Author: Felix
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From Our Colony
Deli Courant 23-05-1902 East Coast of Sumatra.The budget of a skilled Chinese tobacco planter can be estimated as follows: with a planting of 16,000 trees, he can expect an annual income of 112 dollars. From this, 8 dollars are deducted for shoes and clothing, 5 for tools, 8 for labor assistance, and 2.5 dollars per…
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From Our Colony
Deli Courant 22-05-1902 East Coast of Sumatra. I. Medan.When, on March 23rd, I slowly sailed down the Simpang-Anas River on the government steamer De Brak, I felt that entirely different travel impressions awaited me. I was leaving the scene of years of stubborn struggle and fierce conflict to enter a region of peaceful industrial development; after…
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The party at Major Tjina.
Deli Courant 23-03-1901 In response to an invitation from our Chinese Major Tjong Young Hian to attend a party at the house of Chinese Captain Tjong A Fie, a large crowd gathered on Saturday evening at Kasawan to head to the new house recently built on that street. The turnout was significant due to the…
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WORLD TOUR by Charles Boon. Sumatra’s East Coast (S.O.K.)
Soerabaijasch handelsblad 22-04-1930 Like a grand pleasure yacht, the luxurious passenger ship Op ten Noort lay anchored just a ten-minute walk from the spot where the d’Artagnan had recently departed. The ship’s white color, so fitting for the tropics, evoked a sense of coolness and Dutch cleanliness. Although the Op ten Noort is not a mail ship, it boasts the dimensions…
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THE ESTABLISHMENT OF TOBACCO CULTURE IN DELI
J. Nienhuijs Jaba Bode 9 & 11 June 1888 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF TOBACCO CULTURE IN DELI. It goes without saying, begins Mr. Nienhuys, that this cannot be a regular account of what I accomplished in Deli 25 years ago, nor a listing of all the encounters and activities there; no, I write these lines solely…
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Deli (East Coast of Sumatra)
Sumatra Courant 28-04-1869 Deli (East Coast of Sumatra).Regarding the state of this empire we borrow the following particulars from a report of the Resident of Riouw of January last. The present Sultan of Deli is a wise prince; imbued with the superiority of the European institutions in the field of government and administration, he tries…
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Tjina
De Expres 27-09-1912 The less pleasant relationship, which can be observed here and there between the natives and the Cuineezen and which recently led to a fight in Solo, for example, has not been left undiscussed in the native press. Besides the fact that all sorts of strange things were said about the association “Sarikat…
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Coolies recruitment
In 1880, the Agreement with Chinese Leaders, also known as the “Associatie van 1880”, was established between Dutch colonial plantation owners in Sumatra’s East Coast (Deli, Langkat, and Serdang) and influential Chinese community leaders. This agreement aimed to address critical labor issues, such as high worker desertion rates and recruitment inefficiencies. By integrating Chinese leaders…
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Execution
The execution of four Chinese, sentenced to death for the murders committed in Maryland, took place early Thursday morning on the square in front of the prison. Despite the early morning hour, many spectators were present, but very few of them were Chinese. Calmly and apparently calmly, the condemned men ascended the scaffold two by two…
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Sketches from Deli
(Written for the Batavia Newspaper 17-06-1893) I. SCHETSEN UIT DELI. Bataviaasch nieuwsblad 17-06-1893 One may have traveled extensively and may even be rightfully honored with the title of “globetrotter,” but until one has visited the East Coast of Sumatra, even if only for a relatively short time, one cannot claim to have seen everything noteworthy…
Stories from Deli 