Document Record

Title

Chinese Times : [1921-05-12]
大漢公報 : [一九二一年五月十二日]

Published

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

Identifier

sfu.00001_19210512
00001_19210512

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

May 12 P.2 1) An article on the Van. Sun - a white import and export merchant stated that it was a prejudice to derogate eggs from China because they were as good as those in any place. 2) A whiteman wrote to the Sun and stated that E. Asians (workers) would be fired. Chinese stores or restaurants in busy areas should be closed down too. (May 23 P.3 - a Chinese defended the restaurant owners by writing a counter article.) 3) A Chinese was fined $400 for possession of evil drugs. 4) CKT AND Dart Coon H.Q. of Vic. - gave a farewell party to , the president of Dart Coon Club in Van. A banquet was held at Dart Coon, where the Central Public Relation ( ) was also presented. P.3 4)Exclusion Ottawa: the House of Commons held a discussion in which amendments for immigration law were drafted. 1st amendment Re: Chinese merchants. Or- iginally Chinese merchants who carried licenses issued by the Chinese govt. as well as identity issued by the British Embassy were allowed to gain entry without payment of head tax. Now, the amendment required all new coming merchants to give evidence as merchants. Licenses issued by the Chinese government would mean nothing. 2nd amendment: those Chinese newcomers who were not allowed to gain entry had to be treated equally with immigrants of other nationalities. Those who gained entry, were allowed to go back to China for 1 year and returned to Canada without tax payment. 5)CKT Reading Room Van. - the president thanked the CKT and Dart Coon Club of subsidizing his ship fare back to China and also the farewell parties. 6)CKT H.Q. - helped the association in Regina to collect sharemoney.

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