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Newspapers-The Straits Maritime Journal and General News-1895 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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NewspapersTheStraitsMaritimeJournalandGeneralNews1895to1896.csv (3.5K rows, 1.5 MB)

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1 March 18950.8%
15 March 18950.8%
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114.9%
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520.4%
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(Null)98.4%
W. PRIDEAUX NAISH0.2%
Robert Wilson0.1%
THE BOATSWAIN0.1%
Larry Lynx<0.1%
The Straits Maritime Journal and General Newsstraitsmaritime18950104-14 January 18951straitsmaritime18950104-1.1.11straitsmaritime18950104-1.2.1MastheadTHE Straits Maritime Journal AND GENERAL NEWS. PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY. VOL. 1. NO. 14. PENANG, 4TH JANU4RY, 1895. PRICE 20 CENTS.NA
The Straits Maritime Journal and General Newsstraitsmaritime18950104-14 January 18951straitsmaritime18950104-1.1.11straitsmaritime18950104-1.2.2.1Page 1 Advertisements Column 1BOLS GIN ;h. j. martyn AND His AGENTS. GOSLING Co. OCEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY’S Departures from England. are prepared to supply Ships in Harbour TT T&gt; ntl 1 Steamer From. Will sail. Left Suez ue 1 renang. PROVISIONS, SPIRITS, k WINES I IT s„v. a CV'lop, d„ l’yrrkut do jNA
The Straits Maritime Journal and General Newsstraitsmaritime18950104-14 January 18951straitsmaritime18950104-1.1.11straitsmaritime18950104-1.2.2.2Page 1 Advertisements Column 2JOHANNIS The King of Natural Table Waters,'and DEWAR’S WHISKY. Martyn, Penang.NA
The Straits Maritime Journal and General Newsstraitsmaritime18950104-14 January 18951straitsmaritime18950104-1.1.22straitsmaritime18950104-1.2.3.1Page 2 Advertisements Column 1JtrUish India Steam Narit/a- j PRITCHARD CO. ttm Co. ZM. j» x g, g. Monmouttisliire and S. S. “Java,” SERVICES FROM PENANG STOCKS COMPLETELY LARGELY RE.Ni3W.3DWeekly -—To Singapore, van LISTS r dsr mm: on gooft and Calcutta, Mouimem application. Negapatam, «ft!#/**® Karikal, Porto Novo, Pondi- “TUKRMIDOR.’ cherry and Madras, Wines,NA
The Straits Maritime Journal and General Newsstraitsmaritime18950104-14 January 18951straitsmaritime18950104-1.1.33straitsmaritime18950104-1.2.4MARKET QUOTATIONS.MARKET QUOTATIONS. Penang, 4th January 1895. Tin $35.25. White Pepper 12 20—sellers. Black Pepper 8.50 do. Nutmegs 90. do. Mace No. I 80.— do. Muce Pickings 70. do. No. 1 7.20 do. Sugar &lt; No. 2 3.70. do. I Basket 2.65. do. Tapioca Flour 2. do. Copra 5.70 do.NA
The Straits Maritime Journal and General Newsstraitsmaritime18950104-14 January 18951straitsmaritime18950104-1.1.33straitsmaritime18950104-1.2.5EXCHANGE.EXCHANGE. Penang, 4th January, 1895. London, Bank o-d and T. T. l/l 1 7/8 Dol. Do. 4 months 2/0 1/4 Do. Prirnte bills 3 months 2/Oj Calcutta T.T. and o,d j Rangoon &lt; ...Rs. 185} Bombay Batavia Bank o,d 121 Hongkong Bank ...If o/oprem. Do. Private bills 3 months o/oNA
The Straits Maritime Journal and General Newsstraitsmaritime18950104-14 January 18951straitsmaritime18950104-1.1.33straitsmaritime18950104-1.2.6AN ENLARGED ELECTORATE.AN ENLARGED ELECTORATE Pressure on our space prevented any reference in our last issue being made to the deputation which waited on H. E. the Governor on the 22nd ult. These gentlemen asked to be placed on the list of those who have the privilege of nominating a Member ofNA
The Straits Maritime Journal and General Newsstraitsmaritime18950104-14 January 18951straitsmaritime18950104-1.1.33straitsmaritime18950104-1.2.7.1Page 3 Advertisements Column 1Notice to Mariners Penang Harbour. —Caution is necessary in using the S, chan, until the soundings r ecently obtained are chat ted as considerable alteration has taken place in the entr to the chan. The bank on the E. side is extending into the chan., and ou the W. sideNA
The Straits Maritime Journal and General Newsstraitsmaritime18950104-14 January 18951straitsmaritime18950104-1.1.33straitsmaritime18950104-1.2.8.1Page 3 Miscellaneous Column 1HIGH-WATER AT PENANG. Approximate Times. Date. Day of the A.. M P. M. Remarks, week. Jan. 4 Friday 628 6-49 5 Saturday 7-10 7-34 P. AO. Outward Mail due. 6 Sunday 7-58 823 7 Monday 8-50 9-17 8 Tuesday 9-45 10-15 9 Wednesday 10 46 11-33 .10 Thursday 11-53 0-25NA
The Straits Maritime Journal and General Newsstraitsmaritime18950104-14 January 18951straitsmaritime18950104-1.1.44straitsmaritime18950104-1.2.9THE ALTERNATIVE MAIL ROUTE.THE ALTERNATIVE MAIL ROUTE. I o make our last leader on the above subject clearer we will now give our readers, the distances of the two rival routes, viz (a) tl 1( Negapata n, and (M.that, via Calcutta and R im goon, only premising that the time required carry theNA

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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_8229ae99eb503b45b075067b87184cfe"
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response = requests.get(url)
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National Library Board. (2022). Newspapers-The Straits Maritime Journal and General News-1895 to 1896 (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved November 22, 2024 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_8229ae99eb503b45b075067b87184cfe/view

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26 Sep 2022

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