,
to the 17th.
The practice of collecting tickets on the trains has not proved satisfactory and this system has now been abolished in favour of ticket collection at stations. The arrangement was put into force on August 17th, and has proved highly satisfactory,
Two drivers and one" fireman were kidnapped on the Branch. Line at Sha Tau Kok on Sep. tember 11th, and, in view of the pickets in this neighbourhood. being particularly active, it was thought better not to continue to stable the engine and stock at Sha Tau Kok during the night. The train was therefore stabled at Shek Chung Au.
The results of the work in Miri were quite. successful and the sur vey resulted in the discovery of certain rivers and their tributaries as well as a few villages of which nothing was known hitherto..
Mr. F. P. Raynham, the well- known pilot was in charge of the survey work in Borneo. The work to be done in the FM.S. will be in charge of Mr. J. Durward, who, with Mr. Vincent, is: late of the Royal Air Force,
by Bailway during the year not provided for in the Railway. Es- timates but charged to Govern meat votes. The working expen- ses exceeded the Revenue by. 899,323.18.
Claims against the Chinese Section on account of suspen- sion of Through and Joint Sectional Traffic, hife of roll- ing stock and demurrage--at- -the end of 1924 stood at $478,- 397.10 and the claim in respect of the current year calculated on the same basis amounta to $243,160.69, making a total of $716,547.79.
A heavy falling off in the book- ing of passengers is shown by the Passengers following figures: The Railway Division of St. John's Ambulance Division of booked at stations in British sec- tion for China In 1925, 16,221 33 St. John's Ambulance Brigade, under the direction of Traffic compared with 168,734 in 1924 | Inspector Winyard, has proved and 250,719 in 1923. Passengers Itself most efficient. There are booked in China for stations in now thirty-three members; all British territory in 1925, 16,316 recruited from the Traffic Do-as compared with 157,115 in 1924, partment. A First Aid Box is and 243.152 in 1923. . . . . .
The local passengers carried on kept at each Station and also
on each train expert attendance the main line numbered 1,088,821 and suitable dressings are avail-in 1925 as against 1,177,234 and those on the. Fanling branch able in cases of accident.
The Division again won the 58,419 as against 82,500 in 1924. "Holyoak" Attendance Cup.
..
With the exception of depre ciation on rolling stock which has not yet been dealt with, all outstanding items have now been brought to account. The balance. at Profit and Loss Account stands at $815,092.89 and is transferred to Surplus Appropriation Ac court. The total deficit at the and of the year being $4,864,-, 620:05:
Operating Expenses.. The operating expense amounted to $529,901:49. The disbursements. against the estimate of ordinary working expenses was 801,129.56 and the portion of Special Ex- penditure property chargesble to Revenue $14,744.01. Turther items amounting to 810,731.80 are includ noon to-morrow isSouth-wested in rospect of services rondered. winds, moderate generally cloudy, some rain.
and materiala supplied by Govern mont departments, also payments
or.
The Fanling Branch Line re- ceipts were $11,981.59, $2,289,65 less than the previous year, the decrease in the num bor of passengers travelling boing due to interference By the strike pickets stationed on the border.
On Sunday, June 21, a general strike of Chinese in the Colony, commenced and through traffic: was again interrupted and was not resumed during the year. Between June 23rd and July 11th there was a general exodus of strikers from the Colony, 24,851 passengers being carried to the border.
During the period October 8th to November 2nd, the train sor vice between Talpo and Sha L Chung was suspended owing to pickats, rufusing to allow passer gera to land at 8he U Chung
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