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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 2,
Guard to be In charge of
Train.
Subordina-
tion of
Guards in
Station limits
Duties of Guard'
Setting Watch.
l'assengers.
Exchanging Signale.
143. - After an engine has been attached to a train, and during the journey, the Guard or (if there be more than one Guard) the Head Guard shall be in charge of the train in all matters affecting the starting, stopping or movement of the train for traffic
purposes.
(a) Guards must report to the Station Master of the next station any stoppage or irregularities to truius en used by defects in works under the Engineering Department, such as defective road», crossings, points, gates not opened etc, and the Station Master must ting"aph the report at once to the District, Resident or Assistant Engineer.
144.-When a train is within station limits, the Guards shall be under the orders of the Balonmaster.
145.-Every Guard, before starting with his train, must examine the notices insted for his guidance, and ascertain therefrom whether there is anything requiring his special attention on the parts of the line over which he has to work.
146.---The Guard, when taking over charge of a train, must satisfy himself, before the train is despatched----
(a) that the train is properly coupled,
(b) that the train is provided with the prescribed brake-
power,
(c) that the doors of all carriages and wagons are properly
closed,
(d) that the train carries all necessary tail-boards and brako-van lamps, and that such lamps are lighted and keps burning brightly when required, (e) that the appliance, if any, for communication between the Guard and the Engine Driver is in proper working order, and,
(f) generally, that, as far as he can ascertain, the train is
in a state of efficiency for travelling,
147.-The Guard in charge of a train must, unless this duty is, by special instructions, imposed on some other railway servant, carefully examine the load of any open truck which may be attached to the train, and, if any such load has shifted or requires adjust- ment, must have the load made secure or the truck removed from the train.
148.-Before a train starts from a terminal or engine changing station, the Guard in charge must set his watch by the station clock and communicate the time to the Engine Driver.
149.--A certificate shall be signed in a book maintained for the purpose by all concerned in token that the watches have been duly examined and corrected.
150.--Every Guard shall give his best assistance to passengers entraining and detraining.
151.--(1) The Guard in charge of a train shall not give the signal for starting the train from a station at which it has stopped until he has received permission from the Stationmaster.
(2) The Guard in charge of a train with passenger vehicles attached shall not give the signal for starting until he has satisfied himself that no passenger is getting into or out of the train, that no person is riding outside a carriage, and that, except in accord- ance with special instructions, no person is travelling in any cont partment or vehicle not intended for the carriage of passengers.
(a) When the warning bell Game Rule. 127a.) has been sounded and the Authority to proceed has been given to the Driver, the Starting signal will be given by the Head Guard blowing bịs whistle and exbibiting to the Driver by day â green flag and by night a green light wared from side to side overhead.
(b) The Authority to Proveed must not be given to the Driver until the Hend Guard is ready to given the starting signal. The starting signal shall be given by the Head Guard from a position near the rear of the train but not until—
the station bell has been sounded
(1)
(2)
he has warned as far as he can any passengers who he knows are
likely to go by the train, that the train is about to start, and (3) he has ascertained, If the train carries Mails, that all postal work has
been completed.
The handing of the Authority to Proceed to the Driver must not be taken as the sigual to start, the Driver must wait for the lead Guard's starting signal.
152.---The Guard in charge of a train must exchange signals with the Engine Driver at such times and in such manner as may be prescribed by special instructions.
(a) When the traiu is passing over the outermost points of any station, either from which it has started or through which it has passed, the Driver must look back and receive and answer a signal from the Head Ginard in token that all is right. The signal is to be made by day by the Guard holding out a green flag horizontally and by night by the fluard waving a green light horizontally. In the event of the driver not receiving the signal be must call the Guard's attention by two short sharp whistles, and if the signal be not then given, he must bring the train to a standstill before reaching the Outer Signal to ascertain where the Guurp is, and subsequently report the occurrence.
1910.
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