JUST TO THE JEWS.
Oun brethren of the Hebrew persuasion who keep the Sabbath of their race are consequently somewhat heavily handicapped by a diminution of the days of Inbor. inasmuch as thof must al3o conform to Christian law, or 1 pay a penalty which would leave a balance on the wrong side of the ledger. In . accordance with a love of fairplay, we a'"c pleased to see that the Qoverno«* '.ms issued a proclamation as follows s — " In accordance with prison regulations, no Jew. is to be compelled to work on hi« «abb.ilh (Saturlay) or on any other of the following sncr'd-dnysi. new year festival d*y, Atonement day, Tabernacles, Passover, Pentecost." The only th'ng is that prisoners—be they Tti"k, Jew, or Christian — are not likely to be burdened with overpressing scruples on the point of religion ; and we a4 afraid thnt when- the rp<»ulation comes into force, the Rabbi V! 1 . g v a great many converts. '■ \ , r
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Manawatu Times, Volume IV, Issue 67, 1 September 1880, Page 2
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159JUST TO THE JEWS. Manawatu Times, Volume IV, Issue 67, 1 September 1880, Page 2
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