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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 pending detention and deportation of fifteen South Asian immigrants who, having passed all federal immigration laws, are being deported under the provincial Natal Act having failed to pass the language test.

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…

This article discusses the intention of the British Columbia provincial government to deny a large group of South Asian immigrants from landing under the Natal Act.

This article discusses a small group of South Asian immigrants bringing a legal challenge to the application of the Continuous Journey law to them.

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.

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 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 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 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…

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

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 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 describes several South Asian immigrants being refused admittance under the Continuous Journey law and a Japanese woman being allowed conditional admittance.

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.

Discusses the employment of seventy-five immigrants to work for a railroad company and the possible deportation of newly arrived immigrants, either for being deemed unfit or for being convicted on charges of vagrancy.

This article discusses Dr. Monro--s efforts to see a large number of landed South Asian immigrants deported due to illness or poverty before the winter season.

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 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…