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inadvisable to allow it to run over the British Section
as had been done in the past and passengers were 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.
8.
On 21st June a general strike of Chinese
Between June 23rd
commenced and through traffic was again interrupted and was not resumed during the year. and July 11th there was a general exodus of strikers from the Colony and 24,851 passengers being carried to the border.
9. The conditions obtaining on the Railway as a whole during the year showed appreciable improvement over the previous year. Nevertheless the train services were subjected to frequent interruptions, and late running over which the British Section had no control.
Early in the year the through train services were resumed consisting of a third class slow train in each direction daily.
The locomotives and stock of the Chinese Section were in such a bad state of repair that the trains could not run to time and on occasions the passengers had to remain at the border overnight, coming forward the following morning.
It was felt that this slow through service imposed a distinct hardship on passengers and it was decided to run the one train each way as a fast train over the Chinese Section with corresponding fast trains on the British Section to connect. They were discontinued on October 25th when the time table was revised, and it was found possible to put on an express
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