Stories from Deli

Xie Liantang 谢联棠 (1888-1974), also known as Liantang, was from Nanpu Village, Dongshan County, Fujian. Xie Liantang’s father is a farmer and also operated an oil pressing factory. After the collapse of the oil mill, the family economy declined sharply. Xie Liantang was born 7 months after his father’s death. At the age of 16,…

Sabtoe 24 Mei 1930 Kesopanan. Perempoean sebagai barang perdagangan. Beberapa orang Hotel eigenaar (es) di “Medan dan Belawan, pernah dihadapkan kemoeka Landgerecht dan Landraad, karena ditoedoeh memberi kesempatan orang berboeat zina. Perkara-perkara seroepa ini, adalah soeatoe masalah jang penting didalam pergaoelan hidoep di Indonesia. Oleh sebab itoe, diloear perkara politiek, oentoek kepentingan hidoep bersama, masi-…

Sinar deli, Djoem’at 16 Mei 1930 Konsul Tiongkok jang baroe.Pertemoean dalam Societeit Yan King Hian.Malam tadi, dalam societeit Yan King Hian, di-Hongkongstraat, telih dikoen- djoengi oleh beberapa orang Tiong Hoa,golongan saudagar-saudagar, Cranie2 dan kaptein-kaptein dari keliling Sumatra Timoer. Poekoel 7 setengah malam, Toean Tsan Cho Lin, memperkenalkan diri dengan orang-orang jang hadir. Oepatjara itoe diramaikan…

Secretaris Chinese Sports Club contra Voorzitter OSVB.C.S.C keloear dari competitie! Tatkala dilansoengkan pertandingan antara C.S.C. dengan Go Ahead, telah terdjadi sedikit pertentangan perkataan antara toean Keng Weng, ‘Secretaris C.S.C.dengan toean Dr. Druif, jang bersikapselakoe Refree. jang telah berachir mendjadi perkara landjoet.Asal meela perkara ini sebagai berikoet:Tatkala dilansoengkan pertandingan antara C.S.C. dengan Go Ahead, back C.S.C.mendapat…

Kesopanan. Perempoean sebagai barang perdagangan. Beberapa orang Hotel eigenaar (es) di“Medan dan Belawan, pernah dihadapkankemoeka Landgerecht dan Landraad, karena ditoedoeh memberi kesempatan orangberboeat zina. Perkara-perkara seroepa ini, adalahsoeatoe masalah jang penting didalampergaoelan hidoep di Indonesia. Olehsebab itoe, diloear perkara politiek, oentoek kepentingan hidoep bersama, masi- lah ini, adalah soeatoe masalah jang pen- ting dibawa ketengah.…

Kematian Toh Seng Soey.Sipemboenoeh beloem dapat.Oesaha Polite beloem hasil Bagaimana djoega kerasnja oesaha Politie di Kisaran melakoekan kewadjibannja oentoek mengintai dan mentjari pemboenoeh Toh Seng Soey, sampai kepada hari ini beloem dapat. Beberapa Recherche jang disoeroeh keloear Kisaran oentoek mentjari sipemboenoeh, soedah poelang ke Kisaran dengan tangan kosong. ikalangan Politie timboel poela chabar, bahwa orang…

C’est de Surabaya aujourd’hui, que nous vient la lumière *. (Adapted from Voltaire.) The Nieuwe Soerabaja Courant, of which the director and now acting editor-in-chief is mr. Dr. Schimmel, refers to the Delischen jubilee date of May 5, 1803. The magazine has * from someone who is the 9th of the first controllers BB has…

Sumatra’s East Coast. H.H. Van Kol. Uit onze koloniën. 1903 MEDAN ..On March 23, the Simpang-Anas river with the the government steamer the “Brak” slowly draining, I felt that completely different travel impressions awaited me. I left the scene of years of stubborn camp and fierce struggle to enter a region of peaceful industrial development; after Aceh…

From North Sumatra, Michielsen went to Borneo in 1878, where he served first as a controller in the South and East department and then as an assistant resident of Koetei (East Borneo) in 1881. A year later, in 1882, his son Karel was born in Sampit, an illegitimate child, who was recognized by him. Nothing…

Michielsen’s time on the East Coast dates back to a long and warm friendship with Tjong A Fie (1860-1921). Nothing else is known about the origin of this friendship, which was of great significance to Michielen, and here again the lack of Michiel’s own notes on this matter takes revenge. Tjong A Fie, who had…