Document Record

Title

Chinese Times : [1921-04-13]
大漢公報 : [一九二一年四月十三日]

Published

Vancouver, British Columbia : Tai Hon Kong Bo Ltd., 1921

Identifier

sfu.00001_19210413
00001_19210413

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

April 13 P.2 1) CPOS Japanese Queen had arrived in Van., onboard were many Chinese passengers. They were transferred to the East through CPR. P.3 2) The English newspaper reported that it was difficult to trace the date when the restrictive immigration law on Chinese was administered. However, it was reported that starting from 1876, B.C. Provincial legislature had already appealed to the parliament for restriction. Due to the indifference of the federal government, B.C. then tried to set up her own restrictive immigration laws in 1884-1885. The point was to regulate the working conditions and wages for Chinese immigrants. Ottawa was against the proposal by B.C. Govt., as a result, they only raised the Head Tax from $50 to $100 and then later to $500. 3) CPS donation; e.g. , , , , etc. donated $50.

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