WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1930./
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Man Six Thousand Years Ago
“PALE-FACED
RACE
Head That May Revise Story of Civilisation
"THE DOLECHOCEPHALICS"
THE CHINATHMAILUT
GOOD WILL-FUND SCHEME
ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL ASKS
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SIDESMEN ELECTED
The annual church meeting of the St. John's Cathedral was held in the Cathedral Hall yesterday evening under the chairmanship of the Dean, The Oxford Fickl Museum Expedition at Kish last winter made the Very Rev. A. Swann, D.SC. was Mr. W. L. n discovery the importance of which could not be sufficiently estim-Fattenden (Secretary), Lieut. Col.
Supporting him
ated until the original had arrived in this country, writes Dr F. Wyatt. (Treasurer), the Rev. Stephen Langdon (Professor of Assyriology at Oxford University), N. L. Watkins and the Rev. H. V. in a tome paper.
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Addressing the meeting, the Dean said inter alin: ---
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BANK HOLIDAYS.
COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED N Accordance with Ordinance
IN CHINA MAIL :
Social Function's To-day Teq Dances at Hoog Kong Hotel and Peninsula Hotel, 4.30p.m.
To-day Chinese New Year's Eve Carnivals at Hong Kong Hotel and Peninsula Hotel, 8 p.m..
Entertainmento To-day- Queen's Theatre; "Hollywood Revue."
To-day Stor Theatre. "Romance of the Underworld.".
To-day -- World
Theatre, "The Flaming Forest."
Norte, the hxCHANGE BANKS will be CLOSED for the
on THURSDAY. FRIDAY and transaction of PUBLIC BUSINESS SATURDAY, 30th, 91at JANUARY
und 1st FEBRUARY (China Now Year Holidays).
Hong Kong, 25th January, 1930.
UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG,
Cantonese Class, 1930.
THE CANTONESE CLASS be-
To-day Majestic Theatre; Tgins its New Term on Febru "The Last Edition."
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This meeting is the end of a long process of re-organisation. The process began before my time when my predecessor, Rev. H. Copley Moyle, pressed for the abolition of Pew Rents in
To-day the Cathedral. A great deal has happened since that time, but our meeting to-day Is certainly the culmination, of what
For the first time in the history of Mesopotamian archaeology we have here a head, moulded from a living Sumerian of the age when the art of painting, in polychrome colours was still known to them. The fact that the discovery of manufacturing black, yellow, and red paint was nude in the very earliest stage of Sumerian and Elamitie civilisation, and then suddenly and completely lost, never to be recovered either by their descendants or by the Accadians, Babylonians, and Assyrians who succeeded them, is one of the in-was begun so rightly by Mr. Moyle, explicable aspects of human history.
TRUE SUMERIAN TYPE
We me know from the stratifien- tion at Kish that the great perlod of Sumerian painted ware lies entirely below water level, and ends there, 20 feet below mudern plain level. It is impossible to assign a date later than 4000 B.C. for the end of the coloured ceramie ware of Kish. Its discovery and its loss to humanity never again to be re- covered during the long and often brilliant history of the Sumerian Accadian, Babylonian, and Assyrian kingdoms and empires, belong to the noble age of most ancient man.
The trenches driven into the
mound at plain level on the north side of the great temple Ehursagka- Jammu contain antiquities not earlier than Sargon of Accad. 28th century B.C.
Here was found the remark-
able terra-cotta head. A socket at the bottom of the neck shows that
it belongs to a torso which has not been found. The skull and face are true to the Sumerian type, and at last we have a very early period which can be studied anthropo- logically. It is a perfect specimen of the armenoid or round-headed type.
But this is only one aspect of its The sculptor immense importance. has painted it, representing the hair and beard in black and the skin a pale yellow. The cheeks and upper lip are cleanly shaven, proving that the head belongs to that period In the history of Sumerian tonsure when they began to shave, but had not yet reached the full tonsure of the classical period. The cleanly shaven head and face of the classical Sumerian perlod does not appear before 4000 B.C.
It is obvious that ancient peoples had the same antiquarian interests as ourselves. This coloured atatue of hoary antiquity was found above the Flood stratum, even above the red stratum or temenos platform
on which the whole temple area was
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and I think it is right that full credit be given to him for his part
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February 1--Fanling Hunt and Race Club Hounds Meet, Hung Ling. 4 p.m.
Meeting
& Messrs.
Home Mail To-morrow-Intard from Europe via Suez (Macedonia),
in setting this process on foot.
Sit Where You Please The abolition of Few Rents in the Cathedral is now finally and, as I February 11-Forty-second Gen- think, very happily effected. All feral meeting of Shareholders of the Semitic race is left in proud may now alt and kneel in the Cathe Hong Kong Land Investment
Agency Co., Ltd., at posssession of being the oldest ruceral where and when they please. in history which Ins survived to
We take an affectionate but not Jardine's, 12.30 pm... modern times.
regretful leave of the Cathedral The eyelashes, the eyebrows, and Church Body to-night. I say "not the irises are also black, but the regretful," because, while that body yellow skin is perplexing. It is has served the Church well in the entirely out of the question to con-past, we have greater hopes for the nect the Sumerians with the Mon-Trustees of the Church of England golians, an inference against which and the Cathedral Church Connell post emphatic warning must be who will from now onwards under- made at once. The features ex- take and augment ita functions. cinda the Mongolian type absolutely Our principle business this even- and positively. An olive-coloureding is to elect representatives to skin is probably intended by the these new bodies and also to the artist, but I repeat that this feature enlarged and re-constituted Victoria of the head presents to me an ip- Diocesan Conference. explicable problem. The Sumerians
The Elections
did not belong to the so-called In proposing the names of Mr.
"Yellow Race,"
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The following programme They called them. W. L. Pattenden and Mr. P. Jacks selves "the black-headed people," as representatives to the Board of broadcast to-day from the Hong Kong The Babylonians made use of the the Trustees of the
Church of poetic phrase "pale-faced men" for Britain, the Dean said in spite mankind, and since most of their of the fact that Mr. Pattenden
148 pm. Weather Report. 5-6 p.Programme of H.M.V.
Courtesy of Messrs. Moutrie.
poetic phrases are translations of was leaving he thought that Mr.& Victor Records supplied by earlier Sumerian words, perhaps Pattanden should be re-elected this one is based upon a Sumerian for the rest of his time in Hong description of themselves as the Kong. He and Mr. Jacks had been "pale-faced race," From every Intimately connected with all-that had led up to the formation of the Board. They had been invaluable in their work,
point of view this head presents the problem of the origin of qivilisation in a new light, and turns historical discussion in a direction which it must permanently take.
The Eight Season
Sir Henry Pollock asconded-.and the elections were approved.
The meeting approved the election The expedition founded and sup- of the following as sidesmen: Dr.: ported by Dr. Herbert Weld on be G. A. C. Herklots, Mr. P. Brindley. half of Oxford, and by the Field Mr. A. Cheung, Mr. RJ.de H. Museum of Chicago, has now begun Moore, Mr. N. L. Railton. Mr. E. R. its eighth season at Kish. In view Robinson, Mr. E. G. Stewart, Mr. J. of the results, Dr. Weld's loss of Granham, Mr. R. A. Sinca, Mr. his historic castle ut Lulworth, T. W. Carr, Mr. L. A. R. Duncan, which perished last August in fire, Mr. H. Owen Hughes, Mr. P. S must elicit increased sympathy for Cassidy and Mr. F. W. James. him. Hola great Briton Mossra. Lowe, Bingham and and an effective supporter of British Matthews were re-elected auditors. traditions. Sir Charles Marston, The statement of accounts Mr. Robert Mond, and others came adopted. to his support last year.
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W. B. FINNIGAN,
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29th January, 1930.
CUSTOMS NOTIFICATION NO. 16.
ceived from the INSPECTOR GENERAL OF CUSTOMS I have to notify the public as follows:- On and after 1st. February; 1930, the Halkuan Tael will be discontinued as the unit of cal culation of duties on imports from abroad. Instead, a new gold unit, will be used. This unit will be equal to 60,1886 centigrammes of pure gold and will, therefore, be equivalent to Gold Dollars 0.40 or 19.7265 Pence Sterling, or 0.8025 Gold Yen. From 1st February to 15th March, 1930, inclusive, specf- fic duties on Imports from abroad now expressed in Haikuan Taels will be converted into the new unit on the basis. of Halkuan Tael
one equals 1.50 of the new unit; and beginning' with '16th March, 1930, on the basis of Halkuan Tael one equals 1.75 of the new 9 p.m.Programme of H.M.V. & unit. As heretofore, dollars, tacls, Victor Records supplied by and other currencles will be re- ceived in payment of duties. The Courtesy of Messrs. Moutrie...
rates at which such currencies 10.30 p.m. Close Down.
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NEWSPAPER WORK
Stirring Drama at
Majestic Theatre
The untold thousands of pic ture fans who thrilled over, past- Emory Johnson melodramas star- ring Ralph Lewis are being thrill- waned again by, an, absorbing,atory, of newspaper work: appropriately en- titled, "The Last Edition"...which, brings. together...the brilliant. young director and the veteran
time to time. At least three days" public, notice will be given in the
event of change in rates.
J. M. H. OSBORNE, Commissioner of Chinese Customs, Kowloon and District. York Buildings. Hong Kong, 27th January, 1930,
CUSTOMS NOTIFICATION NO. 17.
CTING under Instructions re
rebuilt not long after the Deluge CHINA MERCHANTS | Hear Them in "Holly. character actor for the first time Aceived from the INSPECTOR |
destroyed the city. The colouring,
the racial type and tonsure,
in
which only a small part of the hair
PROPERTIES
Is left on the crown, prove that SALE OF PORTION TO BUY NEW
this head had been preserved by Sumerian and Semites at Kish since 4000 B.C. It was actually found In level, not earlier than 2400. B.C.
A perfectly moulded figure, little below life-size, painted to represent the skin and hair of a famous per son in the remote history of their city, it must have been preserved for nearly two millenniums in the palace or temple, to the admiration and wonder of the citizens of the capital.
This discovery will have a pro- found effect upon all modern his. torlans of antiquity. A study of last year's skeletons has proved that.
below the Flood stratum the deeper
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The talented... Mrs... Emilie GENERAL OF CUSTOMS I have Johnson has once more evolved a to notify the public that all pay- stirring drama for her son to menta in respect of gold unit transpose to the acreen, and those duties, are to be tendered only in For its great super-musical pro- who have not seen "The Last Eal liver currencies now accepted. duction, "The Hollywood Revue," tion" at the Majestic Theatre, From 1st February, 1930, until Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's staff of Kowloon, have but to-day-in which further notice the Customs gold song writers produced more than to witness this production. It unit will be equivalent to Hong twenty songs and Introductory bears every earmark of being the Kong Notes $1.145. music. Chief among them are the most successful of any picture J. M. H. OSBORNE, Ralph Lewis- has appeared.
The Shunpao says that schemes have been drawn up by Mr. Chao Ti-chlao, Special. Commissioner for following: the readjustment of the Affairs of the China Merchants S.N. Co., for the enforcement of his readjust ment programme.
The scheme were drawn up by Mr. Chao as a result of his conference with the Minister of Communications in the capital.
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Commissioner of Chinese Customs, Kowloon and District. York Buildings,
Hong Kong, 27th January, 1930.
BANDIT'S SUICIDE
closed for nearly-five years. years ago, and the dome has been volver, which ended in the bandit's
suicide.
"Singin' in the Rain," by Nacle Lila Lesle, Frances. Teague, Herb Brown and Arthur Freed..
Your Mother and Mine," by Gu David Kirby, Cuyler Sppploe, Rex Lease, Ray Hallar, Lou Payne, Edwards and Joe Goodwin.
Gotta Get Together" by Jesse Leigh Willard, Wade Boteler, add Will Prank compose the support Raymond Klages. "Bones and Tambourines" by Freding cast. Fischer. Cation 2016 #1 Never Knew I Could-De-a Thing
Like That" by: Gus Edwards, According to these, Mr. Chao "Strike Up the Band," by Fred stored for public worship, will be Lissner & Co., opposite the Reichs- St. Paul's Cathedral, fully re- The private banking house of has decided to sell all the comle, Ike and Gas," by this completely opened on June 25, in bank building in the centre of pany's properties which are of no Edwards and Joe Goodwin, the presence of the King and Berlin, was the scene of an attempt
Fisher.
the excavations are carried the
direct value to its shipping bust-Marie, Polly-and Bess," by. Gur Queen Repairs were begun 17 ed robbery at the point of the re- round-headed armenold type In- creases and the long-headed type from this source, he proposes NEW A Low Down Rhythm," by Jease
With the funds derived Edwards and Joe Goodw decreases. That is the verdict of our field anthropologist, Mr. Penni- ships and to erect a new building Greer and Raymond
Just yon Juste
by Jesse mad, and it is confirmed by Mr. for the company.
Greer and Raymond. Kluges. Messrs. Sun Chun-lee, L-Ro Lon Chaney's Goln to Get You," Buxton, Reader in Physical An- thropology at Oxford. It is a chu and Hong Yen-ping have been by Gus Edwards and John T. Murray.
"I Gotta Feelin' For fait inference, therefore, that the appointed members of the New
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by 100 Sumerians represent the armenoids, Building Planning Committee, and the Semites, the dolechocephalic, It is expected that construction Fisher. or long-headed, race in this already work will be commenced this year. mized population of the age of The new building, according to painted ceramic. Perhaps the the Shunpao, will be a nine-storey and Joe Goodwindward
"Minstrel-Deya” by Gus Edwards, Semite, or long-headed, race arrived reinforced congrate one. All Joe Goodwin and Dave Sheila Bon in Mesopotamia even in the neolithlo available vacant office space in the "I'm the Queen," by Martin Broades ageWe have reached no depth new building will be let out an and Andy Rice. where the long-headed race is officer
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