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NOTES AND NEWS.
A TELEGRAM from the correspondent of the Age dated London, 11th
July, states that owing to the ill-treatment to which the Jews in South-
ren Russia have been subjected at the hands of the population, there is
a wholesale exodus from the country. Thousands of Jews are realiz-
ing their properly as far as practicable and are emigrating to the
United States.
MELBOURNE JEWISH PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY—A special meeting
of the committee was hold at the Synagogue Chambers, Albert-street,
on the 21st ult. Present—Mr. B. Sniders, the Treasurer, in the
chair, and Messrs. J. Barnet, J.P., A. Waxman, J.P., J. Jacobs, A.
Loel, W. Davis, A. Lovy, S. De Beer, Rev. E. Blanbaum, and E.
Hart, Hon. Sec. Mr. M. J. Cohen, who had some little time ago re-
signed his position as a member of the Committee, and whose resigna-
tion had been accepted, was re-elected to that position. It was
resolved that a testimonial be presented to Mr. Joseph Benjamin, the
President of the Society, in recognition of the valuable services ren-
dered by him to the Society during a period of five years, such testi-
monial to take the shape of an engrossed address, and that the general
public be invited to join in a banquet to be given to that gentleman,
prior to his departure for Europe. The date of the banquet was fixed
for Saturday evening, the 6th August noxt, and Messrs. Sniders,
Jacobs, Loel, Waxman, Rev. E. Blaubaum, and Mr. E. Hart were ap-
pointed as a sub-committee to make the arrangements. The ordinary
monthly meeting of the Committee was held on Tuesday evening last,
at the Albert-street Synagogue Chambers. Present—Mr. B. Sniders,
the Treasurer, in the chair, and Messrs. J. Jacobs, J. Barnet, J. P. A.
Loel, W. Davis, A. Waxman, J. P. A. Levy, S. De Beer, A. M.
Isaacs, M. J. Cohen, and E. Hart, Hon. Sec. The report of the
acting presidont, Mr. B. Sniders, was received, which showed that
since the last monthly meeting he had temporarily relieved distress to
the amount of £12. The hon. Treasurer reported that the Society
had £98 11s. to its crodit. The amount of £13 was voted in relief of
some applications, and the sum of 5s. per week was voted in regard to
another. Several cases were either left to stand over till next meet-
ing, or left in the hands of the acting-president to deal with.
AT the matriculation examination of the Melbourne University, for
February term, 1881, the following of our young co-religionists passed :—
Adele Ellis, Emanuel P. Fox, and Julius S. Lazarus. The following
also passed the Civil Service examination :—Adele Ellis, Emanuel P.
Fox, Joseph L. Fox, and Julius S. Lazarus.
UNDER the auspices of the Melbourne Jewish Philanthropic Society,
a complimentary banquet will be given to Mr. Joseph Benjamin, the
President, on Saturday evening, the 6th prox., at the Athenæum, prior
to his departure for Europe. By an advertisement in another column,
the public are invited to take part in the entertainment ; and as Mr.
Benjamin, as Presidont of the Philanthropic Society, has served the
Jewish community for a number of years, and has, besides, made many
friends in his social relations, it is to be hoped that the banquet will
prove a great success.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA.-Mr. Morris A. Dznalynski, the newly elected
Mayor of Jacksonville, and a co-religionist well-known throughout the
State, has created quite a sensation uy announcing his determination to
rigidly enforce the Sunday law. His action is not regarded with favor by
the Jewish community, and a local poet has signalised the event by the
following lines :
"Morris, thy path ia strewn with roses,
Since thou hast turned thy back on Moses,
And offered incense at the shrine,
And bowed thy knee to Philistine."
The new mayor, however, will have the sympathy of Jews and Christians
who desire to see laws respected.—Jewish Messenger.
A MUSICAL PRODIGY.—The general and musical journals published in
Berlin dwell in eulogistic language on the remarkable talent displayed by a
Jewish girl, eight years old, named Ilonas Ribenschulty, who has just
completed a successful series of eonuorts in the Prussian capital. The lead-
ing, critics describe the youthful pianiste as the most wonderful child
musician ever known, with the exception of Maurice Dengremont. Ilonas
has since performed with equal success in the Concert Room of the Breslau
University.
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