Big Jap Influx For Fiji Fishing Scheme?
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A party of seven Japanese arrived in Fiji early in December to look at the proposal to establish a fish canning factory at Levuka, and the
development of fishing grounds. They
are all associated with the recently Co ; the men are members of the Japanese j}j et * The industry, it established, may mean employment for 200 people at Levuka, but it could also mean the arrival of about 500 Japanese, 400 of them fishermen, and 100 who will be employed in the cannery.
The MP’s were Messrs. Tetsuzo Matsuda, chairman of the company, Etsujiro Uehara and Tadashi Kuranari. The others were Mr. Tasao Toshiyuki, a representative of the Cold storage and Canning C o„ Manichi Fechinsi, a representative of *fr lapanes * Agriculture and Forestry Ministry, Mr. Hideo Murakami, a ™ ember of the H ° kka j, d ° Prefectural Government, and Mr Nobuaki Usami, a representative of the Taiyo fishery Co.
The party also visited American Samoa and New Zealand.