Document Record

Title

Chinese Times : [1918-03-28]
大漢公報 : [一九一八年三月二十八日]

Published

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

Identifier

sfu.00001_19180328
00001_19180328

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 28 P.3 1) The 3 representatives of the Chee Kong H.Q. in Victoria had started their trip to the general convention on April 1st in San Francisco. They took a steamer to Seattle on March 26 and was warmly welcomed. They would be going to San Francisco by car. 2) The Chinese workers in the sawmills in Victoria went on strike, hoping to fight for equality with the white workers. The Chinese ^usually worked for 10 hours/day. A few days ago, they went on strike, asking for a shorter working day, 8 hours per day, and on Saturday, 4 hours only. Their proposals were eventually granted, and they were treated equally with the white workers. They had already started to work on March 26(?) 3) On March 20, Society had put forth a cha^rity performance, and the money collected was for the hospital.

Persistent URL

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