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The following new machines were installed in the Carpenters Shop:-
(i) Planing and moulding machine.
(ii) Band saw and chain mortising machine.
During the year most of the machines in the Workshops were given a general overhaul.
The motor repair shop has been kept extremely busy throughout the year, overhauling motor vehicles belonging to other Government Departments.
The Workshops were very greatly handicapped during the middle of the year by the strike. All the No. I's however remained and with their assistance the train service was maintained. During the greater part of a month, running repairs of all kinds were done by these few men.
The year 1925 has again proved an unfortunate one for the Railway, directly attributable to the conditions obtaining in the Kwangtung Province, the Through and Joint Sectional Traffic being suspended throughout the year with the exception of 166 Slow Through trains. The Through Slow Service suspended in 1924 was resumed on March 17th. The Chinese Section passenger stock however was found to be in such a 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.
On Sunday, June 21st, 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.
A ballast train for the use of the Public Works Department was provided on the Branch Line for 100 nights commencing on June 22nd and terminating on the 27th October, in connection with the construction of the new road to Sha Tau Kok.
The Railway Division of St. John's Ambulance Brigade, under the direction of Traffic Inspector Winyard, has proved itself most efficient. There are now thirty-three members, all recruited from the Traffic Department. A First Aid Box is kept at each Station and also on each train, and expert attendance and suitable dressings are available in cases of accident.
The Division again won the "Holyoak" Attendance Cup.
As mentioned in my last Report, it was decided that this Railway should adopt the system of accounts employed on all Chinese Government Railways. The recasting from 1906 to date has now been completed, and for the first time the accounts are presented in accordance with the Classification of Revenue and Expenditure as prescribed by the Ministry of Communications.
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The following new machines were installed in the Carpenters
Shop:-
(i) Planing and moulding machine.
(ii) Band saw and chain mortising machine.
During the year most of the machines in the Workshops were given a general overhaul.
The motor repair shop has been kept extremely busy through- out the year, overhauling motor vehicles belonging to other Government Departments.
The Workshops were very greatly handicapped during the middle of the year by the strike. All the No. I's however remained and with their assistance the train service was maintained. During the greater part of a month, running repairs of all kinds were done by these few men.
The year 1925 has again proved an unfortunate one for the Railway, directly attributable to the conditions obtaining in the Kwangtung Province, the Through and Joint Sectional Traffic being suspended throughout the year with the exception of 166 Slow Through trains. The Through Slow Service suspended in 1924 was resumed on March 17th. The Chinese Section passenger stock however was found to be in such a 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.
On Sunday, June 21st, 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 IIth there was a general exodus of strikers from the Colony, 24,851 passengers being carried to the border.
A ballast train for the use of the Public Works Department was provided on the Branch Line for 100 nights commencing on June 22nd and terminating on the 27th October, in connection with the construction of the new road to Sha Tau Kok
The Railway Division of St. John's Ambulance Brigade, under the direction of Traffic Inspector Winyard, has proved itself most efficient. There are now thirty-three members, all recruited from the Traffic Department. A First Aid Box is kept at each Station and also on each train, and expert attendance and suitable dressings are available in cases of accident.
The Division again won the "Holyoak" Attendance Cup.
As mentioned in my last Report, it was decided that this Railway should adopt the system of accounts employed on all Chinese Government Railways. The recasting from 1906 to date has now been completed, and for the first time the accounts are presented in accordance with the Classification of Revenue and Expenditure as prescribed by the Ministry of Communications.
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