ednesday, March 16, 1966 TERRACE “Omineca” HERALD, TERRACE, BRITISH COLUnis.A gat! Highnesses to be planted| mee) the palace garden. | thought might be of some interest to! jetail whot can be done in a Battie more than four days be- a des fly almost ten thousand miles, aa My four dogwood saplings had meen crated, inspected, and loaded the Canadian Pacific Airline's mC-8 jet before 1 arrived in Van- mepuver from Victoria on Friday mternoon. One was left open so at pictures could be taken to mcord the event. Mr. Ban, the mpanese Consul, was at the alr- rt together with members of the mpanese commercial community. The plane left at three o’clock mid we were not Jong in the air mefore a program of forced feed- me was startled. It is true that I mend missed my lunch because of a meme binet meeting in Victoria which msted until after the noon hour t that could not have been the apuse for the great concern about bod. Once the trays were cleared mervay, I was able to stretch out and meeep since the plane was not Joad- med. Sometime during the snooze meee moved from Friday afternoon mao Saturday afternoon — all the Mevbile chasing the sun along the jorizon. We did catch up before e landed at the Haneda Airport at seven o’clock in the evening. me Some twenty cameramen were pon hand to greet the arrival of the trees, They thought a beautiful Stewardess would come walking out with them in a small basket. They were taken aback when a large crate was unloaded, op- ened, and the moss shaken free, a] was asked to official ly present the trees to Mr, Noboru fe Imajo, the master of ceremonies of the [Imperial Household Agency. me He was formerly the very popular me Japanese consul in Vancouver. The macar he had brought to return the m dogwoods was too small for the Ma purpose and Canadian Pacific Air- lines kindly loaned a truck to car- me ty them to the palace. This mark- fed a second kind act by the airline iy because the trees had already been carried from Eritish Columbia airee of charge, My passage through immigration Me and customs was rapid due to my m escorts, I was greeted in the air- me POTE by 4 large group of men con- mcerned with a pulp project in the oa Kootenays. They arranged my car mato the Imperial Hotel over the new fae freeway. Since it was still early in Bethe evening they knew I would be mehungry and would like to enjoy a mshow. I just could not explain [ Sahad left Vancouver at three in the @ecfternoon and had spent almost a No Job Too Big !} a No Job Too Small ! f YOUR “A” CLASS CONTRACTOR we Qualified Residential, | Commercial & High Voltage Electrical Contracting Ellis Hughes Electric Lid. . eleven hours on the plane and a further half hour being televised. I went to eat! I was told that I would not be needed until nine-thirty on the fol- lowing morning. The Japanese are always punctual and I was picked up right on time. Several points of interest were visited before I was delivered to the Canadian Embas- sy at noon. I had a delightful lunch with Ambassador Dower and his wife. During the course of con- versation I learned that the embas- sy had been sponsoring classes in western square i Busy Time For Minister On Tour of Japan ~=by THE HONCURABLE RAY WILLISTON, Minister of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources My recent weekend in Japan has led to both jokes andj; omment. Many forget that business activated the trip and what delivering dogwood trees to the Crown Prince and Crown mrincess was but a happy task which could be accomplished mt the same time. Routine business seldom ceates news and © reports have been told about the promise made last spring my Premier Bennett to send our floral emblem to their Imper- were enjoyed by representatives of various countries, Even the Crown Prince asked to come to the pract- SBS, During the afternoon, I was sup: posed to visit a display of modern painting but the crowds attending were so large it was decided it would be impossible to see proper- ly. As a consequence, I visited a museum and after a department store tour, went to the Kokusai Theatre, The stage is the largest in the East, holding up te two hundred performers at one time. Lighting, costuming, staging, and the variety of acts were the fin- est I have ever seen. All of the entertainers were girls—even those taking the part of men. The day ended with supper in the roof restaurant in the Palace Hote}. On Monday morning I had an audience with the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess in their palace on the moat-surrounded dancing which grounds. I was accorded a most &tacious interview and thanked for the floral gift from the people of British Columbia. Trees are very carefully tended in Japan and our dogwoods serve to cement the feel: ing of friendship between our two countries. I waz told that on Sun- day thelr Highnesses had person- ally selected the places in the gar- den where the trees were to be placed and then supervised their planting. This is remarkable in that a minor typhoon was deliver- ing the first rain that had fallen for forty-four days. ; I had a luncheon meeting with men fram the Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha firm and then was taken to the new building in dawntown Tekyo constructed by Honshu Pulp and Paper Company. I was the first official visitor in this nine- Storey office building — remem- ber this is earthquake country. Our meeting started at two o'clock and did not finish until after five in the evening. All aspects of the project to be built at Skookum- chuk in the East Kootenays were discussed and clarification on mat- ters resulted. During the after- Page 15. fe noon the lights went out — but this could not be blamed on B.C. Hydro! . T was a guest at an evening smorgasbord atthe Mitsubishi guest house to which members of the Embassy and the Japanese gov- ernment were invited. A wonder: ful meal was served specializing in seafoods. Decorations honored British Columbia and Canada, and were dominated by a large ice- seulpture of our flag. I was thor. oughly enjoying the food when one of the men tapped me on the shoulder and explained that I still had one more meal to eat that evening! On leaving the guest house I was taken to Shinkiraku— a geisha restaurant. The many- coursed Japanes meal eaten with chopsticks while sitting on the floor lasted until late in the eve- ning. I was ready for bed. 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