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Newspapers-Malaya Tribune-1945 to 1949

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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NewspapersMalayaTribune1945to1949.csv (194.7K rows, 78.5 MB)

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Malaya Tribunemaltribune19451015-115 October 19451maltribune19451015-1.1.14/1maltribune19451015-1.2.1MastheadThe Malaya Tribune THE NEWSPAPER OF THE PEOPLE OF MALAYA FOUR PAGES MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1945 PRICE 10 CENTS The Malaya Tribune Monday, October 15, 1945NA
Malaya Tribunemaltribune19451015-115 October 19451maltribune19451015-1.1.14/1maltribune19451015-1.2.2EVACUEES IN INDIA RETURN BY AIREVACUEES IN INDIA RETURN BY AIR "CM OWN here from Bombny, an advance party of European, ChiU" A etc and Indian ex-residents of Malaya—representing the first Malayan evacuees in India and Ceylon to return to this country in a group—arrived in Singapore at noon on Saturday, to confer with B.NA
Malaya Tribunemaltribune19451015-115 October 19451maltribune19451015-1.1.14/1maltribune19451015-1.2.3SINGAPORE CHINESE IN INDIASINGAPORE CHINESE IN INDIA list of names of Singapore Chinese now in India, obtained through a member of the advance party of evacuees who returned to Singapore on Saturday is given below: Dr. Ang Swee Hian (.wife and child), present address, Sita Mahal, 64, Walkeswar Road, Bombay; Mrs. Lena Balrd,NA
Malaya Tribunemaltribune19451015-115 October 19451maltribune19451015-1.1.14/1maltribune19451015-1.2.44,000 MALAYANS WANT TO LEAVE INDIA SOON4,000 MALAYANS WANT TO LEAVE INDIA SOON TTTPRE are approximately 4,000 Malayan evacuees I at present in India and 400 in Ceylon. Of the number In India, about 3,700 have registered themselves with the Malayan Association of India, while approximately 200 of the evacuees in Ceylon have had themselves registered.NA
Malaya Tribunemaltribune19451015-115 October 19451maltribune19451015-1.1.14/1maltribune19451015-1.2.5Malayan Journalists, Union SuggestedMalayan Journalists, Union Suggested T HE formation of a JournaA lists' Union, suggested by Mr. O. Strangapani, Editor of the Tamil Murasu, at a dinner he gave at the G. H. Cafe on Saturday night to celebrate the Allied Victory and the restoration of the Freedom of the Press, wasNA
Malaya Tribunemaltribune19451015-115 October 19451maltribune19451015-1.1.14/1maltribune19451015-1.2.6Malayan Evacuees Ask For Speeding Up Repat PlanMalayan Evacuees Ask For Speeding Up Repat Plan IM£Y men whose presence in Malaya would greatly accelerate the return of this country to normal conditions are impatiently waiting in India and Ceylon for repatriation, "in order to get things moving in this country," declared Mr. John Laycock, well-known figure inNA
Malaya Tribunemaltribune19451015-115 October 19451maltribune19451015-1.1.14/1maltribune19451015-1.2.7KILLED BY LOCAL HOOCHKILLED BY LOCAL HOOCH Several Sikhs and Ohirure, the first local civilians believed to have been victims of locally manufactured hooch, died In Singapore last week. Servicemen were the first victims, 20 of them having died after drinking it. The analyst's report on the nature of the poison in theNA
Malaya Tribunemaltribune19451015-115 October 19451maltribune19451015-1.1.14/1maltribune19451015-1.2.8H.K. BANKS RE-OPEN TO-DAYH.K. BANKS RE-OPEN TO-DAY Reuter. Hongkong, Oct. 14. Hongkong banks will reopen tomorrow for domestic banking. New accounts may be ope n d and operated, but old accounts will remain blocked. In Shanghai, restoration of British and other foreign commerce and banking to normal is expected to be acelerated asNA
Malaya Tribunemaltribune19451015-115 October 19451maltribune19451015-1.1.14/1maltribune19451015-1.2.9Stamps On Sale ShortlyStamps On Sale Shortly The first consignment of Malayan stamps has already arrived in Singapore, and is now being sorted out for distribution throughout the Peninsula. The new stamps will not be on sale until officially announced by the authorities.NA
Malaya Tribunemaltribune19451015-115 October 19451maltribune19451015-1.1.14/1maltribune19451015-1.2.10Chinese Form Committee To Collect "Atrocity" EvidenceChinese Form Committee To Collect "Atrocity" Evidence \n available cvuiow c vi jap atrocities committed on the Chinese community of Singapore will be collected and submitted to both Hie Chinese and British Governments by a special sub-committee which will probably be set up today as a result oi a meetingNA

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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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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_35edcd8fbe08f517e1c23470f996dadc"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

National Library Board. (2022). Newspapers-Malaya Tribune-1945 to 1949 (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved November 22, 2024 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_35edcd8fbe08f517e1c23470f996dadc/view

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Created on

28 Sep 2022

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NLB (National Library Board)

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