THE HINDU'S APPEAL.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 125, 2 July 1914, Page 7

THE HINDU'S APPEAL.

CASE BEFORE THE COURT. VOLUMINOUS REFERENCES. By Cable. —Press Association.—Copyright. VANCOUVER, June 30. Inasmuch as it is especially provided that officers of the military and naval forces, their wives and families, are no-t- to be considered . immigrants applying for admission to Canada, counsel for the Immigration Department in the Koniagata Maru case argued that it was thereby to be assumed that British subjects were to be considered immigrants. The same section states that on retiring from their functions they are to be considered as subject to the clauses of the Immigration Act. If nowhere else, it was clear that Canada had the right to exclude British subjects of other Dominions. During the morning seventy-one volumes of law books were laid out on the lawyers' table for reference during argument. .