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This article discusses complaints made to authorities over sanitary conditions in South Asian housing as well as some alleged incidents of indecent exposure and a concern over the amount of aid funding left in the community.

This article discusses an incident where five passengers aboard the Komagata Maru were allowed to disembark onto a government launch to converse with some friends from Nanaimo and were then prevented from re-boarding by the other passengers at the…

This article discusses the rising nationalist movement in India and financial support sent to members by South Asians residing in the United States. It details a couple of incidents in India where pro-nationalist literature has been seized,…

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.

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

This article discusses the intention of a number of South Asian immigrants who have had difficulty finding work in the city moving out into the Chilliwack area in order to start farming.

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 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 article describes the shooting of immigration inspector Hopkinson by Mewa Singh. The incident in connected with the Komagata Maru incident, during which Hopkinson played a pivotal role, and the acquittal of Ram Singh in another shooting…

This--editorial discusses the sentence of Guy Alfred Aldred, convicted of sedition for printing a pro-nationalist periodical, the Indian Sociologist. It criticises the leniency of the sentence, one year imprisonment, and states that harsher…

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 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--editorial discusses--South Asian immigration to various parts of the British Empire.

This article discusses that the South Asian immigrants on board the Komagata Maru are not in compliance with immigration regulations and will be turned away. It also describes the South Asian immigrants on board and the steps taken to ensure none of…

This article discusses the decision to produce legislation to exclude all South Asian immigration to the United States but to leave Japanese immigration as a separate issue.

This article describes the results of an investigation into financial aid sent by British Columbia South Asians to members of the Indian nationalist movement.

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 how South Asian immigrants being held in the C.P.R. detention shed were charged board rates of .50 cents a day during their month or longer confinement and may bring suit to recoup the money and sue for damages.

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 the British occupation of India and local opposition to the imperial government.

This--editorial discusses two violent incidents in India (an assassination and a bombing)--attributed to--the Nationalist movement as well as the belief that the movement can be quashed by the British government.

This article discusses some of the actions taken by the South Asian immigrants aboard the Komagata Maru including a boycott of the individual hearings being held before the immigration board for members of the party claiming prior residence and a…

This article discusses the trial of Ram Singh for the shooting of Argan Singh. The death was initially linked to Argan Singh--s participation in the Komagata Maru incident but was finally ruled an accident leading to Ram Singh--s acquittal.