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Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1899 to 1905

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.

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

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NewspapersPinangGazetteandStraitsChronicle1899to1905.csv (89.4K rows, 37.5 MB)

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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle100.0%
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pinangazette19051023-10.1%
pinangazette19050410-10.1%
pinangazette19041010-10.1%
pinangazette19040218-10.1%
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23/10/19050.1%
10/4/19050.1%
10/10/19040.1%
4/7/19040.1%
(Null)0.0%
1100.0%
(Null)0.0%
pinangazette19000421-1.1.2<0.1%
pinangazette18991215-1.1.3<0.1%
pinangazette19000127-1.1.2<0.1%
pinangazette19000210-1.1.2<0.1%
(Null)0.0%
225.6%
328.4%
415.5%
513.1%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)<0.1%
(Null)92.9%
[Reuter’s Service.]0.7%
[Reuter's Service.]0.3%
[Reuters Service.]0.2%
[Reuter’s Special.]0.2%
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette18990103-11899-01-031pinangazette18990103-1.1.11pinangazette18990103-1.2.1MastheadPinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. E&gt;UBI,ISHEI&gt; DAILY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LVII. Tuesday, 3 rd January, i8 99 No. 1.NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette18990103-11899-01-031pinangazette18990103-1.1.22pinangazette18990103-1.2.10SPECIAL TELEGRAM.SPECIAL TELEGRAM. TELUK ANSON. (31st December) Tin Shipments The shipments to-day arc To Penang, 218 pikuls of tin. To Singapore, 3,249 of ore.NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette18990103-11899-01-031pinangazette18990103-1.1.22pinangazette18990103-1.2.11WARREN'S CIRCUS.WARREN'S CIRCUS. The popular and enterpri-&gt;i g Mr. George Warren arrived Lere to .'ay and is making arrangements foi a in Penarg- The preliminary aiuoiin.ement appears in the advertisii 4. n iinint, and the opening night in all piobability will be Friday. Singapore papers maikedly tefer to the clever andNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette18990103-11899-01-031pinangazette18990103-1.1.22pinangazette18990103-1.2.12WRECK OF THE "PERDANA.â€WRECK OF THE "PERDANA.†News reached here yesterday that the s. s. Peidana, Capt. Hendry, bad gone ashore on the lighthouse spit at Kuala Kwantan on the 27th inst., a message arriving from the Captain in a Malay prahii. The vessel is staled to b? very badly placed, and isNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette18990103-11899-01-031pinangazette18990103-1.1.22pinangazette18990103-1.2.13THE PARSI THEATRICAL COMPANY.THE PARSI THEATRICAL COMPANY. The Parsi Thea'rital Company gave theâ–  play Kamar-ul-Zaman and Badooraâ€Â® last night to a fairly large audience. The 1 p'ay was excellently acted by the entire I 'empany, but special mention ought 1 to be made of the acting of Mr. Bho’a I as the King,NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette18990103-11899-01-031pinangazette18990103-1.1.22pinangazette18990103-1.2.14ALLEGED ASSAULT IN CARNARVON STREET.ALLEGED ASSAULT IN CARNARVON STREET. On Saturday, Lim Cheok Kee wabrought up before Mr. Howard and wal charged with ctiminally-trespassingintoM-Ang Lee Hoc's house and voluntarill causing hurt to the occupier On the ari plication of tlie prosecutor, the case transferred to the First Court, to be trie! together with theNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette18990103-11899-01-031pinangazette18990103-1.1.22pinangazette18990103-1.2.15OUR CIVIL GUARDOUR CIVIL GUARD According to jheTopicist in the Singap Free Proc', therejis something Cl ri-tmas-. about the Penaniproposal for a Civil Guai (not a Volunteer! Arnie 1 Police but ratln a “Fireside Brigadeâ€) in defence of il Hearts and Homes†of fair Genrgetoiv The movement as not tl.e result ofNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette18990103-11899-01-031pinangazette18990103-1.1.22pinangazette18990103-1.2.16THE COURT OF TURIN IN PENANG.THE COURT OF TURIN IN PENANG. Soon after the arrival of the. P. and i s.s Coromandel in Penang harbour. &lt; Stel&lt; ken, Italian Cbnstil, entered 11 eccT'm I steam-laun&lt; h Leo, v;lii&lt;di hail been p ace j at his service by ti e Resident Cornu i fl and wentNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette18990103-11899-01-031pinangazette18990103-1.1.22pinangazette18990103-1.2.17ALLEGED UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLYALLEGED UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY Twenty four Chin\men, of three d'fPj ent clans, but rnrvuly of that &lt;a‘- Lim,†appeared before Mr. Ho"'" r Saturday and weft- severabv with the crime known as unlaw 1 blv†All the defen’ants pleaded guilty." Inspector Stenhouse, l’ n in charge of the cas sn&gt;d helNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette18990103-11899-01-031pinangazette18990103-1.1.22pinangazette18990103-1.2.18.1Page 2 Advertisements Column 1ma q The Most Popular Collection _a D- of Songs Kii’c New Year* Published. Only $2 each. The Globe Song Folio,’ PRITCHARD CO. contains go Popular Songs and Have on view a splendid assort- Duets. ment of ‘The Century Folio of Music, 75 Songs, Pieces and Dances. Silver Ware, Electroplate,NA

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Unit of measure
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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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National Library Board. (2024). Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1899 to 1905 (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved November 22, 2024 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_2a81c69204884bcb90870217cf8baad6/view

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20 Mar 2024

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