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This article discusses whether or not the C.P.R. is likely to be fined for failing to accept over one hundred and forty South Asian immigrants ordered deported.

This article discusses the British Columbia legislature passing the Natal Act, which required prospective immigrants to pass a language test before being admitted, and the likely clash with the federal government over the act, as it conflicted with…

Discuss political move to bar South Asian immigrants from entering British Columbia.

This article discusses the defeat of the Natal Act in a provincial appeals court. It includes a few transcripts of arguments in the case that discusses that the act is superseded and made invalid under federal law as applied to Chinese, Japanese,…

This article discusses the first application of the Natal act, the result of which was two Japanese immigrants being admitted after passing the language test, a South Asian immigrant being admitted after passing the landing money requirements and…

This article discusses a South Asian delegation traveling to Ottawa in order to appeal to the federal government to relax the immigration laws that prevent South Asian immigrants from bringing their wives and families to Canada and to abolish the…

This article discusses British authorities taking steps to curtail South Asian immigration from India due to difficulties faced by South Asian immigrants in South Africa. The article goes on to describe some of the conflict in South Africa,…

This article discusses the intention of Dr. Sundar Singh to have an appeal made directly to the King and the British imperial government for South Asian immigrants to receive equal treatment in Canada as subjects of the British Empire.

This article discusses the suspension of the Natal Act and the pending arrival of one hundred and eighty South Asian immigrants on the Monteagle. Their entry will be challenged on the Continuous Journey Law rather than the Natal Act. It also…

Discusses the pending arrival of the steamer ships Empress of China and Tartar with South Asian immigrants aboard and the response from government authorities.

This article describes the order to deport nearly two hundred South Asian immigrants on the grounds that they could not prove they were in compliance with the Continuous Journey law. It also discusses the probability of a legal clash with the C.P.R…

This article discusses British Columbia Chief Justice Hunter--s decision regarding certain immigration regulations and the reaction from U.S. immigration officials, the federal government, and the Trades and Labour Council. It also discusses that an…

This article discusses the upcoming deportation of two South Asian women who arrived from India with their husbands, both of whom have been landed immigrants in British Columbia since 1906, under the Continuous Journey regulation and their legal…

This editorial is written by a returned missionary from India and expresses the author--s opinions on imperial rule in India and the need for the British empire to guide South Asian immigration as it cannot stop it. --

This article discusses a pending court case against immigration officials who forcibly deported Bhagwan Singh in spite of a court order of habeas corpus that he appear before the B.C. supreme court and the C.P.R. Efforts are being made to return…

This--editorial discusses the conclusions of the 1907 Royal Commission Report.

This article discusses a warrant for the arrest ofHoussein Rahim being issued for allegedly voting in an election. The charge is perjury for swearing himself to be a qualified elector in his district to a commissioner for the taking of affidavits…

This article discusses applying a Poll tax to landing Japanese and South Asian immigrants similar to the head tax imposed on Chinese immigrants.

This article describes the arrival of South Asian immigrants on the steamship Tartar and how many were excluded and on what grounds.

Discusses the pending arrival of the steamer ships Empress of China and Tartar with South Asian immigrants aboard and the response from government authorities.

This article discusses the British Columbia legislature passing the Natal Act, which required prospective immigrants to pass a language test before being admitted, and the likely clash with the federal government over the act, as it conflicted with…

This is an editorial condemning the Continuous Journey Law (a federal measure) as ineffective and counterproductive while claiming the Natal Act as superior. It also discusses the author--s belief that South Asian immigrants, while undesirable, are…

This article describes a failed meeting arranged between government officials and leaders of the South Asian community in Vancouver regarding the proposed relocation of a number of landed immigrants to Honduras.

Describes the detainment of newly arrived immigrants off the Empress of Japan steamer to prevent them from entering the city of Vancouver. Also discusses the potential confrontation with the Dominion Government over whether the city has any right to…

This article discusses a new order-in-council passed by the federal government barring any and all immigration of labourers or artisans to British Columbia until April in response to the decision of Chief Justice Hunter that the previous orders-in-…