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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 the arrival of a large number of immigrants on the steamship Monteagle and the anticipated difficulties for the South Asian immigrants to find housing.

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

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

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 the decision to deport two South Asian women and their children under the Continuous Journey regulation in spite of the fact that their husbands were landed British Columbia immigrants.

This article discusses a last minute delay in the deportation of two South Asian women who joined their husbands in British Columbia and the legal arguments presented for them to be allowed to remain.

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 number of South Asian immigrants being deported on the steamship Tartar due to various reasons, primarily for failing the --health examinations.-- It also discusses the Royal Commission Inquiry into the reasons why the South…

This article discusses the pending court case against a group of South Asian immigrants being detained on charges of defying the Natal Act and the magistrate--s refusal to grant them bail.

Discusses the deportation of a number of immigrants who arrived on the Empress of China as well as immigrant labourers leaving Vancouver to find work and some returning from the interior.

This article discusses pending amendments to the immigration act and the C.P.R.--s decision to hold South Asian immigrants in Hong Kong before bringing them on to Canada or refusing to carry them further, depending on the outcome of the proposed…

This article describes a South Asian immigrant, Bischa Singh, suing the C.P.R. for discrimination as the company refuses to sell him a steamer ticket to transport his wife to Canada from India.

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 is an editorial discussing the Continuous Journey Law and the author--s belief that it is illogical, ineffective, and anti-Imperial in its-- application (particularly regarding a pending case against a group of South Asian immigrants being held…

This article discusses fifteen South Asian immigrants who were rejected under the Natal act being arrested for being in the country illegally after the C.P.R. steamship (the Empress of Japan) they were to be deported on refused to accept them.

This article describes the final appeal of Hernan Singh to remain in Canada and the decision to deport him on grounds that he attempted to decieve immigration officials on his initial entry.

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

This article describes the decision of the Canadian Pacific Railway to stop accepting South Asian passengers travelling to British Columbia due to the difficulties they face in being allowed to land. --

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…

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 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…