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Friday 17 July 1914 – fine, hot

July 17, 2014 by Sarah McLennan

To work on Keith Rd School doing Blacksmithing. Higgins & Fisher men are paid. Australia wins MacKinnon Cup [at Bisley].

Scores   900 – 1,000
Austria: 786 – 745 = 1531
England: 791 – 740 = 1531

Charles goes to town. I to Shiel’s & get Lumber at 7 pm

500 Hindus make strong resistance against deportation. They are at present on Board Kamatura [sic] Maru.


* Komagata Maru –Japanese steamship filled with 376 passengers from the Punjab region of India. 352 were denied access to Canada due to exclusionary immigration laws designed to restrict the immigration people of Asian descent. The Komagata Maru was detained with most of its passengers on board when it arrived in Vancouver on May 23rd 1914, and left with the majority of them still aboard on July 23rd.

Filed Under: 1914, Diary Entries Tagged With: Blacksmithing, deportation, Hindus, India, Japanese steamship, Keith Road, Komagata Maru, Punjab, resistance

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