Newspapers-The Straits Chronicle-1945 to 1946

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Newspapers-The Straits Chronicle-1945 to 1946

NLB (National Library Board)

This dataset is a list of digitised newspaper articles published 70 years ago or longer 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

Data from Mar 2024 to Mar 2025

Last updated 6 Jun 2024

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NewspapersTheStraitsChronicle1945to1946.csv (4.7K rows, 2 MB)

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% The Straits Chronicle100.0%	(Null)0.0% straitschronicle19460404-10.7% straitschronicle19460507-10.6% straitschronicle19451010-10.5% straitschronicle19460226-10.5%	(Null)0.0% 4/4/19460.7% 7/5/19460.6% 4/6/19460.5% 11/5/19460.5%	(Null)0.0% 1100.0%	(Null)0.0% straitschronicle19460404-1.1.20.4% straitschronicle19460611-1.1.20.4% straitschronicle19460507-1.1.20.4% straitschronicle19460510-1.1.20.4%	(Null)0.0% 138.1% 261.9%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)93.5% —Reuter.0.8% .—Reuter.0.8% A.P.0.6% —A.P.0.5%
The Straits Chronicle	straitschronicle19450919-1	19/9/1945	1	straitschronicle19450919-1.1.1	1	straitschronicle19450919-1.2.1	Masthead	The Straits Chronicle No. 1. MALACCA, WEDNESDAY, SEITEMBER 19, 1945. lft Cts.	NA
The Straits Chronicle	straitschronicle19450919-1	19/9/1945	1	straitschronicle19450919-1.1.1	1	straitschronicle19450919-1.2.2	LIEUT.-COL. LUCKHAM’S ASSURING MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE OF MALACCA	LIEUT.-COL. LUCKHAM’S ASSURING MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE OF MALACCA Thousands of the local population assembled at the various Public Broadeast points yesterday evening- when the first message of Lieut. Col. H. A. L. Luckham, Administrator for Civil Affairs Malacca, was released by the local British Military Administration. The text of	NA
The Straits Chronicle	straitschronicle19450919-1	19/9/1945	1	straitschronicle19450919-1.1.1	1	straitschronicle19450919-1.2.3	BRITISH MILITARY ADMINISTRATION	BRITISH MILITARY ADMINISTRATION Lt.-( ol. H. A. L. Luckham As Uivil Administrator s unday. September 16, will go down 1,1 the annals of Malacca as an aus- !"< ious day of great rejoicing and jubilation when the local people of all aces, creed «and stations in life were agog with	NA
The Straits Chronicle	straitschronicle19450919-1	19/9/1945	1	straitschronicle19450919-1.1.1	1	straitschronicle19450919-1.2.4	British Military Administration, Malaya	British Military Administration, Malaya PROCLAMATION NO. 1 A PROCLAMATION TO ESTABLISH A MILITARY ADMINISTRATION by reason of military necessity and for the prevention and suppression of disorder and the maintenance of public safety it is necessary to place the territories ot the Settlements of Singapore, Penang and Malacca, all islands	NA
The Straits Chronicle	straitschronicle19450919-1	19/9/1945	1	straitschronicle19450919-1.1.2	2	straitschronicle19450919-1.2.5.1	RIGHT HAS PREVAILED	RIGHT HAS PREVAILED •Absence male tb* b«r. lijnber may be a commonplace «d- k mi,,al's.Vrr,tu'r if Japan can,o to auddenly that people i of that human SLliw* rw. -y-h h ->' mercifully liberated fro," a ruthl re n of blood, sweat and tears. ,his hour of liberation it behoves J	NA
The Straits Chronicle	straitschronicle19450919-1	19/9/1945	1	straitschronicle19450919-1.1.2	2	straitschronicle19450919-1.2.6	EVACUEES TO REPORT	EVACUEES TO REPORT The Malacca Secretariat of the 8.M.A., is registering the names of ■evacuees w'ho arrived in this State, and ajl persons who come under the catejr >ry of evacuees are advised to submit the necessary particulars: Name, Address, Race, Employment, No. of Family, Destination etc., at the earliest	NA
The Straits Chronicle	straitschronicle19450919-1	19/9/1945	1	straitschronicle19450919-1.1.2	2	straitschronicle19450919-1.2.7	SCHOOLS TO REOPEN SOON	SCHOOLS TO REOPEN SOON Making an official statement on the meeting of headmasters of local schools f eld at the British Military Administration Headquarters Malacca, this morning. Lieut. Col. H. A. L. Luckham the Administrator for Civil Affairs declared. Arrangements will be made to re- open schools as soon as	NA
The Straits Chronicle	straitschronicle19450919-1	19/9/1945	1	straitschronicle19450919-1.1.2	2	straitschronicle19450919-1.2.8	RADIO NEWS BREVITIES	RADIO NEWS BREVITIES Price Of Rubber Fixed Singapore, Sept. 18. Singapore Naval Base which was a pvide to the Royal Navy at Singapore n 1941, will take some months before it can be put into full operation. At present 3 500 Japanese are working under'the supervision of 20 Officers and	NA
The Straits Chronicle	straitschronicle19450919-1	19/9/1945	1	straitschronicle19450919-1.1.2	2	straitschronicle19450919-1.2.9.1	Page 2 Advertisements Column 1	Govt. Servants Pensioners To Be Paid An official circular has been issued b> the local Administrator for Civil Affairs to the effect that all government serv ants and pensioners who were on the approved scheme on January 81, 1241, wil be paid three months’ salary amounting to a maximum of	NA
The Straits Chronicle	straitschronicle19450920-1	20/9/1945	1	straitschronicle19450920-1.1.1	1	straitschronicle19450920-1.2.1	Masthead	The Straits Chronicle No. 2. MALACCA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1945. 10 els.	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_362cc124d3971ee36e7e47a3b4c4d02f"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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NewspapersTheStraitsChronicle1945to1946.csv (4.7K rows, 2 MB)

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