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Newspapers-Malaya Tribune-1950 to 1951

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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NewspapersMalayaTribune1950to1951.csv (59.7K rows, 23.6 MB)

Newspaper title
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Issue id
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Issue date
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Edition
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Page id
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Page number
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Article id
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Article title
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Article text 1st50words
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Contributor
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(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 Tribunemaltribune19500103-13 January 19501maltribune19500103-1.1.11maltribune19500103-1.2.1MastheadMALAYA 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 Tribunemaltribune19500103-13 January 19501maltribune19500103-1.1.11maltribune19500103-1.2.2G.I'S MAY DEFEND FORMOSAG.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 TheNA
Malaya Tribunemaltribune19500103-13 January 19501maltribune19500103-1.1.11maltribune19500103-1.2.3BUT TOM LIAO HAS OTHER IDEASBUT 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 affitmedNA
Malaya Tribunemaltribune19500103-13 January 19501maltribune19500103-1.1.11maltribune19500103-1.2.4JAVA REDS ISSUE FIRST COMMUNIQUEJAVA 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 beenNA
Malaya Tribunemaltribune19500103-13 January 19501maltribune19500103-1.1.11maltribune19500103-1.2.5Huge Red Army To Assault HainanHuge 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&lt; X oops, accordi\g to the report*.NA
Malaya Tribunemaltribune19500103-13 January 19501maltribune19500103-1.1.11maltribune19500103-1.2.6A GLOBE CIRCLING HATA 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 ignoresNA
Malaya Tribunemaltribune19500103-13 January 19501maltribune19500103-1.1.11maltribune19500103-1.2.7MUSLIMS CELEBRATEMUSLIMS 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 Tribunemaltribune19500103-13 January 19501maltribune19500103-1.1.11maltribune19500103-1.2.8'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 &gt;o hasn't got a name yet. But tnat's la-cause he's still brand new. The sen cf a ChineseNA
Malaya Tribunemaltribune19500103-13 January 19501maltribune19500103-1.1.11maltribune19500103-1.2.9DOWD FLIES BACKDOWD 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 Tribunemaltribune19500103-13 January 19501maltribune19500103-1.1.11maltribune19500103-1.2.10HATTA 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

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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Sample OpenAPI query

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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())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

National Library Board. (2022). Newspapers-Malaya Tribune-1950 to 1951 (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved November 5, 2024 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_786b21b8e9b2e5a9bfbbda09188184a0/view

About this dataset

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ref@nlb.gov.sg

Created on

28 Sep 2022

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

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NLB (National Library Board)

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