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Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1886 to 1890

Data from Feb 2024 to Feb 2025Updated 5 months ago

NLB (National Library Board)

This dataset is a list of digitised out-of-copyright newspaper articles from the National Library, Singapore.

These materials present a valuable resource on Singapore’s history, art and culture, digitised as part of an endeavour to preserve and provide better access to resources located within the library to enable users to explore and discover these resources.

For enquiries, please email ref@nlb.gov.sg

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NewspapersPinangGazetteandStraitsChronicle1886to1890.csv (11.8K rows, 5.1 MB)

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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle100.0%
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pinangazette18891203-10.3%
pinangazette18890906-10.3%
pinangazette18891220-10.3%
pinangazette18890726-10.3%
(Null)0.0%
1889-12-030.3%
1889-09-060.3%
1889-12-200.3%
1889-07-260.3%
(Null)0.0%
1100.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
315.3%
422.5%
516.9%
616.9%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)91.5%
(Straits Times.)0.3%
(Government Gazette0.2%
(China Mail0.2%
(London and China Express0.2%
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette18860105-11886-01-051pinangazette18860105-1.1.11pinangazette18860105-1.2.1MastheadPINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ruB&ISBIB I V a K T TUBS MMUHH ESTABLISHED "new SERIES. TUESDAY, -.sth /JANUARY, 1886. VOL.NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette18860105-11886-01-051pinangazette18860105-1.1.66pinangazette18860105-1.2.10PRODUCE.PRODUCE. Tuesday, sth January, 1886. Tin L»riU 8 31.70 steaay. Pepper A cbeen ~19 50 nominal. Pepper West Coast „21 <>o do Nutmegs—,, ilOa. M.oo steady. Basket Sugar 3.00 do. Coprah goodqt ality 3.80 do. White Pepper 29 40 nominal. T pi"ca Flour— 215 do. Tapioca Flake— 4.00 firm. MaceNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette18860105-11886-01-051pinangazette18860105-1.1.66pinangazette18860105-1.2.11SHARE MARKET.SHARE MARKET. Tuesday, sth January, 1886. Straits Insurance Company, Limited. 3 1 00 Phsres, 820 paid up. Mo recent sales, may be quoted ai 37J nominal. The Singapore Insurance Company Limited -3 IDO Shares; *2O paid up. atNomiutl 22 iMaynard and Company, Limited 100 Shares, fully paid up. Nominal atNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette18860105-11886-01-051pinangazette18860105-1.1.66pinangazette18860105-1.2.12POLITICAL TELEGRAMS.POLITICAL TELEGRAMS. [From our Exchangee J Nish, December 20.—The Commission of Military Attuches of the Groat Powers Uhs arrived st Servo-Bulgarian frontier London, December 21, —Lnd Hartington has written a letter declaring he has no knowledge of any scheme lor gianting Home Role to Ireland, and that his views onNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette18860105-11886-01-051pinangazette18860105-1.1.66pinangazette18860105-1.2.13.1Page 6 Advertisements Column 1Sixth Rack. Winners' Handicap for Ponies A forced baodichp for nil winners of 10 per cfint. of their winnings with $5O. added distance R. C. Entrance $5. JOHN A. BROWN, L’onorary Secretary. Penaeg, Blh Deoetnber 1885.NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette18860105-11886-01-051pinangazette18860105-1.1.77pinangazette18860105-1.2.14.1Page 7 Advertisements Column 1TSB DELI LANSKAT I th s c t®X r< S?,^^,°/ the I CIGAR AND CIGARKTI’B S e?™ n ‘or COMPANY. in the good» of i UNDER THE PATRONAGE Noor Mahomed Mo rican, deceased. jffISyS&f&PKL I Jf OF HI& BXCBLLESCY Pursuant to the Trustees’ and Mortga- I U?l ’jB§ SIR FREDERICKNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette18860105-11886-01-051pinangazette18860105-1.1.88pinangazette18860105-1.2.15.1Page 8 Advertisements Column 1z/S/n 77714/7 We JLk 'puil/l FIU/Klo SANCTIONED BY HER MA JEST Y’S GOVERNMENT. Hzl TER, 1 Protected under the T r ade Mark Act” (38 d 39 Viet, ch. 91). THE NATURAL SODA WATER. Th. qww of table water».' 1 IT' r***— Br,tis,< Mkdwal Joc lu H EA LTH APOLLINARISNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette18860105-11886-01-051pinangazette18860105-1.1.88pinangazette18860105-1.2.15.2Page 8 Advertisements Column 2CLARENDON HOTELS No 2 PENANG HOAD, Seven minutes walk from the Jetty). 'Hie undersigned beg respectfully to in» form the Public that they have purchased tbe above Hotel, and to solicit a fair «hare of patronage and support. Extensive alterations and inprovement. are being made. .Superior accomodation will be offeredNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette18860105-11886-01-051pinangazette18860105-1.1.99pinangazette18860105-1.2.16.1THE PENANG CENTENARY.THE PENANG CENTENARY. At the last Committee Meeting of the Penang Association it was decided that the necessary s eps be taken to call a Public Meeting of the inhabitants of this Settlement to be held iu I the Town Hall on Thursday, the 14th instant, at 3 p Mi,NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette18860105-11886-01-051pinangazette18860105-1.1.99pinangazette18860105-1.2.16.2THE ANNEXATION OF UPPER BURMA.THE ANNEXATION OF UPPER BURMA. On the morning of the Ist instant, the Government of India issued a proclamation in Rangoon announcing the annexation of Upper Burma to the British Flag and an Imperial saiute of 101 guns was fired t» celebrate the event. Ihe dry was observed as aNA

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
Newspaper titlenewspaper_titleText-Title of newspaper
Issue idissue_idText-Issue ID
Issue dateissue_dateText-Issue date
EditioneditionText-Edition
Page idpage_idText-Page ID
Page numberpage_numberText-Page number
Article idarticle_idText-Article ID
Article titlearticle_titleText-Title of article
Article text 1st50wordsarticle_text_1st50wordsText-First 50 words of the article text
ContributorcontributorText-Contributor- an entity that made contributions to the article
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_28b3a85568eb8e82a0c13749afa96061"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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National Library Board. (2024). Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1886 to 1890 (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved November 5, 2024 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_28b3a85568eb8e82a0c13749afa96061/view

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Created on

19 Mar 2024

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Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

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NLB (National Library Board)

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