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Newspapers-The Straits Chronicle-1945 to 1946

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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NewspapersTheStraitsChronicle1945to1946.csv (4.7K rows, 2 MB)

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straitschronicle19460404-10.7%
straitschronicle19460507-10.6%
straitschronicle19451010-10.5%
straitschronicle19460226-10.5%
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7/5/19460.6%
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11/5/19460.5%
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1100.0%
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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%
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(Null)93.5%
—Reuter.0.8%
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A.P.0.6%
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The Straits Chroniclestraitschronicle19450919-119/9/19451straitschronicle19450919-1.1.11straitschronicle19450919-1.2.1MastheadThe Straits Chronicle No. 1. MALACCA, WEDNESDAY, SEITEMBER 19, 1945. lft Cts.NA
The Straits Chroniclestraitschronicle19450919-119/9/19451straitschronicle19450919-1.1.11straitschronicle19450919-1.2.2LIEUT.-COL. LUCKHAM’S ASSURING MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE OF MALACCALIEUT.-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 ofNA
The Straits Chroniclestraitschronicle19450919-119/9/19451straitschronicle19450919-1.1.11straitschronicle19450919-1.2.3BRITISH MILITARY ADMINISTRATIONBRITISH 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 withNA
The Straits Chroniclestraitschronicle19450919-119/9/19451straitschronicle19450919-1.1.11straitschronicle19450919-1.2.4British Military Administration, MalayaBritish 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 islandsNA
The Straits Chroniclestraitschronicle19450919-119/9/19451straitschronicle19450919-1.1.22straitschronicle19450919-1.2.5.1RIGHT HAS PREVAILEDRIGHT 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* r*w.* -y-h h ->' mercifully liberated fro," a ruthl re n of blood, sweat and tears. ,his hour of liberation it behoves JNA
The Straits Chroniclestraitschronicle19450919-119/9/19451straitschronicle19450919-1.1.22straitschronicle19450919-1.2.6EVACUEES TO REPORTEVACUEES 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 earliestNA
The Straits Chroniclestraitschronicle19450919-119/9/19451straitschronicle19450919-1.1.22straitschronicle19450919-1.2.7SCHOOLS TO REOPEN SOONSCHOOLS 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 asNA
The Straits Chroniclestraitschronicle19450919-119/9/19451straitschronicle19450919-1.1.22straitschronicle19450919-1.2.8RADIO NEWS BREVITIESRADIO 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 andNA
The Straits Chroniclestraitschronicle19450919-119/9/19451straitschronicle19450919-1.1.22straitschronicle19450919-1.2.9.1Page 2 Advertisements Column 1Govt. 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 ofNA
The Straits Chroniclestraitschronicle19450920-120/9/19451straitschronicle19450920-1.1.11straitschronicle19450920-1.2.1MastheadThe Straits Chronicle No. 2. MALACCA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1945. 10 els.NA

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_362cc124d3971ee36e7e47a3b4c4d02f"
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. (2024). Newspapers-The Straits Chronicle-1945 to 1946 (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved November 5, 2024 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_362cc124d3971ee36e7e47a3b4c4d02f/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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