Johannesburg day by day

luu -

₁h 1929.

TH a

SIGN OF SECURITY

SltRVICE SA'I'ISPACTIO

THE S.A. JEWISH CHRONICLE.

JOHANNESBURG

DAY BY DAY

Invitations to meetincs and f uncti.ons, should be addressed as early as possible to:-

37/88, Asher's Buildings, P.O. Box 3995. Fox and Joubert Streets,

Johannesburg.

concluded with an earne t prayer, and th proceedings terminat d with the inging of "Hatikvah " and 'God ave the King." Thereupon an adjournment was made to the refre hment hall, when the Com- mittee held a r~ception) ta tefully decorated table having been arran- ged by Quinn.,, Ltd. Ma ter J off ,

on of Mr. L. Joffe, intrigued the audience by e-iYing a 'hort p ech, in which he thanked the Committee for the honour be towed on hi father, and ex.-pre ed the hope that he would be able to follow in hi father'. foot tep and at a later . ta(l"e be honoured by the J ewi. h community. peech~ were al o delivered bv Me. rs. L. Radu., B.

P. l\fark ,

H.

^f chlapober'"'ky and Ch.

P. oodman.

RADI T~I FUND.

The J ohanne"'burg Ho pital Radium Fund will clo · at the end of Jun , and at the pre.ent moment th fund tand at £ ,vOO. ...\. num- ber of further donations have been received during the past week, chief among.

t

which mention mu t be made of the errant of £100 by the Brakpan Town Council. an amount of £25 mad by the '-.: prin Town ouneil, and £59 10 . bv the African Exp lo i~'e, and Ind~strie. ~ Ltd.

The fund . hould likewLe benefit a.

a re ult of the excell ntly patroni ed concert which ''Tac held in the ity Hall on 2 th Mav and kindlv ar- ranged b!·

:rn

R~y Joseph, a~ al..,o by the effort. of the B noni Hotarv Club, for two per ons of that in ti- tution haYe alone "ucceeded in col- lectincr mor than £100. At the la. t meetin{l' of the Genni 'ton Town 'ouncil it wa unanimou ly agre d to donate a um

to

the Johannesburg Radim11 Fund. and whil ·t the oun- cil wLh to donate th um of £100, it wa decided

to

r for the re om- mendation back to the Finance Committ , adding a ridrr that a lar{l'er . um . hould be clonat d.

On .. atnrday n .~. th .Tune, th

~tudenL of the Unh er:ity of the Witwatersrand propos to tak charcre of the city throughout the entir day .. when an attempt will be made to ••loot the public of

£1,000 for the Hadium Fund. From dnybreak to night ~tud 'nL will

"warm through the ·ity_, raiding

offic<•:;, holding up the publi ·' .·ta !T-

ing ing niou tableau.· and selling harrcl" of h er on the i

v

^Rall

. tc1r, for which purpo:e .Georg Hobe~· has kindly consented to act

n~ au ·tioncer .

. \. further remarkaLl <llTimgc-

were annual Yent amongst th Briti h univer..,itie , and a a re ult of which many ho pitaL and well- known charitie benefitted con ider- ably.

H.0.D.

A number of member. of the Dr.

Herzl Lodge, Johanne burg, hav banded them elve together and ar known a " The Harmony lub .. , and have propos d

to

rai, e fund:

for the purpo" of furni. hing the Lod{l' ^'s new hall, which i:-; ~hortly

to be opened. A a preliminary tep toward rai in rr fund · for pur- cha ing a grand piano they propo e holding a concert at th ^{L ,} toriH Kinema on undav 23rd June, at which many well-ki;own arti .. tc ~\rill appear. Ticket. are pri ed moder- ately at :>s., 3:::. nnd :2"., and tlw booking

''ill

open :hortly at }fe:u-.·.

H. Polliack ~ ¹0., Ltd., Eloff "'treet Johann 1-'burg.

On Sunday, 19th }fay, offic r of the Grand Lodo· journey to Witbank for the purpo of i1dalling i he Officer and ommitt e o{ th \Yit- bank Lodge ... o. 10.. arnl the d le- gation con..,i..;t d of 'for. Bro . J.

i.till r and L. Faiga, and Bro·.

Dr. B.

r<

in~t in and H. ~- Bl nh..

rriYe<l at Witbank, th rand Lod{l'e fficcr.· wert' nt rtained to lunch at the Athlone Hot I. and in the afternoon irn~tall d the followincr Officers in a most impr':"i' ~ man- ner:-

Pr .sidc11t. .f. Bloch~ \ i e-Prc.~i­

dcmt. I. , che h: .faster of re- monie:, B. Hope.: Tr a"nrer, l\f.

.,. oung-: Book Examin r , • L H.

Katz ancl B. Hopr: . 'ecrei~uy_. R.

olwn ( r -eI ectrcl) : TI'im<1 Lodgr Dele{l'ate . Rei·.

,r.

'rool.f and R.

oh n : Commi,tter, J. ~'chiller, • L }farn1"t'Wi1z, .T. "Jiihrid"ky, .T. , hcin.

. Young mid ::\I. Luniz.

"fr.L ... D OF PH IL'E JrnTK"

'fbc rlfor1.' of an Pnergr.ti om- mittP of C'o1n- ner:; and h lp r:

throlwhont t lw pa~t thr or fonr month will now b reali eel when.

on 4th JmH' .. ··Th Land of Promi. c

~ tc ·· will h op<'nccl officiall_·

hy

Lady Opprnlwimrr at th ity Hall, J o}rnnncslmrg-, and will continu througho11 thC' hro e1n1ing days.

Wecln sdny and rrlrnr:::;day, .Jih and Gth .June. At. ih' final meeting- of the Grrn¹rnl Committe held on •),th .i\Iay, at which Dr. .T. M. l'...tlPl:"tcin prc.,idc>cl, Lady Oppenh imrr \\·a., present. and <'. pre"secl lwr plra ur<' :it the rnmmcr in which om Pn r:

and helpers hn<l co-op rat d to <'11-

359

.-ure t}w .'U<'Ce" · of th ir und rtak- in ^r. rrhe illumination and de ora- tion. will he on a magnific nt cale.

whil8t the helpers will he attractive- lv to~'tumecl, and it is confid ntl!·

e~ ·p tecl that th public will make

11 of th r fr<'~lunent tall for t a,.

luncheon and . npp r:_, and that ihroughout the day th ¹re will be many Yi. ito1-.· to :upport th f

.t ,

which i.· bPing held in aid of the

.Tewi~h • ^T ational Fund.

A ". 'l YDI .HA10H.\H."

On ~unclav next. 91 h .Jun , th rP.

i brin~ hrki, unclrr the an:;pic·l¹ of tlw 'l'alinudi al A~. ociution oI the Fonbburg-}fayfair , 'ynagogu ) a .. ~inm1 lfatornh," in CPlc>hration of the

0

1'orah which lrn~ be •n clonat '<l hY Mr. and .Irs .. \. oodgal. rlhc c~r m01w i:-; du io take place at :3

p.11i.

1.

h an tor Fogelman will onduci the s ni and will b a - ompani('(l hy mu. ic, whil t ad- dres" ~ will he clcliY n'd by p10111i- 11cnt . p ak r .

l.Tl'ED PARTY L B.

:afombcr of th nit d Party are r minded of the . p cial cabar t which i.

to

he held at th luh Hou:o:l' on \\. clnc. d<n-, 9th .Jun' in aid of th fund~ of tl;e , . . Dan ing rl¹<1aclwr.' ~ ~--ociation . .Timmy lark mid hi1' orC'lw~1 m will b r - spon:iblc for the mu ·i , whil -t au amateur fox-trot competition wiJl b h lcl. for "hich Yaluahl priz will h' gi' c'n. ~ p ial ,

tt

ntion will donhtl< :-.

!>

pmd to the demon~tra­

i ion whi('h i:-; b ing- crfr n O\' ~fi

Rarharn • Ji} :, th world'· ch~mpion in ballroom dan in<r. :mcl who i.

.·p 'ct d . hortly from nrbim, where . he Jrns hccn concln ·ting cxmnina- tiom 011 behn) I' of h r \..: 'OCiation.

.JE\'1.'H . T 'DLT'l'. ' 0.\. E.

'lh anmrnl dan e of the J wi h tud ni ' .\. :soC'iaiion of i.h ni-

Yer..:it~· of th '\'ihrnh rsrand wa held at th .T<¹\\'ish Tllild War Memorial liall on Monday. 27th

."\fa~· .. and aiirndrd 11h ut 100 clan-

rnrnt hY th< fitu<l nt is thai. of rafllng-

Hi.

"Tor, hip th .:\Inyor of .Tohanne~bur<r, and there can b<' litile doubt that a:-; the re ult of the ac- tiYitie.- of i.he uniYcr:iiv , tudvnt"

i hr m 'morie: of rnanv wili b ar~·i d hnC'k io ih time:-; wl;en thr:-r. "rag."

Telephone 3911. Tel. Addres : •· mulianco." P . . Bo. 5915.

M LIAN ^{& COMP.A~} TY, LIMl'I'EJ),

JEPPE AR

The Licenses & General Insurance Co., Ltd.

^fOTOR _AND ^FIRE _ALL ^CAR

CLASSES

INCORPORAnD Ill &llGLAllO.

•LUI on1ca woa llOUTH A.PUCA.: G&&SHA.11 llOUS&, 40, ST. esoao&'• STAJlaT, CAP• TOWN.

P.O. aoz 15113. TELllGRAPlllC ADDllaae: .. PllRONlllOli., Tl!L&P•O•• .o.

'°'°'

•llAllCll A"D . . . . N.11111 TH1t0"9HOUT TH& U IOH 90UTH APllICAN KA~AQJ:&: a. J. C llCOTT JIA.'J'YA.••·

OP ACCIDEN'r

\NSURANCB

362

South African Jewish Board of Deputies.

A "ell-attendecl meeting of the

•. A. J C\\·i~h Boarcl of Deputies wa.

held on 8unclay morning at the .Jew- ish .Guild building_. Johannesburg.

JH"es1ded oYer

h>-

l\Ir .• '. Raphaelv.

the Pmdclent. · ·

Mr. Harry Carter. M.P.C .. hon.

treasurer. reported haYing in th~

Tran. vaal Provincial ouncil rai, eel the matteT of the admi sions of .Jew- ish children to certain of the Gov- ernment schools) regarding which difficnlti"~ hacl been experienced~ and that he had obtained the return~ of the npplic-ations and admissions with n!gaT<l to the Bamato Girls .. King :Edward and J eppe~ chools, from which it appeared that there had

b~n :ome impro\·ement in the po i- t1on c·ompared with previous years.

With reierence to two further ca e brou~ht forward at the meeting

it

1 ' )

wa. eit to :Jir. Harry Carter to in- teniew the Admini ~tratoT and the DirPctor of Education with regard to tlw qn<>:·tion of having acce s to the namr:: and addres -es of appli- cant: for aclmi. :;;ion and tho e adrniti(lc1.

The President wa unanimou 1v electe<1 i:o repre ·ent . 'outh Africa~

Jewry 011 th Council of the extend- ed

J

ewii::h Agency for Pale tine.

being formed of repre~entati\es of world Jewry., to work in conjunction with the World Zionist Organisation for the carrying out of the termf' of the British Mandate for Palestine.

1 r. harle:-: ~piro_, ?\Jes Ts. ~l.

Oeflc>n and A. Living. tone (the two ]attn i11 place of the Chairman and _,fr. Harry Ca1i r~ who hacl be n

~H'ovisionally acting in that capac-

1 Ly) WP1e Plected to repre~ent ,Johan-

Ilt>~burg .T ewTy on the Appeal om-

~nittce of the J ohannesbmg Hospital

1 n re pon~e to an invitation rC'ceivee.l from that. body.

It "a:- <lrcided to ~end n lll'Ot

8t

to the .foint ~Iatricnlation Buanl again t ihc u:-' of a c ~rfain Dutch fo.·t hook in the :Matriculation tan-

<lu nl" of <·ertain school:-:, a~ it ron- bin d propaganda for th~ com·pr,;;ion of .Jew-. to 'hri.:-tianity.

Jf I' . . . .

n.

¹ rieck. thr Jhnirman of th ^l .1 wi::-h Employment Burea11 of the Boar(l. submitt cl the monthly report of the Bureau-'.: activitie;.

showi.nrr that 40 applicant~ hall been Ionn<l employm nt <luring the montl1. making n total of 43 hi11ct.

fouud :::ince the inception of thi~

jrnpoT nnt hrarn:h o[ the Bonn1.

With rro-aTd o th- .chem.P for . eltling- ,Tew, 011 th lancl in 1hL coun ry. nfr. Fric'<l<> report

cl

that J 2 youn1r m •n hnd "I far I

c>n

placed on farm~. and tha th Bur fin ''a~

r

·e

iving

expert

.idvic" from tlw Gov nnnent Lnnd l >1¹partme11t l'"-

garding lan<l that lrncl he •n oll'Pr d upon whirh to work the lan<l .e tle- ment ~ heme.

'fhe hairman reported lrn\'ino·.

with ~\Ir. Harry ur r. :r-.i-:ted in ohtai11in~ iurnl~ with whieh el et 1l .lcwLh Boy .3cout~ wer, bcinO' ;1 nt

to

En{J'land rn take pnri in thr forth-

<"oming \\'orld cout .lambore . It wa d «id d that a th n

'.·t

me

t-

iug th definit date be fi.·etl for the

• 'outh ~ frieau _Jongn :-::-.; of th)

noanl

THE S.A. JEWISH CHRONICLE.

to be held in Cape Town during the year-end holiday~, and, in thi.., con-

~1ection, the Chairman emphasised 1 he necessity of as many Deputies as po~~ible attending thi~ -onference in Yiew of its exceptional importance.

IN AND AROUND THE TOWN.

Continued from page 357).

method of working will have had a great deal to do with that con um- mation. il1eanwhile, the Committee of that excellent :-1ocietv has much on which

to

congratulat~ ^{it elf. One} of the out:;tanding feature of it:

acti \i ties i the Ko her Kitchen which has been a boon

to

Jews and .T e\n:>sseswho have had the ni.isfortuee to be patients of the ~~ew Somerset

!lo.pita!. The kitchen is poken of l~ complimentary term by the hos- pital authorities and reflech~ rrreat credit 11pon the parent bodv,

n~me­

l~T. ^the Nick Relief ¹ocieh:. The

11rnirman, ~Tr. F. uritz.

'Uuw

well be proud of the great part ·which the ~ ociet~· of which he is Pre ident plays in the comnrnnal life of this town, and no one reading the com- prehen. ive report which was circu- lated can help but admiTe the elf- . acri~cing . pirit which is cli.,played Ly him and hi. colleague .

.l EWrnH

PJmIGREE.

In thi week:, ."'ec1ra, :Xnmbers, chap. 1, verse 18, we read: 'Ami they as~embled all the congregation together on the first uav ot the :-:econcl month. and thev · cledarecl their pedigr es after their -familie , hy the hou.·e of their fathers, ac~

cording to the nnrnbf'r of the n~mes from

t:'·

^nty year:3 old am1 upward, hy theu poll. .::

'l\ngum rnkuoloos:. commeniin<Y

~m

the word •: Yaiji:-;yahloo .. " '' aud 1hey declared· then· pedigree', ..

remarh " Y e-i ·ym·h:oo," " aud tbt>v 11rided the1n,·elres of their peuigree.··

~1.\_ .l C'W rending these first ch11ptcr:-;

o1 :;; um hers c·annut lmt f el prolHl of

tlw facl that while a great number o-f our neighbour:- now hon:-;t of ci,•il- i-.ation and pedigreP. the .TP\\' ce1·-

t<1inly po.:-:e:::--<'d thP~\' thou:-;arnl: of YP<ll'" hrf ore them.

One i--n·mirnkcl

or

thr e\·ent whrn T:nnl B:ac-~m::-:field ( l>i:::rarli) dP- hYNC'<1 his hr~t ~}Jl' rh in the Briti ·h Hous of ParlinnH'llt nrnl wa.

Jauglwd 11t. His reto₁·t· ,,,.':.,. 1 ,. •• (1 ien- tl<>mPn. ilo n~t fol'get

t

hnt my ance::- tor \\'f'l:e pne:-t~ in tht~ Temple of (1ocl ~,·htlP your anc·r.:-tor:-; WPre still l'u m1111g nhont a:- -avaµ:P:-: on ilw bank~ of he Thm11 ,,: ..

·would _{}" }} that our _• rntmo· _{c- \\OU} . 11 _l rrni::-:: t1 fod that the Je,,.,_ a.::

a i~ntion

enn

claim all the qnalitiP wlueh _{. : ·} !!.'O _. toward-:: _{. · .• ' '} c·r'"lt1.11rr '}1 _{.., l}

e

^lH'll . l ^I' Qf .t n.it1~11 ~ for ii martyrdom c:re- :it '" u nnt1011_, who had more martyr:

ihnu tllP ,J <'W'-': Jf ch·ili,'ation

drp-

<1 tC'" a nation .. who can boa~t of . )1 l . ·1· . <lll

~ ,l er ~'1\'L L'ahon than the .Jew::

I h ^'1'<'. l~ <l grl'Ht rn•rd to ine11ll'11tP thf~ qnnt of c1e.·laritw ₀₁₁^{n · .} 1·

THE EI

'TEDDFOD-JEWI~H

FI~ALI 'TS.

The City Hall presented a bu ·y scene on the openi11g eYcning of the Eisteddfod la..,t 1IondaY. On Wed- nesday evening thC' two. halls proved barely large enough for the largr audience'. In tlw pr(lliminan elo- cution te. t for girl of 12 to 13 about twenty o_f th entrnnts were .Jewish. One Jewish airl, vlvia Yilen. ky, was . elected

fo~

the fi·nals.

In cla s 87, ba:'s ::;olo. a Yen inter- esting competition, Mr. · Harry Garfinkel, who haL a Yerv :fine voice was aw-arded the bronze· medal. I;

class 66, prelimimn·~- elocution test for girl. between 10 and 11, there were 53 entrants. Of the 15 Jew- fah children threP got into the finals. NnmbeT 19, Li1v Rhareno- witz, gave a mo

t

charming and ex- cellent interpretation of '' A Lullahv for a Naughty Girl:' and was placed an easy first. :Nata lie ~Iarcus and Rita 11aman also came into thP finals. ~Ii"s Peffers. \\·ho offerR very constructive critici~m. remarked that she was pleased to find that since la t year the children had lost a good deal of affected manneri ms.

hnt unfortunately affected :peech was till far too prp\·elant.

TJllS~J!IS

& STEEL

Sure and certain for all ¥emale complaints. Every lady shonld keep a box in the house, C!::emists and Stores

~ sell them throughout the world.

Proprietor· Martia. Claemiat. S.athamptoa. Ear.

JOHANNESBURG.

9).

(Continued from page

35

^ti11a

Hirsch Mis, E. Trei

'111an.

~11d M ' . R :&:ahn

"""

e rs. E. L. Fisher.. · ).[nuia • P. Heiman. The

Jazz

_{• (f} Orche'"' tra played for danc1n-·

REUBEN BRAININ

CA11PAIGN.

_{d b}

Th · ·

m1rate

b

e cam~a:gn inane., Je'd~

Reuben Brarnm to ass1~t jllld

L

and ettlement procee ::.

J . apnce

eJlCt-u ^J canvassing ha already corll¹¹¹

piii¥°

in Johannesburg. The

C~ tbe

Committee have inaugurate} ,

bttl'

Practice of forwardin rr month ) _c

cl

'tl

Jldrf

.

letins acquainting all an

paign

. h h . c~nn

wit the progress of

t

e1r _ t

·tre·

and in their last issue gre<t 'arnlld was laid on the fact that the

0 .. 11nd Lodge 0:£ South Africa ..

11.o. p

3tl1Y

ffi . l . .;:yJJl

o cially announced t 1e1r ~. ~i;1Jl·

n1Piv"' with and support for the ca

capt- I t

was al o

understoo~ tha~llege·

I rael Levinson, of Il1llel

Or~i!l1'

Muizenberrr_, has joined the eed "11 isation and will shortly

pro~ t~

d·;<ljr1C '

a tour

of the country ¹~ I

y

)fr·

On Monday la

t_.

27th }

:b~ 11~

Reuben Brainin lect nretl to rl1 oC brew Circle in

J

ohunne

btrJter~·

"l\fodern tyle in I:Iebre'r. _11bJiC ture,)) whilst on unday }ast

~ 11 t

¹

reception was tendered to thnl 11tlt>

the Jewish conmmnity of Be

pilc~ed

in the evening he ncldre::;srd.

~l brjll~

meeting in the Bioscope Jfa

'J. f·

upported by the :Mayor.

f~~ 811 def·

S. Louw, l\Ir. Bernard A and Dr.

J.

~I. Collen.

- - d

The "SOUL'' of a Piano

~ ts in its Actiotl·

The New

Fenrich

patent, repe~tiog

action attains

highest perf ectioll·

THE FAMOUS

FEURJCil

PIANOS I

are incomparab e for

TONE and

TOUCI-l·

MODEI«A.

rB

pRJcBS·

EASi

TERMS·

f . ::- ,-~PP< 11rrpp

n trr th01r famili ::-. ^h

Lc>t

the .J '"' dcc;larc him:eJ f fir~t

Sole cAgents:

rmd f:on mo~t ·1 JI::'\\' • l l .

• ' • • •11H lP will

gam th · r l'et:t <ht<' t l · ·

. • • . 0 nm from

l ' r.\ porn of Ylf'"~ · yjz . ... ,rn 1qmty t. .

rn:1rtyrclom uncl ciYili at ion. '.,.

DARTER •

- ~

Ask for Grand National Liqueur BraridY