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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 2, 1910.
Gate Signals.
Fixed Signal Generally.
Duties of Stationmaster
22.-(1) At intervals of not more than one inonth, one at least from each stock of detonators kept by railway servants must be tested in accordance with special instructions.
(2) Where extra supplies of detonators are kept at a station for issue, the Stationmaster must test at least one before issuing any supply.
23.-When a Stationmaster or any other Railway servant in charge of signals has deputed men to place detonators on the line, ho must see~~~
(a) that fresh supplies of detonators are, when necessary,
sent to the men so deputed, and
(b) if it is necessary to keep out, for any length of time, any man so deputed, that he is relieved every six hours, and visited as often as practicable in order to ensure that he is on the alert.
SIGNALS AT GATES
24.-No gate shall be closed across the line at a level crossing except under approved special instructions, and in such a case it must be interlocked with the Station Signals or provided with semaphore signals fixed at an adequate distance from the gate, ard showing stop signals both up and down the line when the gate is open for the passage of road traffic.
25.-Lifting gates at Level Crossings shall be signalled by a horizontal disc so fixed as to show RED as a Danger Signal to an approaching train when the gate is open to Road traffic, and shall be suitably signalled at night to show Red and Green lights to the Line and Road respectively.
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WORKING OF FIXED SIGNALS.
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26.-Fixed signals must always be kept on danger"), except when taken "off" (that is, lowered) to allow a train to pass.
(2) No fixed signal shall be taken "off" without the permis- sion of the Stationmaster.
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(3) The Stationmaster shall not give permission to take signals
to admit a train until-
(a) All facing points over which the train will pass are
correctly set and secured,
(b) All trailing points over which the train will pass are
correctly set, and
(c) The line over which the train is to pass is clear and
free from obstructions.
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(4) Except in cases of emergency, a signal which has been taken off" for the passage of a train shall not be placed until the whole of the train which it controls has passed it, or, in the case of a Main signal, has arrived at the place at which trains usually come to a stand.
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(5) When two or more trains are approaching simultaneously from any direction, the signals for one train only at a time may be taken off," all other signals being kept
until the train for which the signals have been taken "off" has come to a stand at the station or has cleared the station.
(6) No fixed signals shall be taken off for shunting purposes, but must be kept at Danger.
27.--The signals hereinbefore prescribed for use by night shall be used by day in thick, foggy, snowy or tempestuous weather, and during twilight in the mornings and evenings.
DEFECTIVE SIGNALS.
29.-As soon as the Stationmaster becomes aware that any signal has become defective or has ceased to work properly, he shall---
(a) Take measures, either by disconnecting the wire or "if it is by other means, to place the signal not already in that position;
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