Letter to Saburo Nishihata from the Office of the Custodian

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This item consists of a letter dated September 21, 1942 and addressed to Mr. Saburo Nishihata, Reg No 06156, Tashme Hope BC from the Department of the Secretary of State Office of the Custodian signed by G.D. Milsom, Administration Department. The letter refers to Nishihata's equipment of 30" sheet metal squaring shears stored with Messrs. Wilkinson & Company at 190 West 2nd Avenue urgently needed for Government war work. The Office of the Custodian has arranged to lease the equipment to W. A. Thom Sheet Metal Works Ltd. for a period of six months for a nominal rent of $15.00 with a guarantee the equipment will be returned in the same shape.

Komajiro Nishihata was a pioneer who came Vancouver in 1901. He left his home town of Echigawa cho, Shiga ken during the immigration boom. Komajiro's twin sons, Saburo and Jiro were born April 12, 1899 but remained in Echigawa cho, to acquire middle school education in Japan. They lived with an aunt until they graduated and came to Canada together on August 21, 1914 on board the Canada Maru. Immigration laws had tightened and the boys' father sponsored by Komajiro Nishihata from Big Bay near Comox, BC, and lived with him until 1921. Afterwards, the family was reunited and lived together near Port Moody, where Komajiro worked at the Port Moody Sawmill.

The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.

This record was digitized in full.