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Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1926 to 1930

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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NewspapersPinangGazetteandStraitsChronicle1926to1930.csv (154.4K rows, 66.1 MB)

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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle100.0%
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pinangazette19290418-10.1%
pinangazette19301003-10.1%
pinangazette19301211-10.1%
pinangazette19300218-10.1%
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18/4/19290.1%
3/10/19300.1%
11/12/19300.1%
18/2/19300.1%
(Null)0.0%
1100.0%
(Null)0.0%
pinangazette19260114-1.1.7<0.1%
pinangazette19260119-1.1.9<0.1%
pinangazette19260222-1.1.9<0.1%
pinangazette19271020-1.1.6<0.1%
(Null)0.0%
611.2%
913.4%
108.9%
118.9%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)<0.1%
(Null)88.1%
—Reuter.1.8%
Reuter.1.5%
(Rugby Radio Service.)1.1%
.—Reuter.1.1%
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19260102-12/1/19261pinangazette19260102-1.1.11pinangazette19260102-1.2.1MastheadPinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 1. VOL. LXXXIV. SATURDAY, 2nd JANUARY 1926. PRIOR 15 OENTS.NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19260102-12/1/19261pinangazette19260102-1.1.33pinangazette19260102-1.2.10.1Page 3 Advertisements Column 1j* Jljwß WWIMMwi Major. &fcr Army Club Cigarettes SANDHURST size sO’s in airtight tins 9n jurfie. *tMed iice jxfafc Cavanders Ltd., pioneers of Hygienic Cigarette Packing. Estd. 1775 amuunoi;iUUiiiiiniuiiunnn)iupjkiuuu!iiiHUiummuuwiuuiwiiii:&lt;iiiiiH!i:i;iiiiiiuiiiiiuiuiiii.ii;iiniiii;i:iHiiniiiii A W&gt;swH &lt;Q jjg Let Wincarnis build you up again —it won’t let you down! After the fiu or other illness,NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19260102-12/1/19261pinangazette19260102-1.1.33pinangazette19260102-1.2.10.2Page 3 Advertisements Column 21/ART/ns M/* PILLS. I APIOL STEEL R Sureandcertain for all Female I complaints. Every lady should a keep a box in the house. B Chemists and Stores sell them throughout the world. Proprietor MARTIN, Ciramist, Soatkaraptaa, Eaflaai. BOOKS YOU WANT. We cau supply them Buy from u« tod save money.NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19260102-12/1/19261pinangazette19260102-1.1.33pinangazette19260102-1.2.10.3Page 3 Advertisements Column 3'~-‘5 r' (gx dl i Osh Bk i i I I Robinson Pianos Better value than ever. E Specially manufactured for the tropics. E f From $6OO Cash, or Deferred 1 Payments. Robinson Piano Co., j PENANG. I “NERVINUS†(WITH GOLD) A REAL ELIXIR OF LIFE FOR YOUNG AND OLD.NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19260102-12/1/19261pinangazette19260102-1.1.44pinangazette19260102-1.2.11THE “RED†CLIDE.THE “RED†CLIDE. COMMUNISM AND THE “WILD MEN. A DIFFERENCE. By T, L. Scott. It is not always obvious at the outset of a fight for a bad cause that the ultimate result must necessarily be evil but it has been proved beyond doubt that a bad cause has alwaysNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19260102-12/1/19261pinangazette19260102-1.1.44pinangazette19260102-1.2.12HAPPY LITTLE ORPHANS.HAPPY LITTLE ORPHANS. DELIGHTFUL CHRISTMAS TREAT. Penang Convent. 01 New Year’s Day the little orphans of the Convent had their Christmas-Tree treat. F&lt;&gt;r a long time they had been looking forward to it and wondered what surprises they would have. Many had written to Santa Claus long letters containing aNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19260102-12/1/19261pinangazette19260102-1.1.44pinangazette19260102-1.2.13RAGGED ROBE.RAGGED ROBE. EX-MAYORESS COMPLAINS. When Mrs. Catherine Aiderton, Colchester’s first woman mayor, complained to the Town Council of the shabbiness of the mayoral robe, Councillor Cockburn suggested that the Museum Committee should make an offer of the. old robe. Mrs. Aiderton declared that when she attended functions in other townsNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19260102-12/1/19261pinangazette19260102-1.1.44pinangazette19260102-1.2.14.1OMNIBUS INCIDENT.OMNIBUS INCIDENT. [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette J Sir, —I have read your editorii’s as well as the evidence and finding of the Municipal Omnibus Incident and regret to observe that a common conductor can say to a lady, If you were a man I would pull youNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19260102-12/1/19261pinangazette19260102-1.1.44pinangazette19260102-1.2.15NEW YEAR FESTIVITIESNEW YEAR FESTIVITIES HAPPY GATHERING AT E. AND O. Over seven hundred people joined in the festivities at the E, and O. on New Year’s Eve and five hund-ed of them sat down to the dinner. Crackers were served out to the diners and novelty hats distributed tn clothe dignityNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19260102-12/1/19261pinangazette19260102-1.1.44pinangazette19260102-1.2.16TRAINING NOTESTRAINING NOTES IMPRESSIONS FROM THE COURSE. The race course was too hard for spirited galloping this morning, and trainers for the most part wisely rested their charges. Tigablas, looking in fi Ue trim, was walked round chafing his rein but Son of Erin, with Syde Abi up, made joyful workNA

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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_5dcdd526f0628d4761a5e60b8ba1de79"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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National Library Board. (2024). Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1926 to 1930 (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved November 22, 2024 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_5dcdd526f0628d4761a5e60b8ba1de79/view

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Created on

19 Mar 2024

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