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Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1936 to 1941

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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NewspapersPinangGazetteandStraitsChronicle1936to1941.csv (242.9K rows, 105.9 MB)

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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19360102-12/1/19361pinangazette19360102-1.1.11pinangazette19360102-1.2.1MastheadPinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 1. Vol. XCIV. THURSDAY. JANUARY 2, 1936. PRICE 10 CENTS.NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19360102-12/1/19361pinangazette19360102-1.1.11pinangazette19360102-1.2.10MR. MALCOLM MACDONALDMR. MALCOLM MACDONALD meeting again at end of the w'eek.- —Rugby Radio Service. Chances In Ross And Cromarty By-election London, December 31. It is reported that the Conservative Associations in Ross and Cromarty where a by-election will be necessitated by the resignation of the National Liberal member, Sir lan Macpherson,meeting again at end of the w'eek.-—Rugby Radio Service.
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19360102-12/1/19361pinangazette19360102-1.1.11pinangazette19360102-1.2.11NEW LAWSNEW LAWS Rugby Radio Service. Changes In Legal Status Of Married Women London, December 31. A number of new laws will come into force tomorrow on the first day of the year. The Counterfeit Currency Act, which comes into operation, gives effect to the 1929 international convention for suppression ofRugby Radio Service.
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19360102-12/1/19361pinangazette19360102-1.1.11pinangazette19360102-1.2.12.1Page 1 Advertisements Column 11 M TOKISATSU ARTISTIC PHOTOGRAPHERS ISo. 68-70, Bi»hop Street, PEAAMU iNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19360102-12/1/19361pinangazette19360102-1.1.11pinangazette19360102-1.2.12.2Page 1 Advertisements Column 2New Smooth, White SkinIk A HI in Three Days Enlarged. Pores and Blackheads rt f the driest skin is toned up and freshened. CjtOZie 2*Oret^er• Oiliness and shiny nose are also completely banished. Unsightly blackheads, pimples, blotches, Creme Tokalon Skinfood White Colour rough skin-scales and sallow darkened (non greasy) nowNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19360102-12/1/19361pinangazette19360102-1.1.11pinangazette19360102-1.2.12.3Page 1 Advertisements Column 3CHANGE OVER TO ROLLEIFLEX and you will change no more.NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19360102-12/1/19361pinangazette19360102-1.1.22pinangazette19360102-1.2.13.1Page 2 Advertisements Column 1RATES FOR CASUAL BANKS YOU ARE PLANNING A TOUR ADVERTISEMENTS j DIAIMJKHjk choose a beautiful country with HONG KONG AND THE MERCANTILE BANK TOPPING /V TURES p All communications relating to I SHANGHAI BANKING OF INDIA, LIMITED. I Easl Y aC e rom enan 9 •advertisements should be addressed toNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19360102-12/1/19361pinangazette19360102-1.1.33pinangazette19360102-1.2.14AUSTRALIAN PASTORALAUSTRALIAN PASTORAL Effects Of Drought PROSPECTS FOR CURRENT YEAR The ordinary general meeting of Australian Pastoral Company, Ltd., was held at Southern House, E.C., Lord Hunsdon (chairman) presiding. The Chairman, in the course of his address, said: The whole story of the year may be described as a prolonged, and,NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19360102-12/1/19361pinangazette19360102-1.1.33pinangazette19360102-1.2.15AUSTRALIAN EXTERNAL RELATIONSAUSTRALIAN EXTERNAL RELATIONS DEPARTMENT TO BE ENLARGED On account of the growing participation of Australia in international affairs, the ’Federal Cabinet, it is announced, is reorganizing the Department of External Affairs and increasing the staff. The Department will be divided into two sections. One will be concerned with external politicalNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19360102-12/1/19361pinangazette19360102-1.1.33pinangazette19360102-1.2.16WIFE LOST LOOKS, IS AWARDED £2,392WIFE LOST LOOKS, IS AWARDED £2,392 Mr. Justice Hawke, at Birmingham Assizes on Dec. 20th, awarded £2.392 damages to a married woman—injured in a motor J accident —of whom he said:— “The w r orst injury she received was woeful disfigurement of the face. I It would not be anNA

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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_80a623950e82ff14b5bf26518cbdd310"
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-1936 to 1941 (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved November 22, 2024 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_80a623950e82ff14b5bf26518cbdd310/view

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20 Mar 2024

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