Letter to Saburo Nishihata from the Office of the Custodian

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This item consists of a letter dated August 24, 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 F.G. Shears, Assistant Manager. The letter requests Nishihata to mark and return an attached inventory of equipment stored with Messrs. Wilkinson Co. Ltd at 190 West 2nd Avenue and indicate which articles, at the present time, are not in the custody of Wilkinson Co. Ltd. Annotated in pencil on the verso is "Union Counter Scale" and six hanko stamps in red ink.

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.

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