Letter to the Office of the Custodian from Saburo Nishihata

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This item consists of a letter dated January 28, 1946 and addressed to Mr. W.J. Johnston, Administration Department, Office of the Custodian, 506 Royal Bank Building, Vancouver, BC from Mr. Saburo Nishihata, Reg No 06156, Tashme, BC, File No. 11632 and signed (initialed) by Saburo Nishihata. The item might be a copy of the original letter. The letter is a request by Nishihata for information about his equipment, specifically the steel bending brake No. 818, rented to the Pacific Sheet Metal Works Ltd. of Vancouver, BC. Nishihata requests a statement concerning the accrused rent for the year 1945 including whether the equipment is with the same renters, on the same property, and being used by the same company. Annotated in black ink at the top right corner is "cop" [copy].

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.