Stories from Deli

De Sumatra Post 21-02-1912 In Batavia, riots occurred in the Glodok and Senen districts, namely because of the display of the republican flag (prohibited in Batavia). The riots initially looked threatening, but passed off calmly. The troublemakers were arrested. Now everything is quiet. ^From Surabaya, the news comes that the singkehs there have been very…

Deli COurant 24-05-1902 East Coast of Sumatra.The brochure pointed to the poor quality of food, insufficient quantities of nutrients, and recounted physical punishment, illegal confinement, and the untimely death of innocent or barely guilty individuals in deadly prisons. It described how prostitution led to syphilis and how the separation of children from their mothers sometimes…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…