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Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1838 to 1839

Data from Feb 2024 to Feb 2025Updated 6 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.

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NewspapersPinangGazetteandStraitsChronicle1838to1839.csv (1K rows, 432.2 KB)

Newspaper title Text	Issue id Text	Issue date Text	Edition Text	Page id Text	Page number Text	Article id Text	Article title Text	Article text 1st50words Text	Contributor Text
(Null)0.0% Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle100.0%	(Null)0.0% pinangazette18381103-13.1% pinangazette18380616-12.9% pinangazette18381027-12.8% pinangazette18390316-12.8%	(Null)0.0% 1838-11-033.1% 1838-06-162.9% 1838-10-272.8% 1839-03-162.8%	(Null)0.0% 1100.0%	(Null)0.0% pinangazette18381013-1.1.31.2% pinangazette18381103-1.1.21.1% pinangazette18390216-1.1.11.1% pinangazette18380519-1.1.11.0%	(Null)0.0% 130.9% 219.9% 326.1% 422.2%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)84.0% —lbid.0.4% shall at a f uture period be fully realized.—Englishman0.4% #NAME?0.3% .—lbid.0.3%
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle	pinangazette18380407-1	1838-04-07	1	pinangazette18380407-1.1.1	1	pinangazette18380407-1.2.1	Masthead	PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE VOL. 1. SATURDAY MORNING, 7th APRIL, 1838. NO. 1.	NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle	pinangazette18380407-1	1838-04-07	1	pinangazette18380407-1.1.3	3	pinangazette18380407-1.2.10	EXPORTS.	EXPORTS. By the Burk L t Denise, t > France, Cleared 36th March.—T\n 7<)() pls. By the Bfiy Fly, to Malacca and Singapore.— Tin 65 piculs and 26 catties, Maulmaiu Rice 25 coyans, Gram 20 bags, Leaf Tobacco 2 piculs, Cockles 10 do. BY NATIVE CRAFT. From the 30th ultimo	NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle	pinangazette18380407-1	1838-04-07	1	pinangazette18380407-1.1.4	4	pinangazette18380407-1.2.11	PINING GAZETTE STRAITS CHRONICLE PRICE CURRENT.	PINING GAZETTE STRAITS CHRONICLE PRICE CURRENT. SATURDAY MORNING, 7th APRIL 1838. Pinang being a Free Port, there are no Duties on Imports or Exports, and no Port Charges on Vessels. European imports are sold for ready Cash, or at a credit seldom exceeding 3 months, and all Produce purchased from	NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle	pinangazette18380407-1	1838-04-07	1	pinangazette18380407-1.1.4	4	pinangazette18380407-1.2.12	COMMERCIAL REMARKS.	COMMERCIAL REMARKS. IMPORTS FROM EUROPE. Cotton Manufactures—As the Acheen traders have not yet begun to arrive the demand continues languid. There have been sundry imports by the Malacca Brigs from Singapore since our last, and sales of White and Grey Shirtings have been effected at bare prices for cash. The	NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle	pinangazette18380407-1	1838-04-07	1	pinangazette18380407-1.1.4	4	pinangazette18380407-1.2.13	Premia of Insurance.	Premia of Insurance. To Europe (not north of Great Britain J3i per cent. do north of ditto 4 Americas and New South W ales 3 Cape of Good Hope and Bt. Heiaua ’3 Bout but, and Isle of France 3 Tenassernn provinces Calcutta 14 Madias 11 Bombay 1 China 4	NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle	pinangazette18380407-1	1838-04-07	1	pinangazette18380407-1.1.4	4	pinangazette18380407-1.2.14	Shipping in the Harbour	Shipping in the Harbour Vessel's Names. 1 Ths 1 Commanders. Agents. J\| Natives f Destination. i air bhip Caudry ♦03 Inrhy Salyman 'IV. C. Sumatra. Schr Blake 30\|Mowteng <lo Uncertain Brig Arum 1 19 W. Smart T. Bacon Esn. VV. C Sumatra. Su/ree i 91 We (Juan Hing Urn Thong	NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle	pinangazette18380407-1	1838-04-07	1	pinangazette18380407-1.1.1	1	pinangazette18380407-1.2.15	DEATH	DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE. DEATH. On Saturday the 31st ultimo, Charles, the Infant Son of Mr. Assistant Apothecary G. P. Boyd, aged 17 days.	NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle	pinangazette18380407-1	1838-04-07	1	pinangazette18380407-1.1.1	1	pinangazette18380407-1.2.2	SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.	SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. April 2. Brig liar let, Lim Kong Eng, from Singapore 21st and Malacca-'4th March. Bn: Ma. i u ,G. Patterson, from Singapoie 22d and Malacca 27th March. 4. Brig Catheiine, Fan Bo Leok, from Singapore Ibih ditto and Malacca Ist April. 5. Ship 1) cn an, J.	NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle	pinangazette18380407-1	1838-04-07	1	pinangazette18380407-1.1.1	1	pinangazette18380407-1.2.3	CORRESPONDENCE	CORRESPONDENCE To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette. Sir, As your journal has ever been the warm advocate for public improvements, I am sure you will lend a helping hand to any suggestions that may be offered with that intent. Allow me through your columns to call public notice to	NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle	pinangazette18380407-1	1838-04-07	1	pinangazette18380407-1.1.1	1	pinangazette18380407-1.2.4	FREE SCHOOL RERORT 1837.	FREE SCHOOL RERORT 1837. The Committee of the Penang Free Schools submit to the Subscribers and Friends of the Institution, and the Public in general, a brief statement of the present state of the School and of the receipts and disbursements during the past year. There are at present in	NA

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Newspaper title	newspaper_title	Text	-	Title of newspaper
Issue id	issue_id	Text	-	Issue ID
Issue date	issue_date	Text	-	Issue date
Edition	edition	Text	-	Edition
Page id	page_id	Text	-	Page ID
Page number	page_number	Text	-	Page number
Article id	article_id	Text	-	Article ID
Article title	article_title	Text	-	Title of article
Article text 1st50words	article_text_1st50words	Text	-	First 50 words of the article text
Contributor	contributor	Text	-	Contributor- an entity that made contributions to the article

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_29c621045011e19ccff74461ef4d67ac"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1838 to 1839

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NewspapersPinangGazetteandStraitsChronicle1838to1839.csv (1K rows, 432.2 KB)

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