''Het Nieuws van den Dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië'' was a Dutch-language newspaper published on the island of

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in the

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(modern-day Indonesia). Originally called ''

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.Van der Veur 18. The paper was known as conservative, and editorialized vehemently against the emancipation of the native people. Its editor in chief during the 1920s was K.W. Wybrands, who put such a personal stamp on the paper that it was also known as ''Wybrands' paper''.Maters 38. In 1938, Willem Belonje became the editor in chief of the paper; he had earlier run ''

'', in the 1920s. The paper was closed in 1942 by the Japanese occupying forces. In the early 1930s the paper had a circulation of six to nine thousand, but had dropped to between three and six thousand the next decade.

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online access to newspaper archive incl. ''Nieuws van den Dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Nieuws van den Dag voor Nederlandsch-Indie Defunct newspapers published in the Netherlands 1895 establishments in the Dutch East Indies 1950s disestablishments in the Dutch Empire 20th-century disestablishments in the Dutch East Indies 1952 disestablishments Defunct newspapers published in Indonesia Dutch-language newspapers published in the Dutch East Indies Right-wing newspapers