Document Record

Title

Chinese Times : [1918-03-22]
大漢公報 : [一九一八年三月二十二日]

Published

Vancouver, British Columbia : Tai Hon Kong Bo Ltd., 1918

Identifier

sfu.00001_19180322
00001_19180322

Subject

Chinese Canadians--Newspapers
Chinese--Newspapers
Chinese Canadians--British Columbia--Vancouver--Newspapers
Chinese--British Columbia--Vancouver--Newspapers
British Columbia--Newspapers
Vancouver (B.C.)--Newspapers
華裔加拿大人--不列顛哥倫比亞--溫哥華--歷史--報紙
華人--不列顛哥倫比亞--溫哥華--歷史--報紙
中國--歷史--二十世紀--報紙
加拿大--歷史--二十世紀--報紙
不列顛哥倫比亞--歷史--二十世紀--報紙
溫哥華 (不列顛哥倫比亞)-- 歷史--二十世紀--報紙

Document source

University of British Columbia Library

Collection

Newspapers
Serials: Periodicals, Annuals and Newspapers

Language

Chinese

Description

March 22 P.3 1) News from Regina: In 1912, the law that prohibited Chjinese employment of female whites had already been set up in Saskatchewan. Later , a restauranter was arrested for the offence was fined. However, he refused to pay the fine and he appealed the case to the Court in Ottawa. Unfortunately, his appeal was defeated. The law that prohibited Chinese employing white females was thus enforced, and it also spread to Manitoba and Ontario. Ambassador Yeung then negotiated the case with Ontario government, and the law was suspended. Later Yeung went to Manitoba to negotiate the case and the law was also cancelled. Finally, Yeung went to Regina and thw Premier asserted that he would propose the cancellation of restrictive law in the next provincial legislative meeting. 2)The Reading Room was officially opened in Prince Rupert. There was an election of executives. 3) The Chee Kong H.Q. in San Francisco was going to set up a general convention on April 1. There would be reps.from various places in the States and Canada. A few names of the reps, in States were posted.

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