THE NEW CANADIAN
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An Independent Organ For C anadian* CM Japcmtse Origin
vol. 16�no. 61
w ednesday, august 5. 1953
TORONTO. ONT.
Thirt. tvcf.d '.V.i.uv^t .at - the r\ir:v..';
'sons
that
Nisei strandees are ox- but it was four.,! � i arrive'1-i.n Canada _in..-i' i-nadnnssable' 'pel .rid StfpttimBcr for work /accepted ��'aho.r tninsportatio. IVn Credit Mushroom f;Uvs had already' hec:;.' v.a' { ..[��
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u group ol Von per- \ ;!>,. CPA. �v> has' alro:uly '-sailed,from J a--; Mr. Y. Xoda .and Mr. T/Nishi :,i \viH arrive around Au-. � 0f the Mio-M'tira Kyokai wflv .1 reported the Mio-Mura 1 contacted by theTo! on^o'Mush-
j room l-'arnv an.V a'fhM' a-o'^u!;^
Fishermen Brawl After Skeena River Closed
.ViMNv'i: iUTF.KT. P. C. A l''-d:u Sk.vra Kiwr,salmon fish-.'�'�> I'iosaro- .order -resulted in a wil'd Saturday night spree-�'in . Pr;:nv Kuport uu July 2o. -Sixfy-tour fishermen, disanp.oinlod by
after
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ran ;r
Kvr.raku Kyokai;
The Mio-Mura Association iKb also ilnv.n � asked -by' the � MapVo Leaf Mushroom Farms to "make arratigenionts. for .15 persons .to '�ivino to work at the/Scarkoro
:Xr:\>. �/� . ' � - ��''.�.�� ��:''�' � Ai:^th.:-r '.group of strandeos ct^l. t'; arrive from Japan
ami; a! ler '-co n, sulfa- j vnaoU lion- last \vi\ekv .the .two .official ^Vtroaf:
made arrangements.-1 of the number coming so that they will arrive in August.
THe work of tin- Mio-Mura Kouraku Kyokai has boon 'praised
the closure, landed in jail their drunken, brawling.-
Iho closure was enforced to enough"fish to escape up--tyy ensure a fish harvest duff half f four years from now. After fish spu.wn. tlie fingeiii ngs return to sea and'-return- four years ."later, as adult salmon.
by Mr. S, Iguehl. Japanese 'Am-i '�"-
bassador to Canada. for: its ..of-' r; Japan Mayors Arrive shortly :w;H work at the Toronto j. forts in helping to ..'relievo the im- j _ ' � . '
Mi!>im>iv>v Farms-;in Downyiew, migration, problem in Japan and j Settle Aug. � 19 Or:!. This kilter firm had ar- | to establish goodwill bctwv^ n the !�" SEATTLE. Wash ' - The
�ranged - to- call-, workers in July two countries.
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Small Farms Lack Modern
By K FX MORI
Hikonc City
When I last left Hassaki in Shiga-k'e'n and my parents' homo '20 years' ago, the place was just :s .sleepy village.. Now .the area has seen a boom and Hikone City has arisen. Hut the lives of the-villagers unforlunately are the sair.e as 20 years ago in this., autet spot beside Biwa Lake.
It seemed as if the war had.not toiichtxi this place for the scenery ">vas hotbomb-scarred and � all joined serene -on the surface. But asl shook hands with my former Oiasssnates and talked with the �villagers, I could not help but
Backward,
University Faculty Split On Grades
TOKYO. � Because of the pre-?r-: tr';P to Europe and to the
- ronton; of" Queen Elizabeth, *f' Prince Akihito lackf? �r-> "is ileeessary to advance .*- :r: tlii-- j-wond to the third year .'���ycr:<y<) .with his classmates.
. -Tho faculty of the Gakushum r"�""��>' /found themselves. split
- -\ z to decide the ques-1 * *�'-i:\king the prince.
J"--:.prssm-s agreed to post-� " d-'-.-isi^iv .until "mid-Sep-
?jee, liie difficult-, lives they /are1 leading. Their deeply furrowed foreheads are .hut .manifestations of their hard life. . The villagers came (o my parents' home from: early dawn |o. ask abuut Canada and the people they knew here; For those who know: about Canada or wh<) hhd ence lived there, Canada in Iheir nVenVories. is a...veritable � paradise'. Those who returned to Japan through the repatriation scheme still regret their leaving Canad 1.
One of -,m'y old classmates .'.who is serving as. city counsellor' for Hikonc City related the history of the. town.: - According to hi:n. the only change in. tlie past two: score years has. been the. -advo.m. of D.D.T. which pliminated'. r.'>s-Cjhitos froin ' the..district. ; Qtherwi.se. it' i? sad ' t>V n.-latv--'that there.has been no or.igr.es>
.-ia]iaiiese mayors an.d chamber of � eomnierce.:. officials' from -J'aj>an are scheduled to arrive in Seattle on August. 10 for tl;e Japan-ra-cific Coast Mayors' "Conference, Aug.
- Mayors. and clvamb.er <of commerce representatives' from :. the entire l'; S. Pacific Coast will .attend.{he meet.; They will be welco.nied by; .Mayor AUaii Pome-roy of Seattle.
.'��The' Japanese will also pa^y a njne-lumr visit to ,A:ancouverron
�Aug. 22. ;�;.,.;
VAWXVl'VF.k \\k Allar I). HnH^k* o( West Saint John, V. P... who is the first � Canadian soldier to bring home a Japanese war bride and a baby, stated in speaking of the talk of the in-adap'tabil.it'y of Japaue^o brides to .'Canada, "It's non-sense". ; His pretty. 1 foot S inch wife'"*'
Vaeko. who is. the same'aife' as himself .2i� : is thoroughly westernized, he. says.
"We had a lltiddhisl marriage in May. U>ol. then were iii_arried_ a.uaiji at a Baptist Church in Ku-; re^ a few .'months later because the army wasn't ..sure it C(>uhi re-. cognize.;the first ceremony", ho said. .-
"I'ver since, we have spoken English iti our home. 1 wouldn't allow '-.anyone to s.iveak Japanese uidess they .couldn't speak Eiir glish at all, It worked fine because Vaeko cap speak gootl Ehy glish. now". - *
� Mrs. Brooks' will not likely .have much chance to use Japa-�nese since the 1 Do 1 census reported only seven persons, of Japanese descent living in New Brunswick, some of them probably stationed with, the naval forces at that time.
l*te. Brooks' parents, who first hoard about Yaeko by cabjc after
on Decline
YAXCOCYFU. � One of the;^ reasons why Canadian ships can U'1 longer cotiipete in Irnns-Pacific trade- are the. niodorn postwar '"-Japanese-� freighters. Only one.' d. op sea - (kainuliah. freighter is '':vow: in servic..: nul.'�f Vancou-y<-r' today.-co:n]>ared to. in ! I'MS. ' " ; ' : ".'�
I The Xissei Slam, now in-Van-at all In this quief sp\'t of Janam j c,.�;vr .t'H'ay. is typical :of the There has been no progress ny! \yy[- of .shin-, n-w being built in cultivation or .increase in pro duction in the rice paddies. What little income they save isspenl
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on repairing their and noiie is expended on buying modern farm implements on a ca-operative basis and thus Sncrca-e j production. They give little at, ; tention to such . vital thing- | Therefore after 20 year-- -tin; [ poor farmers that I U^t >aw art still the "same "��r farmi-r>. ". They aro sati>fi . .. with nvre-y c->v.'.v::V.:::z I'the fields that w.r,- ' �: <i'-\
� shii�y'ards. 'This niagidflceiit" ship, tiirbin-'. ,�!>�<]. iias'a :-p> od of:-1.4 knots', farmhouses I^y <hl?< "g- n,rat!y ' makr
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y-'irtT-.^-r.*. rp>".-i "'�1 hef^rr th--1 rubbish pilf-i �--. srwrely da^> f or.
proV' n:> ward a; rticaiive try.
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a-'"-.it- 11 '""kf;With tlr. ir t'rijde expanfion engines.wh'do fuel c<�n-; s'"u:-p:i is nvar'y tqual..: . �
The Ni->ci .Maru. is -ne of 12 '*}y*ji ],;�.:]* >:i:ce Vi<i war for -'h>-�;a::%>hio-C'�l �?f T.'kyo. ' |i- ;..-.;* but ev.;ry-]-,,;,:�' rs ir'.V-ndvii f-o-
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4K' Line Inaugurates Japan-Vancouver Run
VAXCOCVEK. - - Tho Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. of Kobe, Japan, known as the "K" Line, have, announced that their ships '�will start a regular run froni Japan. t<� �Vancouver, and thence south to Crntral aiid -.South Am'e-riea'n ports'. .'; - �
First ship -of the new scrvici1 will }>e tlo-/MS Ka/.ukawa Maru. a. fast modern � froi^ht�r 'built in; l!�r>o. which will sail from japar. about Sept. la.
\'a'nc<�uvr>r ajrehts of (ho "K"* I.ino are North Pacific Shipping Co. Ltd.
The s>�rvier. will he the fifth f'"g!.;'ar link hotivo:n A'anc.-iiver and :th>-. \\�-.-t con>t �-f South Areoriea. Alroady on^ayi-d in lh--trad.- art- tw<> N'orwogiali liny"*, <��<,t- A ::;> riear. arai <d>- 'Chilean..
Nisei's Book Gets Favorable Comment
NEW YOUK. - Boviewod as having a fresh, giilish and fishy charm all^ its own, Eiigenie Clark's book, "Lady With a S|H\ar", published by Harper and. Brothers, has received favorable Comment from the - c r i t ic s. Eugenie Chirk is the daughter of >lr. amlMrs.Masiitontu Nobu of New York. .' ' .
the we<l<ling, already have a full report about her.
Another -son, Harry, was wounded* 'with the RCAF in Korea, and while in hospiUil in Japan. Yaeko took her daughter, first Canadian-Japanese army baby to return t'oC'anada, to see him.
'�He must have given a good report," said Pte Brooks, '-because they are happy about our marriage .and looking forward (o :meeting Yaeko and the baby."
Pte. Brooks* also said that ho served longer in Japan"than' any other Canadian. "When Mr.Clax-ton came over in PJf>l he said I wr h lid be sent hack i n J a n u a r y, 1 i�i>*J, but the army kept losing.-my applications*'. -.
Ileyihopes. to get .a. homestead when he returns home to New Brunswick, for his wife and IC>-month-old Susan.Mrs. Bnuiks is the seventh.Japanese war bride lo come to Canada.
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Japan YWCA Official Honored at Tea
VANCOrVEH. .- -- Honored, guest of the b'f>ard f>f directors and '-staff of YWCA at a '..special tea on July 2-{ Was Miss Sada Shoda of .-"Tokyo, finance srere-; tar'y of::thiv National YWCA of Japan for the past "2<* years.
Miss Sluida is a graduate of the I niversity of Tokyo' in smdal work and is in-Canada io stu<ly Canadian no-tho^Js. She is eT|>�rt-^�d to visit. Toronto in early Au-y.isU . .��'.-�
ONE VKAK PKOB.ATION FOK.TYINi; IP .SONS
PACIFIC CKOVE. Calif. � Mrs. Ayako M. zzias. 27, Japa i.�;se war brid*; who was chaffed with h**r hi)-band, Sgt. Calmer M�v.zta.-, for', biridir.ij,'. and gagg i;.g h> '.am -ori' or: a l^-�l in their Pacific Cr-ive trailer hou.^ . wa � p'ar�-d or, pr�.bation f'<r a y�-ar try J ivio f th�- F'�ace Eidrpd -.{ I 'ac .fie *j r � '� � �. � TV rx^ari :� v.-i.^ r.*.�� *-'\ V> �"*'> mvntbs L".
�;T<'":Cr. . arc � � f :r r. � r- a* T< xadV' the _3I":.'-r�-y cunty JalT and mhre .-U-..X- . IsTar.d *��x Japar., wKert- the sh.p- . g^iven four-months srusp* r^led ^eii-^tdt-r :h= >ards are hur.cry f^r 5*.eel. tenc*.
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