Appendix S.
KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.
(British Section).
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1927.
GENERAL & TRAFFIC.
1. Considering the continued state of unrest in South China and the general trade depression in the Colony throughout the period under review, the railway may be said to have had an unusually successful year; the receipts practically balancing the working expenses.
2. The disturbed conditions prevailing in the neighbouring Province of Kwangtung caused considerable anxiety at times regarding the safety of through traffic with Canton, and working arrangements with the Chinese Section of the line presented many difficulties owing to the frequent interference of the various Chinese military factions with the working of that Section. The unreasonable attitude of the Canton labour unions, and the ever-present danger of molestation by banditti who successfully broke the track and pillaged local trains on more than one occasion, all added to the troubles of the Chinese Section officials.
3. Notwithstanding these adversities, a through service of trains between Kowloon and Canton was maintained throughout the year, one express and one slow train being run through each way per day during the first half of the year, when arrangements between the two Sections were concluded for British engines to haul the express trains all the way to Canton.
4. On June 1st, for the first time since the line was opened, a British engine hauled a train through to Canton. This event resulted in further co-operation between the two Sections, and from the 20th June onwards two express trains each way daily (with one or two isolated exceptions) were run, hauled by British engines, doing the journey of 111 miles in 3 hours and 45 minutes. These trains were run punctually to time and gave general satisfaction to the travelling public with whom the route gained an established popularity.
5. It is pleasing to record the very amicable relations existing between the British and Chinese Sections of the line, which so greatly facilitated the above, and all other working arrangements, thereby enabling a really sound train service to be maintained in the face of many obstacles, to the mutual benefit of both Sections as well as the community.
Appendix S.
KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.
(British Section).
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1927.
GENERAL & TRAFFIC.
1. Considering the continued state of unrest in South China and the general trade depression in the Colony throughout the period under review, the railway may be said to have had an unusually successful year; the receipts practically balancing the working expenses.
2. The disturbed conditions prevailing in the neighbouring Province of Kwangtung caused considerable anxiety at times regarding the safety of through traffic with Canton, and working arrangements with the Chinese Section of the line presented many difficulties owing to the frequent interference of the various Chinese military factions with the working of that Section. The unreasonable attitude of the Canton labour unions, and the ever-present danger of molestation by banditti who suc- cessfully broke the track and pillaged local trains on more than one occasion, all added to the troubles of the Chinese Section officials.
3. Notwithstanding these adversities, a through service of trains between Kowloon and Canton was maintained throughout the year, one express and one slow train being run through each way per day during the first half of the year, when arrangements between the two Sections were concluded for British engines to haul the express trains all the way to Canton.
4. On June 1st, for the first time since the line was opened, a British engine hauled a train through to Canton. This event resulted in further co-operation between the two Sections, and from the 20th June onwards two express trains each way daily (with one or two isolated exceptions) were run, hauled by British engines, doing the journey of 111 miles in 3 hours and 45 minutes. These trains were run punctually to time and gave general satisfaction to the travelling public with whom the route gained an established popularity.
5. It is pleasing to record the very amicable relations exist- ing between the British and Chinese Sections of the line, which so greatly facilitated the above, and all other working arrange- ments, thereby enabling a really sound train service to be main- tained in the face of many obstacles, to the mutual benefit of both Sections as well as the community.
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