Author: Felix
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The Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States
Jeremiah Jenks, 1902 The Straits Settlements consist of the island of Singapore, the island of Penang, with the adjoining Province of Wellesley on the mainland, together with the Dindings, and Malacca. These settlements were transferred from the Indian government to that of the secretary of State for the Colonies April 1, 1887. Since that date,…
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Soeka Manis
A vast landscape appeared before our eyes. Hilly terrain. Everywhere, as far as we could see, it burned and smoked. Between the thick clouds of smoke we saw Chinese coolies walking, dressed only with a loincloth on their heads and a pointed bamboo hat.A few months ago it was all still wood, said Huug. Are those tree trunks…
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DELI PLANTER
INLEIDINGMet dit boek heb ik beoogd een getrouw beeld te geven van het lief en het leed in mijn 15-jarige plantersloopbaan ondervonden.Zooveel mogelijk heb ik getracht geen verkeerde voorstellingen te wekken omtrent het leven in de tropen, daar ten onrechte enkele uitzonderingsgevallen tot generaliseeren zouden kunnen leiden.In het plantersleven is de strijd om het bestaan…
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From an assistant in Deli
Titus, 1879 Even after by the Indian Gazette n o . 203 of 1879 a decision has been taken on the well-known article 2, number 27 of the General Police Penalty Regulations for Natives, yet the great problem has not been solved at all for this assistant residence, where private industry has soared. Here, however,…
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European Life on a tobacco field
Louis Couperus, 1923 The life of the young assistants at Deli was then largely dominated by excessive partying. I believe I can see that this has changed completely. Let the young people rejoice at the ‘hari-besar’, at the Boer or elsewhere, who will let them not? They work hard, as hard as Westerners only work…
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In Medan
Louis Couperus, 1923 We have been in Medan for a few days now, guests of Mr. Westenenk, governor of Sumatra’s east coast, and his wife. The impressions that I have received, under the guidance and information of my host, are overwhelmingly many. I want to make an attempt to arrange them in my memory and…
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Tobacco and Tobacco
1914, Augusta de Wit I first saw a tobacco field in May, flowering and harvest time was also. The pale red haze of the blossom spread in long streaks over the coarse, large-leaved green of the hill fields. And everywhere, among the high shrubs where they plucked the leaves, on the bright sunny paths along…
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Tobacco in Deli
DeWit 1914 To a worse degree than ever since the beginning of this voyage I have got to feel here in Deli how far a distance separates us Westerners from the Oriental. There lies the great work of the Delian tobacco culture before all eyes. But of the tens of thousands who do that work,…
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Visit to Medan
The actual planting and tilling of the soil is done by Chinese coolies, who are imported in great numbers directly from China and who have a permanent contract with the entrepreneurs, who are obliged to provide housing and partial nursing in addition to their wages. For their use, large, airy houses, so-called kongsis, are being…
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In Medan
Soon! soon, from Maurik! come and see, there is a Chinese funeral coming … and hastily my friend’s lovable wife, with whom I am staying in Medan, hurries to the front yard. Her graceful slippers flap over the pebble path and, looking back, she calls in: “Please, hubby! leave your breakfast alone! – Soon! Willem,…
Stories from Deli 