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Evening Star, Issue 7255, 5 July 1887, Page 3

A Jewish lady, resident at present at Warsaw, sends a letter to her father in Auckland, which contains some curious information. The writer says The poor Jews are quite uneducated, but are very fond of their religion, but the rich and educated have no religion at all. They all tell you : ‘We believe in nothing.’ They don’t keep feasts and fasts, and, in fact, are nothing. The only point in which the Poles and Russians agree is in hating and detesting the Jews. All the young people, as I told you, are well educated, and are lawyers, doctors, etc. Their children will be the children of educated people, and by tho time they are grown I think the hate will be less. One never meets anyone who is not Jewish. Yes, I have met a lew men at the different bouses, but they all say to me : ‘ You are Church of England.’ But it is a pity that these children will only be Jews in blood, as they have no idea of any God or religion at all. All the children go to school on Saturday, and, as I say, are perfectly religiousless.” The sittings of the Intoxicating Drink Inquiry Commission have (says the Sydney correspondent of the ‘ Argus ’) ceased several months, and the report is being prepared by tho president, Mr A, Oliver, and will be presented to the New South Wales Parliament this month. It submits evidence gleaned from witnesses of all grades and conditions as to the opening of publichouses for a brief period on Sundays, the shortening of business hours on week days, and remedial treatment of habitual drunkards. Out of 1,820 licensed houses in the city and suburbs, it is said that the Commission have evidence that 500 systematically sell drink on Sunday. With regard to the question of remedial treatment as opposed to the present practice of punishment, the experience obtained from the English Habitual Drunkards Act was obtained from the CommissSon, but witnesses agreed that it had been a failure, owing to the absence of power of detention by the managers of asylums. The ‘South Australian Register reports that at the Port Police Court, William Hinds, a laborer, was charged with assaulting a seaman of the Japanese corvette Ri'ijo during her visit to Port Adelaide, Defendant pleaded guilty. Two witnesses deposed to seeing defendant brutally kick and otherwise illusc the unoffending seaman, at the same time using disgusting language. Neither the seaman nor any of his comrades attempted to retaliate. Subinspector Doyle said it was a disgrace to the country if peaceable foreigners could not pass through the streets without being assaulted. He asked that the highest penalty might he inflicted. The presiding Magistrate said the prisoner had been convicted on his own confession, and by the evidence of several witnesses, of a most unprovoked assault. Such an action was an insult, not'only to the men, but to every British subject. The 'sentence would be a severe one, but not too severe for the offence. The highest punishment would, be inflicted—two months’ imprisonment, with hard labor, without the option of a fine. An intoxicating beverage known as “ hard ale,” is sold in Edinburgh at the rate of twopence per gallon. No wonder that some of the impecunious Scots who come across the Borders look somewhat sour.—‘Fun.’.