Search Islandora Content

This article discusses immigration inspector R.J. Reid--s statement that a number of legal barriers have been enacted to prevent the south Asian immigrants from the Komagata Maru from being admitted into Canada. Among those include an extension of…

This article is incomplete. The portion available discusses a Winnipeg newspaper criticizing exclusionary laws. --

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 It includes a few transcripts of arguments in the case that discusses that the act is superseded and made invalid under federal law as applied to Chinese, Japanese,…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 continuing conflict between Gurdit Singh and the owners of the Komagata Maru and Rahim Singh, who has offered to take over responsibility for the charter and pay the remaining balance owned on it. It also briefly mentions…

This article describes the proposal of Sam Hughes, minister of the militia, to raise militia regiments comprised of non-European immigrants, including a regiment comprised of South Asian immigrants from the Vancouver area.

This article discusses Hernan Singh--s continued fight against being deported by immigration authorities.

This article discusses the proposal to form a South Asian militia company in British Columbia.

This article discusses a new order-in-council prohibiting the immigration of labourers into B.C. until March 31, 1914.

This article discusses Dr. Davichand, a prominent South Asian immigrant, being charged with obtaining money under false pretences from an arriving immigrant and the case being sent to trial.

This--editorial discusses the Nationalist Movement in India and several actions taken by members, as well as a mass court case trying a large number of suspected revolutionaries. He also discusses Arabindo Ghosh, an Oxford-educated member of the…

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…

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…

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 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 is a publication of a letter sent to the Province from K.H.S. Sandho, a passenger aboard the Komagata Maru.

This article discusses the case of Hernan Singh, who after having his deportation order declared invalid in court due to not being heard by the full immigration board, will be re-arrested as soon as he leaves the building so his case may be heard by…

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 pro-revolutionary movement--in the Indian press and the great number of Indian newspapers that are printed and oppose imperial rule. It also discusses the role of the press in increasingly violent actions against British…

This article is an unsigned editorial and discusses the Indian Nationalist Movement and British imperial rule.

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

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-…

This article describes the first --test-- case for the passengers of the Komagata Maru and the legal proceedings that allowed it to quickly pass through provincial court to be heard (as wished by both parties) by the B.C. supreme court. The laws--…