SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1924.
WHY SOME SKINS ARE: WHITE.
INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE AND ANCESTRY,
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[By Professor H. J. Fleure in T.P.'s and Cassell's Weekly.]
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SURREYS SPORTS.
ANNUAL MEETING HELD YESTERDAY.
THE CHINA MAIL:
| CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
FORTNIGHTLY · REPORT.
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Cotton Yarn Thero. Is no
SHADOWS BEFORE.
Coming Events
November 8.-Queen's Theatre; "The Ghost in the Garrot." Italian Grand Opera Company presents "Mignon."
November 8.-Theatre Royal
"In The Malk
Cotton plece goods and fancy ENTERTAINMENTS. The annual athletic sports of the cotton goods: Our market 1st Battalion East Surrey Regi- lacks animation, but it is to November 8-Coronet Theatre;' ment took place on the ground of Native Banks in Canton presages
be hoped the reopening of "The Kid," the H.K. Football Club yesterday
November. 8.-Star. Theatre; an early improvement in offtake, White and Unmarried." afternoon, in brilliant weather.
There was a large attendance centre. Mid Am, Cotton was quot" Mary Ain't Gullty
from that Important consuming November 8-World Theatre; MAN GROWING PALE.
and among the interested spected in Liverpool on 5th Instant From the fact that most men are fors wers Sir Claud, and Lady 13 37 "Spot." less deeply coloured, and some Severn, Major General Sir John hundreds of millions have little Fowler, Commodore Grace, Lieut.-change in the state of our market enough colour of any sort, It would Colonel Montagne Rater, and Pay-and the business done has been seem that in the evolution of Lt. Commander Worthington,
The band of the 2/4th Bombay widespread but not a universal Crenndiers (K.F.O.) rendered tendency towards less pincut well chosen programme of musical especially among the pop the selections during the sports, by
In tropical regions of Africa, and kind permission of Major T. T. Australia and South India, etc., colour varies for the most part be tween, black and chocolate brown, probably according to the relative abundance of black-browo and red-brown pigment, both of which are generally present.
mankind there has been
temperate
latitudes.
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Oakes and officers..
The following are results: 100 yards.-1. Wood: Mucklesworth 3, Davis,
Sock ·Race.-1. Keep; Sriven: 3. Sandall.
2.
(Professor Fleare describes the influences which have made our skins white, and traces through the gradations to brown, black, red and yellow in the flesh of other races the effect of the sun, race and heredity.] In North-West Europe we are so proud of our fair skin that we are perhaps, over-laclined to use the colour of the skin as the basis for classifying mankind into white, yellow, brown, black and it may be, red, and attempts have
bech made to suggest that the black-skinned men at least have a separate line of descent all the way along. It is
220 yards.-1. Wood: certain that nature knows little, if
Macklesworth: 3, Tero. anything; of these sharp distinc Asl we are surveying the facts
Throwing Cricket Ball. T tions; the different kinds of skin and not trying to advance a theory, shade off into one another with we may point out that in the very Wooldridge (90 vda.,.9 inches); 2, delicate gradations, and it is by no centre of the equatorial regions Eaton: 8, Dorling.
Long Jump 1. Woolridge means clear that mature makes as are the pigmies of the African much of skin colour as we do. A forests with yellowish skins. (16 ft. 113 in.): 2. Cornwall; great deal has been said about its We cannot attribute their lack 3, Eaton.
to the fact that possible function, but more re of colour
Quarter Mile-1, Macklesworth: mains to be found out, and it is the forest is dark and pro- 2. Wood: 8 Keep always easy to fall into the de- tects them from the effects of the Old Soldiers' Ence.-1. Young: lusion that every feature of man or sun. for other forest peoples, 2. Lonergan 8. Dineen.
especially in the East Indian region, Three Legged, Race-1, Davies We may and Fintehina;2. Eaton and are singularly black. rather-remember-these-pigmies, Edwards 8-Peers-and-Smith.
Race-1, Major: 2. who are probably survivals of an-
beast must serve some purpose.
We may carry a character be cause our ancestors did long ago, or because it is the more or less
Boot
2.
2.
ed $2 per bale. Infinitesimal. Prices have declin-
Quotations are
$230/240. No. 169. $240/245. No. No 105, $225/338. No. 126, 208. $230/240
Arrival 2,500 bales. Shipments nil. Sales 500 bales. Unsold stock 6,000 bales. Bargains 2,000 bales. Woollens Clearances have im-
proved considerably, but there is no demand for fresh business.
Raw Cottons:-There is change to report.
Metals:-No change. Market
dull.
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Flour market report. Stock: about 1,500,000. Market; quiet.
Quotations-American Patent
$4.00 per sack; American Straight $3.25 Iper sack; American Cut of $3.30 per sack; Shanghai Flour $2.95 per sack; Australian No. 1 $3.25 per sack: Canadian Cut-off $2.85/3.00.
Sundries-Market dull. Saltpetre:-Stock (10,500) bags.
of 0% guarantee.
Sugar:-Market dull.
November 9. At the Star Theatre, 6 pin, "Lucia di Lam- intermoor;*"-9:15 p.m. "Carmen""s— SPORTS.
November 8.-Sixth extra race. meeting of the Hongkong Jockey Club, commencing 2.45 p.m.
November 8.-R. H. Ladies' Race; 8 p.m.
ment of the Hongkong Boxing November 15. First tourma-
Association at Theatre Royal, 9.15 p.m
PUBLIO AVOTIONS. November 10.—Mr. A. G. Ja Rochu,
his Salos Room, at hold property, 8 p.m. D'Aguilar-Stroet, valuable lease
November 10.-Lammert Bros.,
at the Wah-Tung-Knitting Co., stockings,
woollen underwears,
machines, etc., 11a.m.
November 12.-Lammert Bros., at Sales Room, a valuable collec tion of books, 2.90 p.m.
„GOMPANY. MEETINGA. November 14.-Third mesting of shareholders in the Hongkong and
Ltd, at 2 Lower Albert Road,
accidental accompaniment of some cient types, as a warning against Eaton: 8, 4, and 5, Edward, Peera Brisk demands for Pak Holquality Canton Ico Manufacturing Co.,
any too simple theory.
other character of value, or even because it "just growed." And FEATURES OF THE BROWN. yet skin colour shades from the Outside the equatorial regions deepest hues in parts of equatorial black brown grades to lighter Africa through brown and olive to brown and olive, both in the white in North-West Europe with, Mediterranean region and in India, such regularity that it seems relat- and the diminution of pigment is ed to sunlight, which on the whole accompanied by a more regular diminishes in intensity as we move development of the profile of the out of the tropics. It is true that face, and in some cases extra the peoples of the snows usually growth in height, the nose stands have coloured skin, but that would out more strongly and the mouth be understandable if it were shown less so, while the chin makes itself that skin colour is. a protection more felt. How all this may be against excess of light, far, tang connected with reduction of pig-
as their winter night may be, the glare from the snowy surfaces may be, strong enough at other seasons, even if the land does get free of snow for a while in summer...
ments we cannot tell; all we can say is that in a large measure the two things go together.
Coming to cool, temperate climes we find that skin pigment has) vanished, the sun is rarely strong enough to evoke it, and, moreover, the bables have long been kept fairly closely wrapped up and protected from both sun and cold.
and Laurie,
Half Mile.-1, Hannon: 2, Quelch: 3, Douglas.
Putting the Shot.-1, Marchant (24ft. 11 in.): 2, Hills: 3. Briefet. High Jump-1, Beard (4 ft. 10 in.): 2, Tero: 3. Eaton...
...
·LOCAL AND GENERAL
A list of registered chemists and druggists in the Colony, Is published in to-day's" Government Gazette."
Tug of War 100 stone-1,
Company: 3, A. Company. Tog of War 120 stone-1, A Company: 2. D. Company.
Tug of War Catchweights-1. Left Sent: Pack Battery F.K.S. 2. No. 2 Heavy Battery H.K.S.
One mile onen.-1, Jal Khan the New Territories and elsewhere H.K.S.): 3. Hannon: 3. Festered in to-day's Gazette."
and calls for tenders are publish- man.
Pillow fighting.-1. Simpson"; | 2. Edwards: 3, Eaton: 4, Porters. Girls Race under 10-1, Jane Paton: 2. Diana Holland.
Girls Race over 10.-1. Phyllis Hunt: 9.-Phyllis Chandler. Boys' Race under J. Hughes: 2, Jock Stripp
10.-1,
ing sales of land at Repulse Bay,
Various notices of forthcom-
An extension of time-up to January 12, 1925-is announced for handing in tenders for the con- struction of two steel twin-screw patrol vessels for the Hongkong Government.
noon..
"OTHER MEETING.. November 10-Opert lecture of Helena May Institute, given by Mr. H. W. Bird, 5.80 p.m.
November 24. - Half-yearly meeting of the Hongkong Jockey Club
Jockey Claf room, Hongkong Club, 5.80 p.m.
in the
HONGKONG BANK NOTES.
Returns of the Average Amount of Bank Notes in Circula- tion and of Specie in Reserva in Hongkong, during the month ended Oct. 31, 1924, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks:
Average
Becie Amount. In Reserve.
:
Banka.
Chartered Bank of India, Australia
OUR HERITAGE OF - PIGMENT. In Africa and Europe, and in a sense uiso in Asia, skin colour is somehow" related to latitude and intensity of sun-light, but, so far as can be guessed at present, quite. The skin is fairly thin and delicate Tilting the Bucket-1. Scrive the ration for a man on the Indian Hongkong and
a moderate amount of skin colour would serve as an efficient pro- tection against even strong light. This, therefore, by no means ex- plains the matter, and we must dig into several pits to trace the roots of the question.
in the mild, wet climate of Western Europe, and the blood vessels. show through, so we are, or may be, "pink and white." In the mountainous parts of Central, Europe and farther east, the sharp cold may at times interfere with the blood vessels and give a florid effect on the skin. Often, how ever, the skin is, at it were, close set and whitish, without much red visible at the surface.
SKIN AND HAIR.
In Asia, especially in Mongolia
and "Cooper: 2. Newman and Leavey: 3. Tatum and Major: 4. Thom and Martin,
Platoon Relay. Band and Transport: 2. Druns and Signals. Hurdle Race.—1: Mackles- worth: 2, Futchins: 3. Faton.
Obstacle Race-1, Cooper: 2. Keep: 3, Taurio; 4. Sandall.
Consolation Race-1. Miles: 2, Hooper; 3. Slater.
Band Race-1. Mescerlies: 2 Cunho: 3. Tenkodi All of the Bombay Grenadiers.
According to the Gazette,"
prison staff at Lalch kok Branch Prison is 14 lbs. of atta, 2 ounces of dhall, 2 ounces of ghec, 2/3 ounce of massala and 2/3 ounce of salt...
The rainfall for the month of October at the Botanical Gardens was 9.70 inches ong days. At the Matilda Hospital, Mount Kellett, it was 13.58 inches, on 7 days, and at the Police Station, Talpo, it was 12,22 inches on 7 days,
In the first place, man's animal ERcestors seem to have bad a good deal of piginent in both skin and hair, if we may judge from his animal cousins of the present day. They were far more hairy than most of us, and it may well be that their abundant dark hair
Private Macklesworthi won the
Wong Ho, a concubine living took up large quantities of pigment and Chlua, the skin seems dense Smith's Cup for the best individual at No. 67. Wanchal Road, attempted produced by the body-pigment and close-set, with the blood athlete of the Battalion with a
to commit suicide yesterday by which in some of their compara- vessels well screened from the score of 11 points. tively hairless descendants is thus cold and the heat
The prizes were afterwards dis-jumping into the sea from the colour is mostly brownish intributed by Lady Severn amidst The woman was picked up by the Praya wall near the Naval Canteen. forced to stay in the skin.
Mongolia, yellow in North China, scenes of great enthusiasm by the crew of the steam launch Yan browner again as one goes south, assembled troops. but it is very different from the
Kee": skins, for example, of peoples in tropical Africa. It is firm, with few pores of any kind, so is poor in hair, and the hair usually grows quite regular and
TINTS FROM THE SUN.
The skin
FOOTBALL.
The following is the League | Programme for to-day :-
Division 1.
mad Chiza ...... $10,783,850 $5,000,000*
· Abangbal Bank- ing Coporation, „‚42,927,000 Meantile Bank of
India, Limited, 1,342,071
29,900,000†
$50,000€
Total,..... $54,153,830. $95,450,000
*Sterling Securities deposited with the Crown Agents valued at £1,055,900.
*Securities with the Crown Agents and Straits Govern- ment £3,091,000.
L
§ Securities with the Crown
Agents £130,000,
The following statement of the securities lodged with the Crown Agents by the Mercantile Bank of India, Limited, against their notes general information under Section in circulation, is published for
5 of the Mercantile Bank Note Issue Ordinance, 1911, (Ordinance No: 65 of 1911):
Becurity Amount
"Benda repar
able @ 100 in 1930..........
Chan Mun, master of the Fook Kee fireworks shop, of No. 217,53% Treasury Des Voeux Road West, has report- ed to the police' that a foki narned Cheung Kan-law absconded or November 1 with a sum of $800 which he collected on behalf of the firm,
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Europeans, for the most part, become red-brown or brown under strong influence of the sun, that is to say, the sun. evokes pigment which to some degree may be of use, but need not be evoked solely or even mainly for that reason out
straight TO-DAY'S LEAGUE GAMES. of firm-edged pores, If that effect of sunshine be whereas in tropical Africa allowed, then it is surely the
cushion-like skin ful of possible to suppose that, if early blood vessels and sweat glands, types of men went to live in the rich in pores that are loose and tropics before they had lost their wide, gives hair that grows so
China "A" V, Club, Club A Chinese youth whilst heritage of colour, they would be irregularly as to be kinky or, as is round.
cycling down Arbuthnot Road likely enough to keep it there, and often said, woolly. Both these
Kowloon Y.. Police, Kowloon yesterday lost control of his even to intensify it as they lost types of skin are rather hostile to ground. their hairy covering.
hair growth, and so it happens that
China "B" v. Tamar, Chinese At the same time we must re-
we in North, West Europe retain ground. member that in many animals more of the hair covering of our
Kick off at 4.15 p.m. sharp.. streaks and patches of colouring animal ancestors than do the matter seem specially placed
Division II peoples either of tropical, Africa above blood vessels and other: organs containing fluid in the skin or of Eastero Asia.
'TRACK' OF A COLOUR..
St. Joseph's "A" v. China "A‚” St. Joseph's ground.
C. Recreio "B" v. China "B," Kowloon ground.
Navy "A" ground
St. Joseph's "B" v. Kowloon
Chinese ground.
Club v. Surreys, Sookumpoo v. University, Club
Kick off at 245 pm. sharp.
Drums ground.
and beneath it, whether to protect them from light or no. The Brown colouring in the skin African negro has a skin singu-nearly always includes some larly rich in blood vessels and red-brown, and this is specially sweat glands; and this may well found in the various peopics Sacred Heart v. C. Recreio "À," have something to do with his who have spread up towards the colouring. His colouring seems to Arctic from Central Asia. Some absorb a good deal of the intense have come westward as the Lapps ground. radiation from the sun, so others have gone north-eastwards that radiation does not pene- and have eventually reached and trate into the depths of the spread over America, where red skin, when some of its many and brown and yellow-brown are properties might well have dis- found a varying proportions turbing influences. But moderate everywhere. pigment would probably suffice Koheritance and elimate have for this last purpose, as was said thus both had their shares in above, The Australian native is making our skins what they are one of the clearest cases of a and there is no simple theory to survival of early types of man, and ¦ account his colour is dark in the extreme. Į variety,
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BALFOUR ON US.........
POST-WAR BURDENS.
(Reuters Servics.)
London, November 7.
for their interesting
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Ladies assisting in the local Poppy Day "Drive" on Tuesday next will be able to obtain addi. tional supplies of poppies from Volunteer Headquarters (tel. G.. 240), the Hongkong Hotel or the Peak Hotel." Spares will also be carried by the Poppy Donkey in the Central District and by motor cars in the outlying dis- trictspr
"Rocky patch located in Dwarf Anchorage last water, seven feet at low water ordinary springs from the Rock Haihead bears North 77 magnetic distance 9.9 cables wars shipping."
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Mr. J. R. Wood is due to arrive Cap will be presented to the win back in the Colony next week, ner of the recent motor-cycle returning from Home leave. He trials. It is hoped that there will will resume his former position as be a good response for tickets Chief Magistrate at the Central From the members of the motor Magistracy.
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it being the intention of the sub- Engineer Captain E. G. Pallot committee concerned to take ad- DS.O. has been appointed to vantage of the opportunity to H.M.S. "Victory," for Turbine bring forward suggestions for course (October 81; Internal Com fatore competitions In Hongkong bagion Engine Cours (Noveniber Applications for tickets should be), Oll Fuel Course (November 28), made immediately to Mr and to H.M.S.Tamar," as Chief Smith, care of the Kowloon-Can-Engineer, Hongkong Yard 9.45 am. Holy Communion Special ton Railway. Members may invite (December 14).
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