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THE Z I 0 NI 8 T REC 0 RD. 41

FROM TOWN AND COUNTRY.

E'.DJTORJAL NOTJCE. -In view of our limited space, Secretaries of Societies and others &e':1ding

Repo~ts

for insertion in these Columns or in our other Local News Columns must make them a• brief as possible.

Se1~u e.

%ion'.l'he following i:-> nu,,· the Committ 'e of the Herzl

Dur~~t

8oeiety of. B llville, Parow, Kuih; River,

,~nd

Pre .

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^~nvil1e: ¹⁾¹^~s1dent,l\lr. G. 8. Eriedman; \ice- Hubi ent, l\fr . ^.i. ^• Berold; Hon. 1're·asurer, l\liss K

11tit tee. nowitz; Hou. l\l 'ccretar.)' , .Misi:; B . Cohen· Com-, LtJ_{1 .} · Is es D. lkcker and A. Cohen, l\lessrs. I.

~lnct

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and S. Ratz:in; l::>uperyi ors,

~lcsdamcs

^Derold

ciat acks, l\fo,., Ts. B. Berol<l ;.md l:)ackn. 'l'he firn:m-

~nan an~ presicle~tial report ·were read by Mr .. Fried-

11tipr

~~

¹⁰^Was m the Chair. Mr. 1. Lehr gave an

11·h1

ch · ~~e

addres. on ".The Jew, Past t.nd l(utur , "

''<ls much apprecrnted.

8u1awa.yo.

the

£'~e.

Cho, evi Zion 8oeiety has forwarded £50 to to th ¹⁰~¹st J:t'~dcration as a donation by the Society

e l~hode ^·1aPale1'tine Univer 'ity }'und

Capet<>wn. .

l 1a8 d .· 'I'he C omuut ee o . · t f t h e Do1 hei Zion Assoc1a · t' 10n

L00k

ec~~ed

to '1pprop1:ate :f:20 from its open Golde°;

lit. B. ac:.count for tille mscr1pt1on of the nmn-.:! uf ''c.:u . · Baker. n mernbtir of the Committee, on the

ciutj

0

^~¹¹of his rnanfage to l\liss E .• '. Levy, m uppre- of good 8Cl"'i-ice' r<Judcred to the Z10nis t cv. u ·e.

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lt

¹^epnoth Zion A sociation has forwarded to the llp n '. fl• ederatiou the amount of £37 2B. Od. rn~de 1 Ook ollows : £:W for the in cription in the Golden ot tl_i₀of

~he

.n'1:m ?f Mr'. I: .zuekernrnn,

l:'res1_d~nt

<.:florts A:-;soeiatiou, m recogmt10n or her untirrng 1 und / ¹¹d her tle,rntion to the Cause; £5 towards the Iiule ^'t'or the tran.·fer nee of orphans from Russia to fo1·

tl

^ine;£5 for th Kordau G~u·den City; £2 ~s. Od.

Cl old le lierzl Lilirury in J erusale.111 · and £5 for five ' en

s1

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Znck . Ile rohiu from J\ladam Glaser, Fric<lguod, eri:nan, 1-:echtman and l'olicansky.

at

th~n, ~ ~e

3rd, a well attended gathering ·was held the ... Zioru ·t Hall or the stall-holders and 'rnrkers at

•ecent, \'' <l 1

<:utc J ¹v on .erland Fete at the 'ity Hall. Ac vo-

tullc.:ti · 1Ie1·bst m, reported that as a re ult of the

the ₀on the ,'um of £~,300 had been raised tO\rnrd:->

the hew Zioni:st Hall. Pre 'eni.ations were made to

· 'ec.:re~llotar:y ^achite·t, J. Z. S. l'.:)tekhoven and to th 1 ^ary' ^l\fr.B. Ro tovsky.

of

.B

Jr. and Mrs I aac 0 ·hberg haYe left for a tour rlll'ope an cl i)~le tine.

~on c~h~

Barmitzva.h waR recently celebrated of the

r Utbnr· _"lt1gh. and Mr:s. I. lauerbero-er A distinbo-uishecl

0 . •

(J:r·u ion Wn' present at th~ home <;m th1 happy

\\ol'k,. · . l\Ir. l\iauerberger is an active communal

to,, ^{" l}'-\, ( s l' ll and has o·iyen a crreat deal of his eneraY ^b ^b ^L ^U<

le Capetown ':l1almud Torah.

b 1uc:h ^t'fi ^. ^. ^. ^. ^.

· the r gra ·1. cation ~s felt m the J ew1bh commumty Ul1d1.·r- relecbon parliament by .AdYocate 1\1. Ale:x-

'l'l a Way. a champion on Jewish intere3t::L

l'n le ffi

'l!iove l ⁰ ^C't•s d the Cape J cwish Orphanage hu.

r to Fountain Hou e, 3, Hout Street.

Tll · ne\\· Heb1·ew ongregation in lfo ¹lan<l ~'tr ·et hus appomte<l th_. H \'. t'.5. 'temb rg of J ohunne ·burg as its Cantor.

On June 10th, the half-annual m eting of the•

Capetown Jewish l\laccabean A so('1ation wa h •Id at·

the ~ioni t HRll. .i\lr. t>. 'l'urtl doYe, the J:>resideu t, was in the Chair, and gave a review of the work of the .\.s~oriation for the pa ·t six month·. He tnu.;t cl that the l\laccabean As 'ociabon would clo all in its pO\ver to help in the formation of n strong J ewi. h c.:ultural rentre in Capetown.

Johannesburg.

'l'be 'econd Annnal U-enend i\1 etiug of the Shnrn.rya Levin Zioui t '<>ciety too.k Jllac • at th~ : co- Yille l::>'-llaO'oaue Cltt ·s _J _b _b Hoorn on uudny JuDl' l.>th.

There was only n, moderate utteuJanc: _. pres nl. . 'l'he l're ·1deut, lr. Karnov k ', took the 'hair, and in his report pointed out that m . pitc of th~

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bad tunes the Council had reul() Jont.: good work. l hc,y lrnnded O\' r for the Natiomd .Fund £110 Ws. ~d.,

'·Zionist Record" £10, and 'hekolim .t4-L \\'ith r-'ganl to the ln ·t item he pointed out that wl1e1: ·a~ la 't ) ·ur only about 250 'he.kolim hacl been sold m _th He:·ea DiHtrict, thi, year there were 352 8old, ·hi •Hy owmg to the Com111ittee members thew::; "lv s gomg ou and m1m·as::;ing the district: tl~orougl.1ly. , .

'.l'he attendance at mectmgs of the Counell wa~

crood. The Council lrnd arraugcd 1 wo :->ut·c ·ssfol lec- tures and two entertaimn°11ts Juri11g tu' .) cat'. 'l'lie1 e has been a considerable falling off in the coll ction ?f

. uh criptions, and the chairman sucruested that lll

foture a paid coJJcctor b' employed. ^T ^• The Uouneil l\'a repru::;eut d on the Nat10nal }'und Commit tee. The ~·hckel ¹0rnmitte ', Joint Zionist Couueil, nnd Keren Haye. o<l, and its members took an active p;:irt on all th sc bodies.

The socictv wn. l'l¹presented b.r four delegate: at i·be re"ent Zio;;_i t ¹onfcrcncc, and all the re olut.ion:

propo ed by our Soeiety_ bud been adoJ_Jtc~.,...

It wtl.' hoped to raise_ the ·tun of ~20 for the Ker n Hay sod through tll generous Ylft of a gold bmcrlc by l\Ir". Ef'ekov.

b1¹1Je tre._1 urcr then ·ubmitt cl hi financial state- ment, ""·hich bowed a net bnlnnee of .-CHO 15:. Gel.

Mr. A. I. Miller criticL ed the gcncr, l bocly of membei. fol' their Hpathy tmnud Zionism nn<l .Tudn- i. m g ncrally. Con, jtJering t lw amount of work that

th\.~ Council put in, it wn: m >st di ·courapinn to see th poor re:ponse by the general body. 1f pointed out that \,·hen the Society was fornu:d, it " a;;.: ^110t only with the objPct of rnising lt10110y, but to i11Rt.il

a J·eener T ationrll reeling in i he heart of ,Jcwc' ancl Jcwe. c. in the J.Torthem Snhmh:-; of Johnnn ·sburg.

l\Ir. L. H. Cohen, in movin1Y the n11option of i h_l' reports, st.ntc<1 the work done by tl1c rciiring ¹0tmc•1l ju. tifi rl the exi.·tence of the Scricty.

::\frs. A. I . .:\1iJle1' nnd l\fos. r~. o~h r. Gt>t7, !lnd ... 1fichil·on padieipatl'd in th di~cn~~ion before f b' report:-. were lmnnimou:l~ cn1Ticcl.

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THl!J ZJONIST RECORD. June 30, Hl2l

FROM TOWN AND COUNTRY.- {Continued.)

A a re ·ult of the General Election which .followed, the following now constitute the Executive and Committee: Mr. H. L. Kamov. ky, Pre id 'nt; A. l.

Mill r, ice-President; I. B. Rudaizky, 'l1rea::;urer;

M. Levy, Ron. ecretary; and Mesdames E5ekm·,

\Yun ch. ack , Bloch, Galgut, l\le ._rs. J Cranko, L. H. Cohen, 0 her, Michel on, 'tein, <Jittleson,

~1. Geffen, Abraham and Fram, ommitte .

It wa decided to purcha e in the n:une of the :)ociety one Binyan share through the ~"outh African Zioni t Federation

'l'he tenth annual meeting of the Johannesburg

\Yomen' Zionist League was held at th 'Carlton Hotel, .Johanne burg, on Weclne day, June 1 th, 1924, at which the Chief lbbbi, Dr. Landau Dr. Alexan- der Gold tein and about forty ladie::; were present.

Mrs. Landau, President of t'he League, nddr s d the meetina and poke of the ~rnrk the Society had done during the pa t year. ~ he reported to the ladi~s

present the deci ion of the committee to work m co-operation with the Women's Internat.ional Zioni t Oirganisatidh, who aire doing pecifically women'.

work in Palestine, and appealed to all tho~e present to as i t matedallv a far a pos ible in i..hi noble effort. Mrs. Lanclau further stated that it was the intention of the League to form \Vomen's Societies wherever po ible, with the aid of the outh African Zionist Federation. A society had already been

e~tabli, hed in Germi ton, owing to the effort of :Mrs.

Max Guinsberg, a member of the Committee· and it wn hoped to form a imilar society in Bcnoni at n Yery earJy .. date.

Mr . Landau then moved the adoption of the report and balance heet. This wa proposed by l\Irs.

Hchlosb rg, . econded by l\frR. I. Heyman. and car- ried unanimou ly.

Dr. Landau addre. sed the meeting and spoke of

~he excellent work the League had clone particulnrly in regard to their literary meeting'. He thanked Mrs.

C. Patley, Chairwoman of the Ker n Haye od

(\~,. om?n 's .Branch), for the splendid wmk she "·a~

domg m th1 capacity.

T~rn . advi ability of forming \Yomen ¹ Zionist Orcram. at.Ion· throughout South Africa and the expnn- , ic~n of women's \York g nernlly was diRrussed by l\11s Jean Barrkmann and l\Ir . B. Goud\i .

Mrs. B. Patley urged that Dr. Landan continu his fortnirrhtly lecture at the \Volmarans Street-

~ynngogue.

rrhe election of officers and member" of the om- rnittee result d a follow : -

Pn' ident, Mr.. A. Landau; Vice-Pre idents,

?\1rs. C. Patley, Mrs. B. Goudvis; Hon. rrreasurer, l\frs. A. ~ichlosberg; Joint Hon. ecreturies, Mr. l\I.

Po n~r, ~I.r'. 1. \V. Jacob~on; on:imittee, :Mesdames 11. L1psch1tz, J. Janower, A. M. Lipschitz. R. Lourie,

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T:

Katzenellcnbogen, B. yl\Iey~rowitz, l\I. Light, . L.

Rive, A. Bradlow, l\I. hentr1dgc, Sand, Bloom, and D. Balkin.

The .Jolrnnnesburg :\I:;i.ccubean ircle, which wa-;

recently formecl, ha" affiliated to the outh .African Zioni t Federation.

There \\:ere nearly 100 ladies present at t}~e literary meeting of the Johanne, buro \Y omen ~

Zioni

ts

League which took place at the Berkele,\' Rooms on Tue. day, 27th ~lay, J\Ir-. Bernurcl Po.tl~{' Vice-President of the Society, took the ¹hnir. 'I JI'

occa ion was a debate between ~fr . J. L. Landt and Mrs. B. Goud vis on " rthodo.·, yert>us t JC

Reform Movement in Judai m." "

. Mrs. Landau, speaking on behalf of Orthodo~Y;

laid tre s on the great part it had played in weidJOt the J ewi. h nation together and pre. ervmg their g:ctl traditions durina the vi ·issitude~ of the Di::;perswrd She told of the di ciplinarv value of ritunfr:;m aJl

urged that once reform be"gan it would not kn°~

where to top. The Hebre\\ er-vi es kept .Je\\'S ¹¹¹ unison the \vorld over.

l\Irs. Goudvis began by sayincr that ... he

fu~{

r ali e~ the great part played by ⁰0rthocloxy in t ~t past history of the Jewish people, but Rhe could ⁰₁₁ ti.ink. that it had the s~me valu~ t -day \Yhe-? mode~d teaclung' ''ere ut variance· with old behef::i, ^tlid t~net that were adapted for the middle ages c⁰.t1

not be applied to our own time. The esc.;en~ttl ~ 1 belief of the J ewi. h religion were for all time. 'l hr~

were the belief in God nnd the beli £ in Good ^Hll were embodied in the Ten CommandmenL.

· os·

Amongst the ladies who took part in he disc S sion that followed were l\1esdames . L. Sire, .. ~ Ep tein, Fred. Cohen and ^..i..Tewman, Mi . e · ,i\foi11I11c nnd tenham.

&

o anima.teJ wa this cliscu . i n that there

\\'te

no time for l\Irs. Landau to reply r a vote to ~o taken. The committee hn., therefore, decided r rc~·open the debate at another m ting in the ¹¹e future.

krn!ll¹ Before the de bat . tarted }fo,s ,Jean Barr ~o

nddres ·ed the meetino- on behalf of the J{crt Hnyesod.

The ne.·t literary meeting ^lVill be in July "'}Jell l\f r . I. W. Jacob n will read a pap r.

The ninth annual general me tina o

wc;

¹

lb~:

of the United H ebrcw Congregation was }H ld ¹¹;J.·th·

vestibule of Park ynagogue on unday, :\lnv ""~:,rt' at 10 a. m. '1¹he report and balance . bet t ~ t.lil' adopted, and the following gent! 111 n ·I c·tecl to ·e ... i·

council: Chairman, l\Ir. Bernard Al :xt ncl r: pr J cl nt, ~Ir. Joseph Ratzker; vice-pre.:id nt,

.ir\., ... ,

~I. Reuvid; treasurer, l\Ir. IRaaC' Broud : tros ~·ie;

~Ic srs. . Hillman, B. GuinsbeTg ancl H. Lot1

1"r'

. B ^,11^~·

committee, ~Ies. r . S. L. Sive. I. ~larks. H. ec: ^]1 Gu. ta v Frankel, :Morri~ le , axe, H. C. I .::i,nC"•

Pntlcy and P. Kaplan.

for The

Doornfonte~n

Zionist o iet.'

ha~

·n-ran!Zcdtci11 the c·anYnssing ot J ewi~h hon, ehold:·1 in Doornt~~¹

11

^nd

on behalf of the Keren Hayesod, both in the

mend

^it^{j ...}

womcn 's ca1npaigns. 'l,he \York is proceefling, all

hoped thnt the re'luH will be satisfactory. ·et"

oCI '

The half-yearly genernl meeting of t.he i thflt will take pln~e early in August, and it is hopet co111·

all members will be present so that an nc~ «ot~

mittee can be appointed to carry on the g of Zioni m in Doornfontein.

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June 30

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~ ^:.a^4. ^{1· H}^E ^Zⁱ⁰Iv JS T REC 0 RD.

--~~~~~~~~~~-=-=--=-~~~~~:.=-=~_:__:::_::__:_.:_~~~~~~~~~~~~~13 FnoM TOWN

AND COVNTRY.- (continued.) Pietermaritzburg.

l<roonstad

l\fr. A. J. Shrod\:, younge. t son of Mr. nnrl 1\lrt'l.

lhne

Tile· ^1~10011

tad Jewish community will bv the B hrock, of Indwe, .P., nnd nephew of the Rev.

fr llR 1 sue ha gone t h · ' · J .. lJevin.r, who hns. recPntJy left foi· London to JJUr ur

. 0111 bi· . .. ~lex .. ~ ' o. pres.s, ave had a visit 1

1 ^-'1 ander G ld t \u 11s stud1ei::: nt Je'>'' s Coll ar for th mjni:tr.\.', ht"fl

··· ue t . ^c ⁰ s e1n. .v e hope in the next ... - «-

t' o ⁰1ve a rep ·t f th f . pnc:;sed the London l\fotric in the l~t Divic:;ion .

. 1011 with ⁰¹ o . · , e u_nctJons held in connec-

1!1angu, t• Dr. Goldstem s visit and also on th

t· I a ion f th ^T.T ^,

J:\1·oonRtad. ⁰ e .n .. eren Hayesod camp::iign in

Oudtshool'll_

\\·n.rc}~

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t 0 ⁰ ^. hcur-J~ar?1orek

Zion Association lrns £or- I11·oc0e l t e Z10m t Federation -£10 7 3d beina

,. . cs of h . . · ., o

·'Htion

1 oui:;e-to-hou. e collection for the Jewish a Fund.

n.11 • inc. 1'! ¹⁰ hekel ·1le h·' "'I'e "ns a arcat success bema . ·

Ti ^t a e of o 50 b ' o

e1·z1 L d' , .vei: per cent. on Inst year. The P11rt iu t~ ie, Zwrn t ociety played a very active

sale Hnd did excellent work.

'rhe " • ·

rt1i· 1nO'ed l ocwl .Committee' of tbis town ba

tnl\\ <:"} d ,Lt lC followmg interestina programme of kr-

l'\ e11ing ' uatei:; f · ' e tc · • t ⁰ b e e b J..J u m·ery alternate unday o

-~·>tli: Dr rom .June l~th to Nove~11ber 30th : -Jun~

.. !)th: l\fi.' ~· H. Lewm, ' Jewis'h Mystici. m"; June 1:s1·aeI".

j

1 · Homa, "A Farmer' Year in Erez .\fen·-;

'n'

bu Y 13th: Musical Evening and Yo11na

1\rJ1 c• ate· Julv 27th H l ^T ^• ⁰

~ ^<re .. ·e b

D . · :

.crz 1 arzei t Krening;

·.Lt-. I>. Aar·y I. L. H. Lewm, J\Ir. J. Homa and

~haracte ·" . anat; Augu t 10th : Dr. I. ~ tusser "On

_': 1 'ack:. ' August 24th; Debate-P. Agrandt vs.

~htion ^d, ept~mber 7th: Dr. A. Agranat "Super-

·p an l\1ed1cin "

s

t '

l) ¹·actical A h. e ; ep ember 21 t : R. Rollnick,

l'. l\J I ~ ievement of Zioni. rn '' · October 5th : {~th: irr~e~m, "_H~?i ne of the Bible"; October

/ 1ght$". N. Lax, Tbe Developm nt of \'Vomen ·_.

· ae:k J) ' ovember 2ncl: Debate I J K h ,

n11 l. Cohen· b ' . . an -vs.

L le 2\J. Ko .. ' .ovem er 16th: l\lpen;, l\I. Sacks

C:'\1·in . . ·pl ~hnnmntz; ^November^30m1: Dr. L. H.

111 of Alexandria."

bric 1

·~t

ⁿ ·chool bo·1rd t'

i r "'a c mce mg a Dutch i)Octry text rif the b , · severe! Y cn ic1se ·t· · d by two J cwi h member"

Poe om d Dr L · t k

" nt· . · · ewm oo great exception to I)· entitl d " :.\Ior·d h · " "

o

" le l{ ~ ec ai, om aert vortel "

])· 0nsentra ie K " "D. ⁵ '

1 le ou bJ'kl. , ,, amp, ie seep Kissie," and J~e11i.· bn 1^~ ^nc. Re propo eel that the e offensive

\Vith . the "' urought b. t ⁰ tl le notice of the department ',tu.'fler . ⁰ Ject

?f

having them elimiuatcd. Dr.

C. L . ' in cconchna th t' . · ·

cl· eipoldt . o e mo ion, said the '\rnter, Dr.

1

1' Paragincr ' :' ould b remembered as having made

11GdicaI . ti 1

cmarkR about J ewi h boy~ when, a r~oen-i_ ,, 11

1In, pector, he had vi ited Oudt hoorn. The a · -\ ordecha · ''

1 l'l11tlc Th 1 was not only offensive, but unti- b^l'lull\\·h e 'peaker was of opinion that the aentle-

o k ⁰ ^Wa t t ^J ^• o

tl ⁰s sho ld en ~us eel \v1th the selection of text

ler e \\·a ll . ex re ise more care and J. udgment for

'''h · ^cs a t1ch · '

l lch could b s.ource of subJ ects from true hi torv

1l1n · e dra · f · . . '

l11111 0usJy. "" n .1om. The mot10n wRs earned

Snmerset East.

At a. birthday party aiven by Mr. and Mr .. X.

Bnker for their daught r Zelda Chana, £li3 6s. 0tl.

m.1~ collected· for the J0wi h rTat.ional Fuml. which ha been duly forwarded to the Zionist Ji' 'clerntion.

The amount of £19 2s. Od. was col] cied fo1· th<·

Keren Haye od on the same oc-<'nsion.

.At nnoth e function on ihc I.5th ilu~t., giv 11 by J\Ir. and l\Ir . L. Baker on the 11th n.nniYcr ary of their wedding, the a1:-r10unt of £0 10 '. Od. m1. rcali eJ by raffles. 'l1bis amount was th n old by auction and bought by l\lr. and :\Irs. Fux for a further £2 10s. ; ib tobl amount of £12 wn. then handed b;y her to the I\.eren Haye~oc1.

Stellenbosch .

On the 15tb iu. t., the nnnua] el ··ction of the Youna I ruel Society took plnce in the Pageant de Luxe ⁰Theatre. l\Iany parent ancl a rnrg numb 'r of tno members were pre" nt. :r.Ir. 1. 'bermnn, the upervi or, pre ided. The report· of the ecr tnry and Treasurer proved Yery sati 'factory, nnd ?\Ir. D. B.

Lewis the outc-oing Chairman, xpr s eel hi <le p rearet' that he '°;'ouJd not be nble to accept any ery re pon ible post ngain on account of ihe Univ rsit,y

"·erk. The following new Committee wa elect"d:

h·esidt>nt, ::.\Ir. H. L vinsohn; Vice-President, .:\Iis' D.

hennan; Hon. Tr ea mer, l\I r. :JI. Lewi ; Hon.

··ecretnry, .l\Ii" P . .Jfarcu. ; Committ c: l\fi e J.

chneidcr, nnd P. Greeustein, l\.le. sr:-,;, D. y 'in, L.

).I 'yer, E. J. Grel'Il lein, M. Stein and D. B. L wis.

After ih election l\Ir. \\'. P rl ga...-e an intend.inn

;1c.1dre s. During the nfternoon mu ical item were rendered bY :\Ii. :::: P. .~\Iarcu , JI s, I' . ~I. Rtein and E. J. Gree-nstein, and membership card 'rnrc nL o presented to each member by l\Ir. l\I. h rnrnn.

Votes of thank ancl the singing of "Hntikrnh "

nded the meeting.

Wellington.

A general meeting of tlw Zionist A "'oei<l tion was held on May 22nd to elect Il(-'W office brarer . l\Ir. Y. chkolnc, who presided, urged that officers and committee hould he elected· who would take a keen interest in the national movement. The election resulted ns follow : hairman, l\1r. I. olomon; Hon.

~rrea urer, J\lr. Y. chkolne; Hon. Sccretnr ', lr. ,J.

Hill; ommittee: Rev. Fr:iedgood, J\Ie. i:::r~. L. KJjng, D. Sandler, I. Katzef, and Ir . D. Iichalowsky, Mr . 0. olomon and Mrs. E. olomon.

Mr. Solomon in taking t.he hair and clo inrr the meeting, thanked them for the honour done 'him and promised to do his best to maintain r.nd c:;frcngthen the As ociation.

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