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THE TRANSVAAL. A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH. »r TEr,i!QiiArn—ritEss association—copnnoin. (Ileo. Jan. 24, 8.45 p.m.) • Pretoria, January 24, ■ Mr. Rissik, Transvaal Minister for National Affairs, speaking at Pretoria on tho Asiatic question, said it was a matter of lifo and'death for the Transvaal, since the Asiatics aro already one-fifteenth of the population. 1 Registration of Asiatics would, he said, bo upheld in'order to stem a further influx. 1 AN INDIAN APPEAL TO LORD ELGIN. Calcutta, January 23. Mohammedans at Lahore urged tho Viceroy (Lord Minto) to press Lord Elgin (Secretary of State for the Colonies) to remove indignities placed upon Indians in* tho -Transvaal. BRITISH COLUMBIA STOPS SOME JAPANESE. Vancouver (8.C.), January 23. Thirty-ono Japanese for Mexico woro not allowed to land in British Columbia. Registration'by,'finger-print is considered in tho Transvaal'to be tho only 'effective check pn tho surreptitious entry of "Asiatics who arc smuggled in without authority. '• V -
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 104, 25 January 1908, Page 5
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152COLOUR ISSUE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 104, 25 January 1908, Page 5
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