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JAPANESE SHIPPING AUSTRALIAN SERVICE DEPARTURE OF VESSEL (Elec. Tel Copyright—United Pres 3 Assn.) (Reed. Aug. 16, 9 a.m.) SYDNEY, Aug. 15. The Japanese steamer Kasima Maru sailed to-day with 116 passengers, severing the last shipping link between Australia and Japan. A majority of Japanese business men expressed deep regret at having tc return home, leaving behind all they possessed but what they stood up in One national, Mr. S. Fuse, said he had to thank Australia for giving him his wife, who happened to be a New Zealander. To-day was the fifth anniversary of their marriage. It is revealed that 19 Japanese business men cancelled passages at the last minute in the belief that the tension involving their country had eased.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20636, 16 August 1941, Page 5
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