Japanese Firm Expands In Central Pacific
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Central Pacific.
From Our Own Correspondent.
Nukualofa, Dec. 15.
MR. Banno, the young Japanese who established here the well-known Japanese trading firm of Banno Brothers, which was recently formed into a limited company, arrived by the “Matua” from Auckland, N.Z., where he has been carrying on a flourishing import busi ness for some time.
The main purpose of his visit to Tonga was in connection with the proposed enlargement of his premises at Nukua lofa. A plan for a modern two-storied building has been approved. A large workshop and a garage are also to be erected. Mr. Banno will proceed to Samoa and Fiji where, it is rumoured, he will establish further branches.
These increased activities on the part of this fast-growing Japanese concern are viewed with no small alarm— especially when the whole civilised world is shockedvby the manner of Japan’s attack oh China.