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This article discusses the pending court case of H. Rahim, a South Asian immigrant fighting an order of deportation from Federal immigration authorities.

This article is an unsigned editorial discussing immigration and emigration policy.-- The author argues that British Columbians should be heard and given more weight in the arguments on the matter of South Asian immigration than anyone from Eastern…

This article discusses the --combined and consolidated suit-- (class action) of the seventy South Asian immigrants who were detained for over a month pending a court decision on whether or not they would be allowed to stay in British Columbia.

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 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 a bill to propose an amendment to the Provincial Elections Act that would disallow any South Asian immigrants from voting, in spite of being British citizens.

This article discusses Teja Singh and his influence among the South Asian community(s) in British Columbia particularly in reference to the proposed immigration of unemployed South Asians to Honduras.

This article discusses the South Asian community organizing to fight for the same rights in Canada as other subjects in the British Empire. Specifically they seek to challenge the Canadian laws that prevent them from voting in federal and provincial…

Discusses a proposal to require any immigrants entering the country to possess five hundred dollars before admittance.

This--editorial criticizes the position of a committee from Toronto, led by the president of the Toronto University,-- in support of South Asian immigration, particularly that of the wives and children of landed immigrants, and their refusal to…

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 a misrepresented plan for an envoy to journey to Canada and the actual plans to send Mackenzie King as an envoy to Great Britain to discuss the question of South Asian immigration to British Columbia.

This article discusses the failure of an intended test case for the Continuous Journey law as the accused were released on a failure of the police to follow procedure (the accused were not informed of why they were being held/charged). Provincial…

This article discusses an additional immigration order that prevents Japanese immigrants from landing if they do not possess a passport for Canada issued by the Japanese government. It also discusses Canadian immigration officials working in…

This article discusses the legal decision to allow one hundred and forty two South Asian immigrants to land in Canada, after a challenge to the application of the Continuous Journey Law.

This article discusses a landed South Asian immigrant who has been turned away by immigration authorities despite having papers from the immigration department stating he is entitled to re-enter Canada.

This is an editorial condemning Prime Minister Laurier for signing a treaty, as a dominion under the British Empire, with Japan which allows for Japanese immigration to Canada and challenges provincially enacted exclusionary laws such as the Natal…

This article describes special permission being granted to Hakam Singh for his mother and four children to immigrate to Canada.

Discusses the arrival of South Asian immigrants on the Empress of China and the deportation or refusal of entry for a number of them.

Describes the initial arrival of a group of South Asian immigrants from the steamship Tartar

This article discusses Pan Sing being investigated and charged with fraud for extorting money from arriving immigrants under false pretenses due to testimony given to Mackenzie King during his investigation for his 1907 Royal Commission Report.

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

This article discusses a test case of the Natal Act, brought forward at the request of the federal government.

This article discusses the pending arrival of the steamship Monteagle and how federal and provincial immigration laws will be enacted to deny entry specifically to South Asian immigrants. It also discusses the potential legal battle if the South…

This article describes a decision by Chief Justice Hunter ruling that the Continuous Journey Requirement and the Reasonable Cash Qualification orders-in-council are invalid.--