Newspapers-The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)-1927 to 1931

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Newspapers-The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)-1927 to 1931

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.

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Data from Mar 2024 to Mar 2025

Last updated 2 Apr 2024

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NewspapersTheStraitsEchoMailEdition1927to1931.csv (20.1K rows)

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 Echo (Mail Edition)100.0%	(Null)0.0% straitsechomail19281205-10.9% straitsechomail19300402-10.9% straitsechomail19310902-10.9% straitsechomail19291002-10.8%	(Null)0.0% 5/12/19280.9% 1930-04-020.9% 1931-09-020.9% 2/10/19290.8%	(Null)0.0% 1100.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0% 12.3% 21.2% 6720.2% 8210.2%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)99.7% #NAME?<0.1% .—Reuter.<0.1% Ex.<0.1% S.F.P.<0.1%
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)	straitsechomail19270108-1	8/1/1927	1	straitsechomail19270108-1.1.1	1	straitsechomail19270108-1.2.1	Masthead	The Straits Echo Weekly Edition $7B PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 40 CTS. VOL. 25 PENANG: JANUARY 8, 1927 NO. 1	NA
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)	straitsechomail19270108-1	8/1/1927	1	straitsechomail19270108-1.1.5	3	straitsechomail19270108-1.2.10	BOUSTEAD & CO., LTD.	BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. Rubber Sales Department The market has shown a slightly firmer undertone since the holidays although London stocks were reported 1058 tons up at the week ending 25th instant and now stand at 48,382 tons. There was firm bidding at the Auction held here yesterday, prices realised for	NA
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)	straitsechomail19270108-1	8/1/1927	1	straitsechomail19270108-1.1.5	3	straitsechomail19270108-1.2.11	NEW YEAR HONOURS	NEW YEAR HONOURS FIVE PEERAGES G.C.M.G. FOR GOVERNOR (British Official Wireless) Rugby, January 1 The New Year Honours list was contained in a special supplement to the London Gazette issued last night. THE OFFICIAL LISTS VISCOUNTS CraijL the Rt. Hon. Sir James, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. Sumner, the Rt.	NA
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)	straitsechomail19270108-1	8/1/1927	1	straitsechomail19270108-1.1.5	3	straitsechomail19270108-1.2.12	CHIEF OFFICER CHARGED	CHIEF OFFICER CHARGED Sequel to Incident on the Seistan There was a sequel in the Marine Court on Tuesday afternoon to an incident which occurred on the steamer Seistan the same morning, the chief officer, Mr. J. Macdonald, being charged with being drunk while on duty on the forecastle and	NA
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)	straitsechomail19270108-1	8/1/1927	1	straitsechomail19270108-1.1.6	4	straitsechomail19270108-1.2.13.1	TIN AND RUBBER NOTES	TIN AND RUBBER NOTES (From Out Own Correspondent) London, December 8 Forward rubber sales tables show that in number of cases contracts have be* n placed as far ahead as December 1930 .More than 550 different estates now make comprehensive and c< mplete returns, and additions to the tables are	NA
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)	straitsechomail19270108-1	8/1/1927	1	straitsechomail19270108-1.1.6	4	straitsechomail19270108-1.2.14	POLICE COURT	POLICE COURT Chandu Case In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. C. VV. A. Kennett, the case in which a Chinese 8 charged with unlawful possession of Chandu was mentioned and postponed till to-morrow. Bail of $250 was allowed. Theft A Malay. Ibrahim, pleaded guilty to the theft of	NA
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)	straitsechomail19270108-1	8/1/1927	1	straitsechomail19270108-1.1.6	4	straitsechomail19270108-1.2.15	HONOURS FOR JOHORE)	HONOURS FOR JOHORE) PRESENTATIONS AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE A very large and distinguished gather, ing, fully representative cf official and unofficial society in the Colony and the State of Johore, assembled at Govern, rnent House on Wednesday morning at the invitation of H.E. the Governor and H.H. the Sultan of Johore	NA
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)	straitsechomail19270108-1	8/1/1927	1	straitsechomail19270108-1.1.6	4	straitsechomail19270108-1.2.16	CHINESE CLUB	CHINESE CLUB At the annual general meeting of the hinese Club, McAlister Pvoadi the following gentlemen W’ere elected officebearers President, Mr. Ho Kim Teik (reelected) Hon. Secretary, Mr. Oh Teik Lee (re-elected); Hon. Asst. Secretary, Mr. Choong Lye Hock (re-elected); Hon treasurers, Mr. Ooi Eng Lim and Mr. Lim Lean	NA
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)	straitsechomail19270108-1	8/1/1927	1	straitsechomail19270108-1.1.7	5	straitsechomail19270108-1.2.17	Review of British Trade and Finance in 1926	Review of British Trade and Finance in 1926 By Hargreaves Parkinson, B. Com. (Manager of the Economist” intelligence Branch) (Exclusive To Straits EchoCopy right) 1926 will be remembered as the year of the costliest industrial dispute in British annals. General indications in the opening months were more propitious than at	(Exclusive To Straits EchoCopy right)
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)	straitsechomail19270108-1	8/1/1927	1	straitsechomail19270108-1.1.8	6	straitsechomail19270108-1.2.18	NEW YEAR’S EVE BALL	NEW YEAR’S EVE BALL A siicce-sful ball was held at the E. and O. Hotel, on Friday last, December 31 192(5. Ilurev ns a large gat lu ring dinner an-l the numbers were considerably in-<-rua < d P»r the dance, some six or seven hundred people participating in the festivities	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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dataset_id = "d_66160334994304e9a21d42ae2e32a5c7"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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NewspapersTheStraitsEchoMailEdition1927to1931.csv (20.1K rows)

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