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Description-Abstract:
Keywords: New Republic Pub. Co. Ltd.
Format-Extent:
00:02:19
Location(s):
British Columbia--Victoria--Chinatown
Location(s) Facet:
British Columbia--Victoria--Chinatown
Transcript:
关于新民国报
Interviewer: Talking about the New Republic newspaper,
它和当地我们的
what was the relationship between the New Republic newspaper
华人社区之间的联系
and the local Chinese communities?
还有新民国报当时主要的
Also, can you talk about the main advertisement sources
广告来源
of the New Republic newspaper?
这方面您能谈谈吗
It was like this是这样子
Mr. Hsu: At that time,
当时 政府呢经常用
the government,
多元文化的立场
based on the multicultural standpoint,
经常有全版广告给我们
frequently gave us full-page advertisements.
说老实话
Frankly,
全版广告
the prices of our full-page advertisements 它（给我们的价格）便宜不得了
were very low. 他等于是送给我们
It is almost free.
第二个是有一家叫做沃斯克
Another (advertisement source) was
的一个超市
a supermarket called "WOSK's Ltd."
它主张礼拜六礼拜天都开门
It advocated for opening on Saturday and Sunday.
当时都是礼拜六只有半天的
At that time (the stores) usually only opened for a half day on Saturdays.
为什么？
Why?
大家都应该这个时间去信教
People were supposed to go to church at this time.
你去上班不行啊
You could not go to work.
当时也没太多人嘛对不对
There was not a huge population at that time, right?
就是争嘛 你们那个Chinatown
So they argued that in Chinatown
礼拜六也开 礼拜天也开
(the stores) opened on both Saturdays and Sundays.
我们想说礼拜六你不开的话
We would say that if you did not open on Saturdays
你客人怎么来呢 怎么吃呢 对不对
where should our guests go and what to eat, right?
后来呢温哥华呢 还是禁止
Later, in Vancouver, (opening on Saturdays full-day) was still banned.
不过温哥华以外的这个小城
But in the smaller cities outside Vancouver
Burnaby啦 Coquitlam啦
such as Burnaby and Coquitlam,
那个时候他们就认为说
at that time, they thought that
这个应该可以开啦
their stores should open on weekends.
所以Burnaby那开了以后
After the stores in Burnaby opened (on weekends)
温哥华看了 又吃醋了
The stores in Vancouver felt jealous.
为什么？你开了顾客就到你那里
Why? The customers went to other places
去买东西了
for shopping.
就温哥华也开了
So, the stores in Vancouver also opened on weekends.
所以那个时候才是每天开门
By then, the stores started to open every day.
而且还可以就24小时
Even some opened 24 hours,
都可以轮流开
day and night in turn.
就那个时候开始
That's when it started.
当地的这个华人社区组织
Interviewer: Did the local Chinese community organizations
有在新民国报上登广告吗
give advertisements to the New Republic newspaper?
那是一定的
Mr. Hsu: That's for sure.
因为什么？
Why?
他们那个社团活动是靠报纸
(The notices of the events and activities) of their clubs and societies depended on the newspapers to distribute.
也很好玩
It was quite fun.
那个一条新闻呢
(When reading) a news article, (a reader) could be very confused.
一则新闻啊 不知所云
No one knew what they meant.
前面一大堆都说
At the beginning of the article, there was usually a long list of people names and titles
同乡会某某人代表来
indicating who from the clan or club came to the event.
一大堆的名单先出来
A List of many names at the beginning.
他都很重要嘛
Because (the names) were very important to (the club or clan).
这个不只是新民国报
This was not just the case of the New Republic newspaper.
在美国的也是一样
It was the same for the Chinese newspapers in the United States.
可以当做他们活动的宣传
The advertisements were promotions of their events.
很多广告的
Many advertisements
他们社团广告也登啊
were not only for the clubs and local societies
什么婚丧喜庆
but also for the events such as marriages, funerals, celebrations, and other personal events.
这个报馆是这种
These were
衣食父母的经费来源
the financial sources of our newspaper.
你得罪了
So if you offended them,
他广告马上撤掉
the advertisements would be withdrawn immediately.
所以还是有
There were some donations.
真的是捐的话 捐起来不多
The amount was not a lot.
有 我看到有有这个
But there were donations.