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Newspapers-The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle-1894 to 1896

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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NewspapersTheStraitsIndependentandPenangChronicle1894to1896.csv (1.9K rows, 926.6 KB)

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 Independent and Penang Chronicle100.0%	(Null)0.0% straitsindependent18940214-11.8% straitsindependent18940414-11.8% straitsindependent18940103-11.8% straitsindependent18940117-11.8%	(Null)0.0% 14 April 18941.8% 14 February 18941.8% 23 May 18941.8% 3 January 18941.8%	(Null)0.0% 1100.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0% 210.7% 419.0% 523.5% 616.2%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)100.0%
The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle	straitsindependent18940103-1	3 January 1894	1	straitsindependent18940103-1.1.1	1	straitsindependent18940103-1.2.1	Masthead	The Straits Independent AND PENANG CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY EVENINGS. i/moil!20 Cents. Price 2‘> Cents. VOL. YI. PENANG, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1894. No. 454	NA
The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle	straitsindependent18940103-1	3 January 1894	1	straitsindependent18940103-1.1.1	1	straitsindependent18940103-1.2.2.1	Page 1 Advertisements Column 1	H, 8 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIShTION COMPANY, LIMITED. ',p‘\!lVnm''rf E iaoo KOMINKLIJKE PAKETVAAPT ’UkATSCHAPPU. compant^mued. Capital £3,000,000. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS* established iss3. Accumulated Invested Fund5...£2,833.118. r»»O/.„ 7 Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. 1 Hl<j undersigned, being the appointed Capital fully Subscribed agents of this Company, are authorized	NA
The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle	straitsindependent18940103-1	3 January 1894	1	straitsindependent18940103-1.1.2	2	straitsindependent18940103-1.2.3	THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE COLONIAL SECRETARY’S LETTER.	THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE COLONIAL SECRETARY’S LETTER. After careful consideration —Air. Wright will pardon us for giving him credit for such a course of the Colonial Secretary’s letter nnent the recent “election,” (lit? Chairman of the Penang Chamber of Commerce has now called a special general meeting of	NA
The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle	straitsindependent18940103-1	3 January 1894	1	straitsindependent18940103-1.1.2	2	straitsindependent18940103-1.2.4	THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW.	THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW. Theue is very little fco he said in favour of the year that has just come to a close, as far is this Colony i 3 concerned, and still less to be expected from that upon which we have now entered. 1893 is a	NA
The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle	straitsindependent18940103-1	3 January 1894	1	straitsindependent18940103-1.1.2	2	straitsindependent18940103-1.2.5	THE NEW RULE CONCERNING LICENSED HOUSES.	THE NEW RULE CONCERNING LICENSED HOUSES. Tim proprietors of all iho minor public houses in Singapore have, we are informed, presented a peti t.ion to 11. F. the Acting Governor, praying that llule No 9, made on the 9i h November last, for the management of Houses licensed under section	NA
The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle	straitsindependent18940103-1	3 January 1894	1	straitsindependent18940103-1.1.2	2	straitsindependent18940103-1.2.6	MR. W. H. READ ON THE C. D. O.	MR. W. H. READ ON THE C. D. O. The following letter to the Fffi'or nppeurs in the Straits Times of the 291! i uU.o. London 2 8th November. Stir —Somewhere about. a year auro, when writing about the health of the Troops in the Straits Settlements, you qualified some	NA
The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle	straitsindependent18940103-1	3 January 1894	1	straitsindependent18940103-1.1.2	2	straitsindependent18940103-1.2.7.1	Page 2 Advertisements Column 1	THE STRAITS INDEPENDENT. PCliUSilKii EVHI WKOMSSSt.Vi AMI MTII! MV ETEXIMi. K>* TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Per Annum t 2.00 m Half-year “o> Quarter Single copy twenty cents. IF IA 11) IN AItKEA K 5 for three months, after which term the paper will only be supplied on payment	NA
The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle	straitsindependent18940103-1	3 January 1894	1	straitsindependent18940103-1.1.3	3	straitsindependent18940103-1.2.8	A NEW DEPARTURE.	A NEW DEPARTURE. E. r C. Egress» Many years ago two Straits Settlements residents were discussing the probability of the railway invading the Malay Peninsula. “A railway in Malacca said the one in reply to the somewhat sanguine forecast of ids companion, to whom a line from Singapore to Calcutta	NA
The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle	straitsindependent18940103-1	3 January 1894	1	straitsindependent18940103-1.1.3	3	straitsindependent18940103-1.2.9	ENGLAND AND THE FRANCO-RUSSIAN ALLIANCE.	ENGLAND AND THE FRANCO-RUSSIAN ALLIANCE. An American View. The belief that the power most threatened by the Franco-Russian alliance is England and not the Triple Alliance is rapidly growing. It is in Egypt, the Indian frontier, iu Tamper, or in some other region of international questions that the new influence	NA
The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle	straitsindependent18940103-1	3 January 1894	1	straitsindependent18940103-1.1.3	3	straitsindependent18940103-1.2.10	JAPAN GOING ON A GOLD BASIS.	JAPAN GOING ON A GOLD BASIS. The Hongkong Daily Press in commenting upon the telegram that Lord Herschell’s Committe is considering the t n question of rendering the Japanese Yen a legal tender iu that colony, says it is doubtful whether yens will he available much longer. It is reported	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_722c16f37860ad31d697d609c7f81be1"
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. (2022). Newspapers-The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle-1894 to 1896 (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved November 22, 2024 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_722c16f37860ad31d697d609c7f81be1/view

Newspapers-The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle-1894 to 1896

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