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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 54, 4 March 1918, Page 1

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An instance of how fortunes are .beinec made in Japan as_ the result of tho war was given by a visitor to Auckland from that country. Mr. T. He.rlihy. Keferrinpr t.o Mr Asano. now the largest' ship-builder in the-Far East, ho sKicj that ho was a poor uneducated boy when he first arrived in Yokohama.- ; He managed to get employment as inordinary labourer, in discharging vessels. .About 20 years ago Mr Asano secured the necessary money and three small steamers. which'. he to San Francisco. From jthat ■ stavfc _ ho had gone on 7 until now he owriaa. the largest lines of steamers in and since the war he had become on*' of the most wealthy men in the country Mr Herlihv said he knew of another man who, 'before the war, worked for £6 a month. He retired last year wrtli. a fortune of JB4,000 ? 000 acquired insido two years. Ihere were several other Japanese almost as rich, all of whom*-* 5 ' had made their money out of shipping by buying and selling. Last year, however, the Japanese Government stepped in, aind prohibited the sale of ships to any. foreign nation, without its authority. When asked about the appointment, of a resident magistrate _ at Wanganftl, to end the present unsatisfactory- 'stfetev, of affairs due to only an occasional. wV of a magistrate, the Hon. T. M.Wil-, ford (Minister of Justice) said that ow-., injr to the fact that five magistrates had left the bench to do military> service, the work, of the trained service . had been curtailed. The Minister adued however, that he had decided to grant fEs~request made by various local bodies. The gentleman to whom the position would be given had. been ed on, but his name would not be an;nounced until he (Mr Wilford) had conferred with his department.

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