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Newspapers-The Penang Times-1882

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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NewspapersThePenangTimes1882.csv (272 rows, 106.4 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 Penang Times100.0%	(Null)0.0% penangtimes18821110-15.1% penangtimes18821205-15.1% penangtimes18821222-15.1% penangtimes18821010-14.8%	(Null)0.0% 1882-11-105.1% 1882-12-055.1% 1882-12-225.1% 1882-10-104.8%	(Null)0.0% 1100.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0% 118.4% 229.8% 335.7% 416.2%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0% Masthead8.1% Page 1 Advertisements Column 18.1% Page 4 Advertisements Column 18.1% Page 4 Advertisements Column 28.1%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)98.9% Jap m Gazette.0.4% (From the Rangoon Gazette.)0.4% {From th*. Rangoon Gazette )0.4%
The Penang Times	penangtimes18821003-1	1882-10-03	1	penangtimes18821003-1.1.1	1	penangtimes18821003-1.2.1	Masthead	THE PENANG TIMES. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY• VOL I. PENANG, TUESDAY, 3rd OCTOBEB, 1882. No. 1	NA
The Penang Times	penangtimes18821003-1	1882-10-03	1	penangtimes18821003-1.1.4	4	penangtimes18821003-1.2.10.1	Page 4 Advertisements Column 1	E. E. Everett—Wine Merchant A "11 Jy, n PERAK Singapore. ADOlimariS GOVERNMENT NOTICE. THE undersigned being appointed J/ -nr a TT?T? TENDERS are invited for the leases of Agent for the above is prepared to VyJLAHjH, the Farms of certain Revenues of receive any orders, and to supply wines THE	NA
The Penang Times	penangtimes18821003-1	1882-10-03	1	penangtimes18821003-1.1.4	4	penangtimes18821003-1.2.10.2	Page 4 Advertisements Column 2	Dissolved PERUVIAN GOVERNMENT on v, PREPARED BY OHLENDORFF go London, Antwerp, Hamburg and Emmerich-on -Rhiue^ 5 QUARANTEEdTo contain Nitrogen equal to: 10 percent, of latile Ammonia. f 20 per-cent, of soluble Guano Phospate 1 per-cent, of insolu- 1 hie. Eor further particulars apply to SCHMIDT, KUSTERMANN k Co. Agents for	NA
The Penang Times	penangtimes18821003-1	1882-10-03	1	penangtimes18821003-1.1.1	1	penangtimes18821003-1.2.2.1	Page 1 Advertisements Column 1	THE Peninsular and Oriental Steam Netherlands India Steam Navigation The Commercial Union Assurance PENANG TIMES." Navigation Company. Company Limited. Company, RATES OP SUBSCRIPTION. i vrOTICE i, hereby given that in future all PROPOSED movements of the Company CALCUTTA. foe IIM First Class through Passengers by this L Steamers to and	NA
The Penang Times	penangtimes18821003-1	1882-10-03	1	penangtimes18821003-1.1.2	2	penangtimes18821003-1.2.3	“THE PENANG TIMES.”	“THE PENANG TIMES.” On the Debut of a new paper it is but natural that the public w ill claim the right to know what they have to expect at its hands, and whether they may trust it with their interests, and accord it their support. In entering upon our	NA
The Penang Times	penangtimes18821003-1	1882-10-03	1	penangtimes18821003-1.1.2	2	penangtimes18821003-1.2.4	LOCAL.	LOCAL. We have noticed that the water pipes at the "Waterfall are exposed to the air without any protection whatever, and that the brick pillars on which these pipes rest are in a very bad condition. It would he advisable to give the first a couple of coatings of red	NA
The Penang Times	penangtimes18821003-1	1882-10-03	1	penangtimes18821003-1.1.2	2	penangtimes18821003-1.2.5	FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE	FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE (From sundry sources j fringe. The Paris Temp,, reviewing the staj tilings, says that the great feature of the tl is that England has again demonstrated 1 existence m the political world, and th her two policies with regard to’Europe I seeks the alliance of France. France 1	NA
The Penang Times	penangtimes18821003-1	1882-10-03	1	penangtimes18821003-1.1.3	3	penangtimes18821003-1.2.6	NETHERLANDS INDIA.	NETHERLANDS INDIA. Acheen. The Java 13ode in one of its Mail Summaries says: Netherlands India is pining away. War, cittle plagues, epidemics, a general crisis in trade, low coffee and tobacco prices, all have made the land so richly endowed by nature, weak and bloodless. And above all it is	NA
The Penang Times	penangtimes18821003-1	1882-10-03	1	penangtimes18821003-1.1.3	3	penangtimes18821003-1.2.7	MISCELLANY.	MISCELLANY. The Suez Canal. We take tlie following extract from the Economists Francais showing the results of the Suez Canal, from 1870 to 1881, as follow Ships Years pas 'ed through Tonnagef ceipts 1870 486 435,911. x .5 J 59 327 1871 7* >5 761.467 8.993.732 1872 10-2 1 439.169	NA
The Penang Times	penangtimes18821003-1	1882-10-03	1	penangtimes18821003-1.1.3	3	penangtimes18821003-1.2.8	SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE	SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE Arrivals. Date. Ship's Name. Master. From. Oct. 2 Br. Menelaus epage London. Telegraph Ally Pankoro. Bcnmore Kim Eng S'pore. 3 Cyclops Butler Do. Flying Dragon. Puteh T.arut. Fitzpatrick Humphries Rangoon. CLEARANCES. Date Ship’s Name Master For Oct. 2 Br. Langiat Burke. Deli. 1	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_86739674f299989f01899688877282ba"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Newspapers-The Penang Times-1882

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