In Cape Province

(1)

~12, 1924.

THE ZIONIST

u-~-C-a-pe_P_r_o-vi-n-ce-0-./

^RECORD.

25

(From Our Oien Correspondents.)

'l'J "THE JUDEAN.''

.fo~rt{udean.

Central Executive of the Cap Province

1

fartori] la t six. m<_mths or so not been functioning at all tillt·r th Y. Soc1etie have cau e for complaint in the t ^P01ti11 ey h~ve been treated by the Executive.

d ·l1¹clrg to In uperable difficulties, the fourth is ue of

n

°%t d}7"

?as not Y t seen

t~o

light of· day. . This is

~ ^1·1b¹¹t a_"Y 1egrettablo. To go mto the causes which have

:cutivee towards the state of affairs in which the

--r..e tha a~ present finds itself would require far more

·11o·e ~

.

¹¹ is at our disposal, and would serve no useful

as h!1Jhe

finfll meeting of tho outgoing Executive which fall

C

⁰

ni~1:

^Wednesday, August 27th, 1924, a

Reo~ganisa

l dt

he,~·. ~

¹

ree

was appoiJ?.ted, consisting

o~

^l\fes^rs. ^L.

liid

~.

}l (' ¹

~Irmau),

L .. Pmcus .• E . . T. Horwitz, S. Cohen it 1b:

Sn1t~her.

This committee ha full power to act,

th

];:'{st

O~Ject

will be to investigate the past activities

i~ri ra} e~uhve,

to square all outstanding matters, and rrbodv

f

^{Put. the}E~ec~1tiv:e on a footing as befits the the (. ⁰ {un1or Societies m the Cape Province . . ct nf

jln~1ttee

is also undertaking the very desirable

~n

¹^ties

la~ing

a Conference -of Cape Province Junior datd Wlule enfor Societie will be a ked to co-operate.

1Jber Or~an.

26[

^h^the, }9..A.

~onferen ce

^ha.been provisionally fixed for

alllon~s~ation,

propaganda and clo er co-operation will 11 llof>itio the numerous sub.iccts that will be discussed.

of the

1Q

⁰f The JHdenn will

ha~e

the serious conside!a-

~ ^llRena ⁰nfe_rence. The Comnuttee are now bu y with

fi .t

I>r0\~j'

aud 1.n the very near future all societies in the

""r"l) Corne<" will have full information.

Pr;·ta1·j

r}iponde~ce

.in future

~hou]d

be addressed to

~O\vn:

eorgan1. at1on Committee, P.O. Box 1588, o he tin₁ h

t' ar⁰J as now arrived for all young men and women

,It

the~"'·

• not only in name but

at

o in spirit, to

~

localiti lves and to join th respective societies in ittil. e of tls, and where none exi. t to form a society (and

~t . at ab ¹ latter to notify the Reorganisation Com- {1hutin

°

₁

?

address), for it is only by every individual lib a su; is or

h~r

efforts that tl1e Conference can be t11 !.!tation cess. It JS ~o be bop d and tru ted that the

/e.

₁

E~e~ ~!

the comrng Conference will strengthen the t1a1 You ive to carry out

t~e

many import3:nt and

Ung Israel matters w}ucb cry for attent10n.

J\ CERES.

taAJ llcces ·ful .

1 .,..

al' oc;et socia , under tlie auspices of the 1'. oung '.\the

24th'

wa. held in the local Bioscope Hall on Sun- .• ft r th ult.

~

¹^rit1·1·e^{·t ·}e chairman bad w0lcomcd the large aathering,

I ~. ^{A •} lng add d 1 · b ^b ^UT"t

1⁰\\>. <tn ex ress was e 11ered y Rev. :\I. t i I tPn-

d !ttg it<' c llent musical programme followed. The I b

s,.l~ia 1~

¹

~.

^"·ere^I'

~ldf>~·ed

^{: -J?uet,}l\fj c::es Polly l\Ioss iti'

A~1s 8

Fa¹¹sch; recitation, l\I1

A111;ai~da

Sarembock;

a~

l\1t!':c:Ji. nnl;' Smger (Tulbagh); v10lm solo, Maste1·

1/itn'. hiiss /ccitation, :\fac::t r Barney Daneman; fancy

~llt\~-~ton,

l\fa anetta

~ar0i:1bock;

^.

on~,

^l\fr. ^W.

~letter;

lty .gz; ff:!c.,t."te.r Lo111. "r1tt0nb0rg; piano solo, M 1. s

Re~a 'r

an<>ina

1

ation, l\Ia. ter Sidney Fish· piano solo) Miss

·'I". T n. . '

r)

it

h~a

Ra lddn congratulated the oc:iety on tl1e pro-

~ t f1·p } Illa e.

ri f i1nent

· lli£ls

Ji,.

^choco}~ Were served during t.h0 i11ten:aJ. Two h JJ\• ¹l'lh and n '";;. n·ere raflfod, the WlllnHs being l\f e8-

' Ii,: ·

f1·!':. A. Wittenb<"rg.

~

ak0, bak0d for

tl~e

occa- cl !'3 l

~:

Sebba, was old p0r Am<'r!ran auction and

1

Ok A Very

LADISMITR.

ltJe

f1uce

af

1ebasant funrtion in the form of a social

~e,, · e\\·ish

t

e To:rerko,, Hotel, where the

whole of

t d;

nna

l\;~

⁰

rnrnunity assembled

to

bid farewell

to 11'

6 lnith

f

rs. .M vburgh

on

their departure from li nl ''e . ear~r l\I1ddelburg,

Cape,

after staying

here

'rPfiJJnJi

and occupving

the

position aB Shochet, llt'

Ir.

J 1

::tnd teacher.

b

^l()ti ^•

l\f

l\

eha.1r' '"a i.n tbnn, f.P.C., president

of

the

congre-

r)r 11

^Of

th e

chair,

and

in

a lenuthy speech

on

h Ic J'o ri co:rn'!lunity

expressed his

annreciation

~tld

f)lfln:it1

n·t service rend red

by

the

l\Iini

ter to

ti

tioh 1'·ho~l for

^that

long

period. and how sorry he

lio~e

¹¹

'\\'ith t

communit.r

\vere

to have to

sm·er

con- ll1t

hfhat

it he

Re,·. ~Iyburgh, but cxpre sed

the

~

^llern'1 l'ep]j '"⁰uld

not b.e for

long. Mr. Myburgh

~!vbu

^ll treet· returning thanks for the goo<l and

l'

h h" ~

tnent accorded to him and M:rs.

· e Lndismith Hebre"· CommunHy.

MIDDLEBURG.

On unday evening, the 8th inst., the .fir t monthl~·

ocial -of the Zion Society was held at the reL1<l?nce. of l\Ir.

and l\Irs. J. :Melmed. All present listen.cd with mterHt to the lecture delivered by the clu:llrman, l\f_r.

. ·

Allschwang who disclo ed many new_ light.s on Z10ms.m and em ha~i ed the nece ·sity of supportrng our breth~·en ¹¹¹ p I t· p Mr l\f elmed thanked the speaker for his elo-

a e~ rndd.

"and after refreshment were partaken of, 'then at. teclo'ed

~vith

a lcarty -vote of thanks to the ho t

e mee mg and the sinai:ig of." Hatiln·ah."

and

1 ~

⁰

j;ewitli

^deep

regr~t t~at

^{we have}^torecord the death f M H All"'chwang which took place at Johann0sburg

01 t rs. th. The Society tenders its d0 pest ,ympnthy tn as mon · 1 . tl · b ement

the hu band and fami Y m · ;eir C'rPal' ·

ROBERTSON.

o s

day August 3rd the eighth annual general I t• n

of~he

^Robertson

Yo~ng

^Israel ociety took plac e ec hon Ch

·a .

After the trea urer's r0port had l1<:>en at

J

⁰ ^d

c~nft~~ied

the election took place, t!1e followmg

h~~or~~

officers being appoin.ted for

~h

ensmng year:- H n I'esident, Rev. Josefowttz; prn ident, l\fr. K. Hoff-

0 · .P · resident Mr. l\f. Hotz; hon. trc>a. nr r, J\fr. I.

Gall·' hvice-p cr>tarv' :Mr. S. Horn·itz; rommittC'<', 1'r ssrs.

KroS' d

0

1

11

; sWe c ttip'

~l

l\lisse H. chachnt nnd D. Sklaar.

. an ei, . ,

J. L. MAISTER & Co.

PRODUCE MERCHANTS & COMMISSION AGENTS

1, BUITENKANT STREET, CAPE TOWN.

P. 0. Box 537. Teleanma: "MAISTERCO." Telephone No. 692.

LATVIAN SPRAITS, SARDINES and FLOUNDERS.

CUCUMBERS in large and small tins.

NEW SEASON'S SALT HERRINGS by every Mail Steamer.

INQUIRIES SOLICITED.

FURNISHING

MADE EASY

Jl ~~r.~:11 OH FURNITURE TH! USIEST OP T!RMS '·

(2)

THE ZIONIST RECORD.

In Cape Province-Continued.

SOMERSET EAST.

The local Zionist Association has forwarded to the Zionist Federation the following amounts for the Jewish National Fund : -£7 Us. 6d., proceeds of bridge evening recently given by 1\Irs. H. V. Berghaus; £3 19s. 6d., proceeds of afternoon teas at the residences of .:\1adam Gottlieb and Madam I. Berghaus; £7 16s. 6d., collected on l\Iay 31st at the Bris Milah of the infant son of Mr. and l\lrs.

H. Saker. ..We congratulate the Somerset East Zionist Association on the frequent and sub tantial advantage

\.vbich is taken of such functions and domestic occasions for the purpose of increa ing our nn tional treasure. We only wish that all other societies would emulate this example, for the result would be that the Fund would benefit to the extent Qf many thousands of pounds annually.

SOMERSET WEST.

On Wedne. day, the 2nd July, a very pleasant function took place at the residence of l\Ir. G. Kru s, Somerset West, on the occasion of the Bris 1\Iilah of his infant son.

l\lr. Michelson, of Capetown, officiated. Mr. W. 1\lill r presided over a very large attendance and, in opening the proceedings, referred to the position which l\Ir. and Mrs.

Kruss occupied in the respect and esteem of their friends.

During the afternoon Rev Schlomow, l\Ir. Michelson and Mr. H. M. Jaffe endorsed the remarks made by the chairman in regard to the position occupied by 1\Ir. and 1\Irs.

Kruss amongst their friends. A collection took place, which realised the sum of £10.

UNIONDALE.

At the Brith l\Iilah

of

Juliua, infant son of Mr.

and Mrs.

R.

Allen, which took place recently, £5 waa collected for the Ker n Hayesod in the infant's name.

WORCESTER.

On Sunday, July 13th, the annual election of the Junior Zioni t 'ociety was held in the Zioni t Hall, tho President, Mr. Harry Broudi, bein;~ in the chair. Con-

titutions were handed to the members. The Pre ident thanked the members for the support they had given him, and hoped imilar upport would b given to his succ sor.

Mr. I. Cohen was elected President for the en uing year.

Mr. L. Volk (Vice-Pre ident); Treasurer, 1\Cr. l\f. Brown;

Miriam Leader, ecretary; Committee: Mi ses B. ag;or and Levin, 1\fessrs. L. Lange, W. Heller, A. tern, and I. agor

WELLINGTON.

jt! Rev. Friedgood, l\fes rs. I. Solomon, I. .AbraI.llolf of and L. Kling poke of Herzl's work as the

f}11n1~~ish

Zionism, and of his self-sacrificing effort for ¹⁰

national ideal. aft r

Rev. Friedgood then offered a peci~l pri?'~~~o tret' which £1 4s. was sub~cribed for the planting .ot. n in Pale.·tine in the name of the Zioni t A c;oc1a ¹⁰•

PAARL.

'fonJ!

A very succes ful dance took place in th

Talll1ll~u.p1C

^'

Hall on Wednesday, the 13th Au("l'ust, und r thet~cotlP.I~

of the Paarl Young .:\laccabean ociety. b~ut ~f • Jowrll took part in the dance. Iusic was uppltedd

I

^of^tbl

Orchestra. The sum of £1 was reali ·eel, an was sent to the Pale tine Orphans' Fund.

WYNBERG. . -~1

'1" Iind⁰"· a The wedding of Esther Kaplan and L. ~' JC ·aed 11lld

was solemni. ed on July 15th, and wa a wcll-arenwJ1 ~~

popular ~ffa~r. The bride' f~ther i · a well-~Il~ refill. b fervent Z10mst worker. Coll ctions at the weddi~fieJl'\'f¹ over £10, of which £3 14s. has been forwarded to

J

National Fund. . dt'ocfltr

On the occa ion of Dr. Herzl' Yahr~~1t, A able I<

Herbstein. of Capetown, gave a stimulating a!id ,rnsrrr.

ture on the life of the great Zioni ·t lea<lf'r, wlnch d oil th much appreciated. A collection for the Tree Fnl1 occasion realised £9 18s.

QUEENSTOWN. od

. ·rh

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A memorial service in memory of the late

]2

¹

ii

ult·• fl Herzl was held at the Synagogue on .'unday, -'\nrre !

0

^~

3 p.m. There was a large attendance. An ~ ¹collcctl address was delivered by Rev. H. S. 'hapiro. ft.

for the Herzl Forest was taken.

KIMBERLEY. cl'r''

The Zionist Hall bad a " full honse " on

sund;'1'~11Jll:

ing, the 24th ult. The prograrumc arranged was titi!Z

4

¹¹₁

phone recital nnd "Hat" debut . Two intcre.tlJef '· ~ jects of the debate were "Wir le s" and "'\\1ie pr:ict t pas ible to send a message to ::\Iars? '' 9uo .(let11il" o- enthusiast of " wirele s" had ome in · ruch\.'"e the "'r:i~tl' impart to the eager listeners. The . elE'ctions oil the ~o!lrf t phone were appreciated and well reccfrecl. At it ttP d sion a cake, donated by l\Ir. Tenkol. k ', was pt deC'r American auction and reali ed C10 10~. It ""~]

1

^{e t{e~c}

that one half of thi amount should go townrdry nl

f1J

j~

Hayesod, and the other half toward~ th ... ~:;tll¹⁰~~ bel It is hoped that mor successful functions w1 the coming mor!ths.

Oongratula~ions ~o

^llf:ss

Cl~ra .J~wn o

^{. aud}₁

;Yd 1:

Jawno (brother and si ter), who wi>rc both

Jl1l

thC 1~\fl:

we k, the former to .. Ir. Lnrie. of Durban, nnc fi ~ Jll to :Miss Jacobs, of Kroonstad. The weddin~ -0fb~·:itia11 t was held in Kimberley, while .:\Ir .. Jawno':,. le ¹'

place at Kroonstad.

The Jewish Guild had tournament on the 24th ult.

::mother interesting;

ENQUIRY FOR RELATIVES.

A general meeting of the Wellington Zionist Society was hC:'ld on July 20th to organi e a Yonng Israel ociety.

Mr. I. Solomon, the chairman, ol?cned the meeting by explaining the neces ity of orgamsing a . Y ~rnng Israel Society in the pre ent movement of btuldrng up our National Homeland, and expres ed the hop.e t~at the parents of the children should help to fulfil his wish. He then addressed the youth, with the result that a society was formed with the following officers and committee:- Chairman, l\fr. A. Polusky; vice-chairman, .Mr. 1\1. Michalow- sky; hon. trea urer, Mr. P. Sarembock; hon. s<'cretary, Mr.

S. Hm; committee, Misses T. Polusky, D. Friedman, S.

Solomon, F. Gold tein, F. Bill, L. Sarcmbock, M. Ep tein, '

R. Friedgood. and Mr. l\I. Gold. tein. fr. I. Solomon was (fist 1111Jll J elected supervisor of the society. The n<'wly elected chair- 'Ihree brothers, named Arkin or Orkin { ,rhO B

man of the Young Israel Society tend red tlianks for his Naphtali Herz; Aaron Judah; and Koppel ' '"ilf¹\"

election, and especia1ly thanked l\fr. Solomon for being believed to have re. irlcd in Bulawayo befon~ tbe or :ill.·

in trumental in forming the society. 1\fr. Solomon wished sought by their relatives in Europe. 'Yill theY··cnte the newlv-electcd committee a prosperous and successful knowing their whereabout. . kindly co1nnniJJl ' term of office, and a ked the community to attend on the 7,ionist Record, P.O. Box 150, Johanne ·burg.

following evening a spf'cial service in the Synagogue in

ptiO

commemoration of Dr. Herzl on his 20th Yahrzeit. Our readers are requested to make a point

O~~: t~

At the request of the chairman of the Zionist Asso-

ing our pa'9er to Advertisers when

Ill~t~

}d

ciation, tlie Jewish community met in the vnagogue on h h · t' 0 Wl s•

the e"' ning of July 21 t, when a specin1 service was held

pure ases, or

W

en commumca m"

on the occasion of the 20th Yahrzeit of Theodor Herzl. tisers

by post .

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THE NEW SEASON'S SALT HERRINGS

in various packages have now arr:ived- as well as Spiced and Salted Anchovies.

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157, JEPPE ST., JOHANNESBURG

(oRPHE8~⁰fUEATRE)

Branches: 440, SMITH STREET, DURBAN- 25, MAIN STREET, PORT ELIZABETH .:VONJ jV.J.,vrovi iv~.J1N NCi'!J iviJN

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