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Newspapers-Malaya Tribune-1950 to 1951

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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NewspapersMalayaTribune1950to1951.csv (59.7K rows, 23.6 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% Malaya Tribune100.0%	(Null)0.0% maltribune19501211-10.6% maltribune19500719-10.5% maltribune19500815-10.5% maltribune19500807-10.5%	(Null)0.0% 11 December 19500.6% 19 July 19500.5% 15 August 19500.5% 7 August 19500.5%	(Null)0.0% 1100.0%	(Null)0.0% maltribune19501014-1.1.10.1% maltribune19510103-1.1.30.1% maltribune19501229-1.1.20.1% maltribune19500906-1.1.130.1%	(Null)0.0% 114.1% 212.6% 312.6% 811.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)<0.1%	(Null)96.7% ALBERT SPENCER0.3% "SPOT0.1% SPOT0.1% ARCHIE QUICK0.1%
Malaya Tribune	maltribune19500103-1	3 January 1950	1	maltribune19500103-1.1.1	1	maltribune19500103-1.2.1	Masthead	MALAYA Tribune QY 77fS PEOPLE FOR 71/E PEOPII Ttfc Tribune* Spore Published simultaneously at Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang d SALES WAN ANY AFFFRNOON PAPER IN MALAYA Phone 5811/3 Nine Un EIGHT PAGE'S SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1950 PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON SEPIiESENTAIIVE E. Maurice Glover,	NA
Malaya Tribune	maltribune19500103-1	3 January 1950	1	maltribune19500103-1.1.1	1	maltribune19500103-1.2.2	G.I'S MAY DEFEND FORMOSA	G.I'S MAY DEFEND FORMOSA CHIANG WILLING TO STEP DOWN A.P. U.P. nKiximfvt Tr„mnn WASHINGTON, Monday. pKI .MUEISiT Truman ls reported lo have reaffirmed American n 3 v toward iormosa which would necessitate the use of \m«riran tllnv to try to prevent the island from falling into Commonr;t ha P The	NA
Malaya Tribune	maltribune19500103-1	3 January 1950	1	maltribune19500103-1.1.1	1	maltribune19500103-1.2.3	BUT TOM LIAO HAS OTHER IDEAS	BUT TOM LIAO HAS OTHER IDEAS U.P. HONGKONG. Mon. Thoina i Liao. President of the Form Re-emancipation toduy urged membei nations of the Far Eastern Commission to occupy the -ttateg'C island, which he claimed as "international soil." Luao. who c'aims to speak for the majority of the "000 Formosans affitmed	NA
Malaya Tribune	maltribune19500103-1	3 January 1950	1	maltribune19500103-1.1.1	1	maltribune19500103-1.2.4	JAVA REDS ISSUE FIRST COMMUNIQUE	JAVA REDS ISSUE FIRST COMMUNIQUE U.P. .'AKAP.rA. Hon k committee cf the li-■.-•:n;' iL"s first r acc the formal establishment of ar. independent Indonesia, a week ago today appealed to the new government to reit- use a.l political prisoners. The communique said many prisoners were sti' ar.d nad .iot been	NA
Malaya Tribune	maltribune19500103-1	3 January 1950	1	maltribune19500103-1.1.1	1	maltribune19500103-1.2.5	Huge Red Army To Assault Hainan	Huge Red Army To Assault Hainan Reuter. S HONGKONG. Mon.—The Comriuni t Command in South Kwjngtung continue poiriog -i into Liuchow PcainsuL I tew miles across Hainan Island, according to Chinese I hi m ts. Ontjssnunist forces there estim tied to nave reached 300.0< X oops, accordi\g to the report*.	NA
Malaya Tribune	maltribune19500103-1	3 January 1950	1	maltribune19500103-1.1.1	1	maltribune19500103-1.2.6	A GLOBE CIRCLING HAT	A GLOBE CIRCLING HAT AQantus Empire Airways Constellation pilot has brought into Singapore a battered straw hat carryins over 100 labels of airline companies with a message: "Hand me on I am going round the world." Th»- hat carries a warning that ill luck may befall any pilot who ignores	NA
Malaya Tribune	maltribune19500103-1	3 January 1950	1	maltribune19500103-1.1.1	1	maltribune19500103-1.2.7	MUSLIMS CELEBRATE	MUSLIMS CELEBRATE Over 8,000 Singapore Muslims, of whom S.OOO were ehiMren celebrated tho birthday anniversary of the Prophet Muhammed at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Picture shows a group of the cnuiren at the celebration.	NA
Malaya Tribune	maltribune19500103-1	3 January 1950	1	maltribune19500103-1.1.1	1	maltribune19500103-1.2.8	'Master 1950' Makes His Bow	'Master 1950' Makes His Bow IF there IBH t a war. he will sec the year 2000, prophesied the niiise at Kandang Kerbau Hospital of Singaporo's first baby this year. P.»r». r >o hasn't got a name yet. But tnat's la-cause he's still brand new. The sen cf a Chinese	NA
Malaya Tribune	maltribune19500103-1	3 January 1950	1	maltribune19500103-1.1.1	1	maltribune19500103-1.2.9	DOWD FLIES BACK	DOWD FLIES BACK After being successfully treated for a eye "infection at the Singapore General Hospital. Mr. Ed. Dowd. American Member oi the United Nations Commission in Indonesia retuined to Jakaita yesterday in a U.S. military aircraft.	NA
Malaya Tribune	maltribune19500103-1	3 January 1950	1	maltribune19500103-1.1.1	1	maltribune19500103-1.2.10	HATTA HERE?	HATTA HERE? Dr. Mohameu Hatta. Prime Minister of Indonesia is due in Singapore at a few minutes after 11 a.m. this morning from Amsterdam. He is returning to Jakarta.	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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This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_786b21b8e9b2e5a9bfbbda09188184a0"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Newspapers-Malaya Tribune-1950 to 1951

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NewspapersMalayaTribune1950to1951.csv (59.7K rows, 23.6 MB)

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