THE DAILY PROVINCE
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EVACUATED HINDUS MOVED TO
EBURNE THIS AFTERNOON
------------------Temporary Shelter to Be Provided at the Greenwood
Cannery.

------------------PROTEST TO OTTAWA.
------------------Acting Mayor Thinks Government Should Act Quickly
on This Subject.

------------------At a meeting in the Mayor’s office this morning it was decided that a
number of Hindus living in the city in premises which had been condemned,
should be this afternoon rounded up and taken to the Lulu Island station at
Granville street. Dr. Monro promised to transport them thence to the
Greenwood cannery, Eburne, which has been fitted up for their occupancy. As
The Province goes to press the city police aided by Health Inspector Marrion
and Mohammed Khan, a Hindu, are starting on their work.
Acting Mayor Hala(?) after the meeting said it had been decided to again
wire Ottawa asking for special attention to the Hindu invasion. The feeling of
the meeting was that sufficient interest was not taken in the matter by the
Dominion, because of lack of understanding. He believed a special
representation should be sent here to remain and act in cas[Sic] of need.
Another Structure Planned.
Councillor Dickinson of South Vancouver took part in the discussion.
After it was concluded he stated he would try to arrange for a meeting of the
Eburne residents to-night where the situation might be explained. Dr. Monro

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had told the meeting of the morning that a plan was now on foot to build a
structure taking 80,000 feet of lumber, within the city. The Greenwood
cannery was looked upon as merely a temporary place. Dr. Monro would,
however, give him no assurance that more Hindus would not be sent to
Eburne when the present lot was dispersed to fields and labor.
On this point Mr. Singh stated that fully six hundred Hindus had been
contracted for on railroad work, and would leave the coast very shortly. The
British Columbia General Contract Company had also promised employment
to a hundred and fifty as soon as certain contracts were signed.
Denial from South Vancouver.
Mohammed Khan said the Hindus did not want to go to Eburne, as they
thought they would be out of reach of getting work. But if the city insisted,
what else could they do?
Councillor Dickinson denied strongly the version of the South
Vancouver eviction given in the daily press of last night. He states the Hindus
were evicted at noon on Thursday, and later returned to their old quarters.
They were probably still there.
Be the above statement as it may, a resident of Fairview stated this
morning that yesterday morning he ran across seventeen poor fellows who
had spent Thursday night in a Kitsalano[Sic] swamp, having lost their way
after being driven from the North Arm houses. When seen the poor fellows
were so overcome with cold and exposure they could hardly carry their
baggage.
A prominent resident of Eburne stated this morning that it was
improbable there would be any meeting of Eburnites to-night to discuss the
situation. There was only one mind in the entire district, on the subject, which
opinion was to the effect that the coming of the Hindus was not for the best
interests of the community. This they had striven to impress upon those in
control of the situation, but their efforts seemed to have failed. Now nothing
remained but to make the best they could of the situation created.

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