January 10th, 1930.
THE S.A. JEWISH CHRONICLE.
231930 Keren Hayesod Campaign.
TO BE LAUNCHED AT CAPE TOWN ON JANUARY 30th By Lord Melchett, Col. Wedgwood and Dr. Mossinsohn.
The following cable has been received from the Headquarters oJ the World Zionist Organ- isation in London:-
Lendon January
I
st, 1930.'' Qn learning that the Rt. Hon. Lord Melchett had made arrangements to pay a visit to South Africa during January and February in the interests of the Empire Producers' Association, as well as for reasons of health, the World Zionist Executive made representations to him with the view of his inaugurating the next Keren Hayesod Campaign in South Africa. Lord Melchett has consented to launch the Campaign at Cape Town and Johannesb_ rg.
"In consultation with the Executive Council of the South African Zionist Federation, the World Zionist Executive has decided to avail itself of Lord Melchett's visit by sending out a delegation which would carry out a campaign in South Africa in the interests of the Keren H ayesod. The delegation consists of : The Rt. Hon. Col.
Josiah Wedgwood, M.P., P.C., the noted British Parliamentarian and Labour leader, and Dr. Benzion Mossin- 5ohn, principal of the Herzlia Hebrew Gynasium of Tel-Aviv and a well-known Zionist orator and propagandist.
"Lord Melchett is sailing on the 10th instant from Southhampton by the
Windsor Castle
and will reach Capetown on Mon:lay, 27th instant. A banquet is being held in apetown in his honour, as well as in honourof
Col. Wedgwood and Dr. Mossinsohn, on the 30th instant, at which the 1930 Keren Hayesod Campaign will be launched. Lord Melchett will stay in Capetown for about five days, during which he will rnfer with the leading South Afric
m
Industrialists and produce1 s, as we}l as m mbers of th Gov rnment. He will th n probably visit the principal ports on the ast Coast, and will arri e in Johannesburg towards the middl of Febru. ry.'' C lonel Josiah Wedgwood, accompanied by Mr . W dgwood, is sailing from Southampton. on the 3rd instant by the
Kenilworth Castle,
and wiJI arrive in Capetown on the 20Lh instant. Dr. Mossinsohn left Palestine to~day and w"ll sail f1 om Southamptonby
theWind sot Castle
on the 101h instant.''I
P.E. Daughters of Zion.
CONCERT AND DANCES.
Under the au pices of th Port Elizabeth Daughte1·s of Zion Soci t a very enjoyable concert and dance was held at the St. George's Hall, on the 26th December. Th function ,., a in aid of the " Dun am Drh ," and as th hall was packed to oYerflowing the fund
!"hould benefit considerably.
The c'onccrt con i ted of a number of hort k tches, elecl pd from Fr nch· s ever-green books of plays, in addition to veral on- certed musical items by Miss Gertie Ress and Dme Hopf', supported by a choru of young ladies, direc ed by Miss Res~. The e ladie5 were the
.i\tfi
ses l\I . Kaplan, F. olomon, B.Sa< ks, S. Taitz, P. Lemmer, B. Herman, D.
Stein, L Kaplan. E. Sebha and R. Eliason.
The ~k tche '"ere produced hy ~Ir. Yi tor Seagull, and the arti ts who took part ' er
~h Mi!?se. Celia Kahn, Ro" Zinol1eT, Lena Weinrouk, GerLiP Martinson and Bella Buch- man. Mi s Lily Niehurg, Ben Sherman. Dave Hope and Abe Sacl-s. Eric A!:ih, the :Vli ~e~
Kate Rubin, Rae Rubin an Anne KalmiP.
:Miss Gertie Re s, who is an artist of great prorni e wa the outstandinrr success of the e\cning, and great credit i du to her for the manner in which ~he had train d her troupe.
As for the sketches, the had acoustics of thr hall, rather militated again:::t perf ct ~·ecep-
Lion hall, to use Radio
parlance. At the am tim . ho\ evPr th majority of the arli ts wer omewhal in- clin d to sp ak into th wing in lead of a ·ro the footlight and this did not impro mall r . With the xc ptiou of one or tv~o who had the walking craze and could not Temain tationary for more than two second
on end, the artisL· did quite well and with pe1hap · a little more intensiYe training and attention to technical detail , should reach a fairly high standard of amateur hi trionir,_.
Reception to Congr~ss
Delegates.
A bout thre hundred delegates and friends a. •mbled at the Zioni t Hall on i9nday night. as guest- of th Jewi~h Deputies Con- gr , and Jewish Education Conference Local Rcr ption Committee. Mr. Alexand r, the chairman of the Committee, pre ided, and in the l'omse o[ his opening remark de rihe<l tlw Congress as a most succes ful on . He r marked on the r presentati\e character of tLe Cong re .:, for Lhere "ere present a d 1 - gate", Je"ish memh rs of Parliament, the Provincial and Citv Councils. to ay nothing of the recognition given th m by Hi Wor hip the .. \favor. He a~sured tho e pre~ent, dele-
~ate. a.'nd visitor_, of Cape Town' inccre welcome, and he hoped more cong1e, ~e~
would be held in the ~Iother City-un-
doubtedly one of th mo l beautiful spot iii the world.
The Mayor ai<l he had been particularly pleased to welcome lo ape Town -o many Jewish fri nds. He hop d the Congre j u;t conclud d would be followed by more in the future. and that the would h~ar fruit and would r ulL in the uplift of the Jewi h people and tho e who, from time to time, came to outh Africa to th enrichment of the ountry.
If there wer any people who came to South Africa for its benefit it was tho e of the Jewish race. The Jew" of oulh Africa, con·
eluded Ir. Le,"is, were a source of much profit to th community a~ a \\hole.
l\lr .. Rapha ly, on behalf of the delegates, xpress d hi· 'incere appreciation for the hearty welcom e l nded to them; by the Cit of Cap Town, through th Mayor, and from th Cape Town J wi ·h communit. through
Ir. lexander.
Mr. A. M. Ahrahams, President of the .A.
Zionist Federation, added hi thank for th<' manner in " hich delegate~ had been reC'eived and al o paid a warm tribute to the Ma;or f r,r the breadth of iew shown hy him.
uring th e cning musical it m w r r n- dered hy th Guild Trio, :Mi, Richman, :JI r.
Boris Rome, f i-.s Goldhlatt, Iis- elm alh"
and • Ii ~ Linder. of Durhan.
i\Ir. C. P. Robin on. in a happy little
c;p1 ech. LhankPd Mr. ~Torris Alexandn for hi~
servire a~ chairman. the motion bein<Y reccivf'd '~ith loud applau c.
