Emigrants’ woes, a lost soldier, Hebrew revived
A warning To emigrants for America.
• May I beg the favour of a small space in your valuable journal for the purpose of warning the emigrants for America, for whom a new snare, arranged in a systematic manner, has lately been laid out by some so-called agents on the Continent. It is a well-known fact that some emigrants for the United States are for the slightest cause not allowed to land in the American ports, and are sent back to Europe. Those criminal agents get hold of them on their landing in European ports, and on their receiving a substantial sum of money from those unfortunate travellers, supply them with addresses of some London shipping companies which they happen to know…during the last month 111 of the immigrants who passed through this Institution gave London as their destination, and left within the week of their arrival for the United States… a large number of these through-passengers are arriving almost daily. Yours obediently, J . SOMPER, Jews Temporary Shelter.
The War in South Africa: casualties
• Ws regret to announce the death (from dysentery) on the 24th inst, at the hospital at Maritzburg, of Driver Reuben Isaacs, of the 6th Company, Army Service Corp, son of Mr. John Isaacs, of Old Ford. He was every inch a soldier. Before the war he was a corporal in another Company of the Army Service Corps. But when General Duller sent borne for reinforcements the 6th Company of that corps was sent out, into which Company Driver Isaacs was drafted, preferring to give up his stripe, and go to the front. Had he remained a corporal his services would not have, been required, as General Bailer was at the time only in need of actual workmen. Driver Isaacs took part in the relief of Ladysmith. The box of Queen’s chocolate (together with a letter) had been received by the parents on the 26th inst, only to be followed a few hours later by a telegram announcing his death.
Hebrew as a Living Language
• On Sunday last Mr. Lukrow lectured before a crowded, audience on “The Development of Zionism in the Hebrew Tongue” The lecturer, during the course of his address, traced the foundation of Zionism as far back as the time of Abraham the Patriarch; and then gave a description of the development of the National Idea from that time to the present day. Mr. E. Ish-Kishor, who presided also addressed the gathering in an enthusiastic manner in Hebrew.