Stories from Deli

The Chinese Major in Medan, Deli, has had a career of public service in Netherlands India upon which he may justly look back with pride. Having early won the confidence of the Dutch Government, and being given authority by them, he has been able to do much in a variety of ways to improve the…

MR. LIM TJING KEH, the Lieutenant of the Chinese at Bindjey, Langkat, was born in Pinang in 1856. He is the owner of considerable property in Bindjey, Kwala. Kedeh, and Pinang.

MR. TIO TJIN SENG, the Chinese Lieu tenant at Tebing Tinggi, is the son of the late Tio Hoet Sioe, who previously occupied the same position. At one time, Mr. Tio Tjin Seng was an interpreter at the Magistrates’ Court at Tebing Tinggi, and in 1904 was promoted to an official rank in the Chinese…

FOUNDATION ESTABLISHED BY TESTAMENT – DEBT BELONGING TO LEGACY Founder ANDINCLUDED IN THE FOR THE FOUNDATION SEPARATE POWER.When it is assumed that at the time when the foundation is born, in this case upon the death of the heir by the to enter into force of her will, the separated good disappears from the founder’s…

LOCATION AND EXTENT.This line starts at a point on one of the branches of the Han River across from the city of Swatow , and runs in a northerly direction to Yeekai, a distance of about 27 miles. Yeekai is about 3 miles pastChaochow, a city of some 400,000 people. The population of Swatow is…

Tjonk Koeng Tat bioscoop opened in July 1920 on Cantonstraat, managed by Mr Van Kaathoven Declared bankrupt This morning the Council of Justice bankruptcy in Medan, known as Mr. Tjong Koen Tat alias Tjong Li Hiong, a son of the former Major of the Chinese, Tjong Young Hian. The bankrupt had lost a lawsuit but…

The N.V. Maison Duson has now moved into its new apartments on the corner of Oude Markt and Hindu Street. The difference between the narrow toko on the Kesawan and this new facility is enormous. In a long series of showcases, the company now knows how to display and show what so-called can deliver. The…

Slowly but surely the Chinese are beginning to realise that if they are to take part, with any degree of success, in the commercial strife that is being waged between the nations of the world, they must become less conservative, and throw open their empire to the trader and the merchant. The country is one…

Foreign businessmen set up “foreign companies” in Shantou to do business. The British merchant “Jiahe Foreign Company” was first promoted in 1860, followed by the German merchant “Luyu Foreign Company” in 1861.       Lu Yu went to Shantou to run a business and hired Guo Jirong (Guo Runting) as the comprador of the bank. Ji Rong was a…