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Daddy tells & Christmas Ghost Story

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EARLY MAN.

TRACES OF HIM, IN BORNEO.

Prof, J. L. Shellshear's -

Interesting Lecture.

KARERA DECEMBER 8, 1925.

in keeping with the bronze age. These people wore skilled workova in from do-dity but they did not seem to have developed other culturra. Prof. Shellsheir referred to the significance of the dragon. He found. representations of the wing- nd dragon or Naga. The dragon was found in ancient civilizaliers

Babylon to India and through China to Japan. He had written to Prof. Elliott Smith about them and he had expressed keen interest in thern,

There was a considerable num-from ber of people present last evening at the Helena May Institute to hear. Professor J. L. Shellslicnr lecture on "Early Man in Borneo." Prof. Shell hear spent some time this year in that country and his lecture dealt with traces of early man a early civilization which he discover ed there.

A picture of all kinds of stone axes which had been found in Borneo was shown and the lecturer said they formed a line of conna- tion between the early, nuolithic ore Mr. W. W. Hornell. Vicc Cher-right down to the bronze age of cellor of the Hongkong University. man. was in the chair, and others pre- sent included the Hon. Mr. J. H. Kemp, K.C., and Mr. Justice Wead. The lecture was illustrated with excellent lantern slides.

The Cowrie Shell.

There was in Borneo the same reference to a union between a per- son from heaven with a woman of

Prof. Shellsher prefaced hi:the earth forming a ruling class

which was found in all ancient i beture with remarks concerning

civilizations. He showed a weld the development of a great system

egwrie shell and

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of culture in prehistorie foonument, a which was sinunted by a secca bronze bracelet which had been for lifegiving principles wie fried with the dead. They shor

ed a marked similarity with cons

animated the bly,

The lecturer raced this thrustmas in other lands where thei the ancient civilizations, It was gerin het wes a much sought

a utable fact, he said, that let with historic monuments and tranes

this ancient culture were Fustaul where metais Wer found. AB these traces discovered to-day work alongside railways and industrial

areas.

empqueena lile giving gun Wine. 11 4 to the inevitablak come luisian That Bere hvaried Reines culture which had ber Edited by Pint. But Smith

having its origin in May pl.

A Wonderful Museum. There was in Kuching, Sarawak, a wonderful museum established

Continuing, he spoke of how he visited Borneo this year to try and find traces of the ancient eultureby an earlier Hajah who was deter

alives of Beruen. It is a well known fact that animals differed in various places in the world. In Australia they found the animals nearest to the types from which the human race had risen.

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mined to preserve the whole history of Burned by endeavouring to pre- real anything found there being for the British Museum it had the taken out of the country. Except- finest collection of insects and weapons and traces of every form of animals ever seen there.

In conclusion, the lecturer made an appeal. He said they wanted to show the Chinese that they were out to try and develop their coun-

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Santubong Mountain, Approaching Borneo in the steamer he saw while still a jong way out to sea the mountain of Santubong, round which he was destined to spend most of his time

Could we not study their in Borneo. In a creek of the delta

customs and try and and out at the funt of the mountain he

something about their eari eivi- found an interesting stane image,lization. There were evidences of It was the carving of a woman it and this ought to be the centre A sandstone rock. It was disc wywhere' we could try and build up ed in 1986 by a Malay fishes the links connecting up their long and represented the Great Mother. history. Science had its important A striking feature was the peculiar form of headdress which might ultimately form the clue to the identity of the designers. Dr. Dan

The tracing.of these old civiliza- who had found in Afries what hub lions was inpytant because af heen termed the "missing link" but { Bret they developed without being discovered similar Images Inhampered by war. Egypt develap-

Rhodesia.

The lecturer showed a picture

side.

Important Feature,

ed the arts to a great degree be cause she was not interfered with of the image on the rock belewantil they went out to look for the by neighbours, Ther developed

which was the small creck which had been a mighty river. A depth of four feet in the bak nearby he found a dozen crucibles which had fron slag attached there

metais to carry on their develon ment. Then they found the art of war and as a result their civiliza- were to be developed here we must tion, died. If the arts and selences to and in a quantity of iron slag ook out for this question of war. pottery which might have beenHe referred to the work disease bought in Hongkong to-day, so

had played in the destruction of finely was it made. This must, therefore, have been a place of

ennsiderable industrial activity. The reason was not far to seek, as the spot must have been 20: ideal place for a harbour from which these early things made from iron might have been exparted.

Bronze Implements. Prof. Shellshear went on to describe other interesting rele which he found there, Afle:) spending a good deal of time in n large cave by the side of the river he set dyaks to dig at its oldest part while he swam in the river enol himself. These dyaks calist him with great excitement and a arriving at the spat he found they had dug up a very the example of

civilizats. In finding traces of

all these old zivilizations the scientist had found traces of malaria and they were found in places which 10-iny

were bad areful to determine the diseases malarial swamps. They should be

of China. This should be the discover the connecting links with centre where we should try and China's old civilization..

The Chairman thanked the ler- turer, saying he had found his re- marks of intense interest. Ho also, appealed for more to be done

discovering the early facts of Chinese history. They lived in days in which they were busy and harassed but he asked them to

remember that Hongkong Univ

a bronze ase. These discoveries formed a junction between the sity was not in existence solely for bronze and the iron ages.

conferring B.A. degrees, but to try

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He went on to deal with the to do something to enlarge the con- customs of the people of Tore tines of knowledge of science and and said they were lo-day entire history in this part of the world.

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