CO129-520-6 Railway development- Canton-Kowloon Railway 5-11-1929 - 5-11-1930 — Page 38

Mr. Consul-General Phillips to Sir Kiles Lampson.

nsulate General,

CARTOE.

July 23rd, 1930.

79

(and 4 copies)

Copies taż-

Hongkong, No. 106

Foreign office, Mo. 30.

Commercial Counsellor, shanghai.

sir,

1 nclosure

38

of the

With reference to your despatch No. 21

12th March last on the subject of the rehabilitation

of the Chinese Seation of the Canton-Kowloon Railway,

I have the honour to report that during the last six

months the

of the track has been going from bad

worse and as a result the speed of the treins has

ted to not more than 20 miles from the

bean rastr

26th June,

The result is that the journey to and from

Hongkong by train now takes bị houra

(minst

heurs, which is only a fraction batter than the passque

by stemmera

The British Engineer-in-Chief at Canton, Mr.

ratton, has made consti

ions

the Managing Director aazing for more sleepers, but

so far without aue

and ir. štratton has sent me

tte

copies of his

to the Managing Director on this

subjeet since November last.

Horembor 27th Mr. Stratton wrote pointing

out that the three new locomotives were expected

arrive in May and June, 1986, when bath

ections were

anxious

Sir Kiles Lampson, K.C.*.*..., 6.B., X.V.O..

His Majesty's Minister,