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Newspapers-Comrade-1946

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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NewspapersComrade1946.csv (403 rows, 148.8 KB)

Title of newspaper Text	Issue ID Text	Issue date Text	Edition Text	Page ID Text	Page number Text	Article ID Text	Title of article Text	First 50 words of the article text Text	Contributor- an entity that made contributions to the article Text
(Null)0.0% Comrade100.0%	(Null)0.0% comrade19461124-17.4% comrade19460824-16.9% comrade19460901-16.7% comrade19460915-16.5%	(Null)0.0% 24 November 19467.4% 24 August 19466.9% 1 September 19466.7% 15 September 19466.5%	(Null)0.0% 1100.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0% 110.2% 210.2% 49.2% 1210.2%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.2%	(Null)82.9% Orang Pelayaran2.2% M. KARIMGANI1.2% Iqbal1.0% NOON MIM1.0%
Comrade	comrade19460817-1	17 August 1946	1	comrade19460817-1.1.2	2	comrade19460817-1.2.1	Metropolis of the East	Metropolis of the East Cosmopolitan by Post-War Political Set-Up After a holiday in which the spirit of relaxation and unalloyed enjoyment was absent, Singaporeans fortified themselves to endure the hectic drama of robberies, strikes, blackmarket operations, and petulant grumbling about things around them. In an effort to dispel this dismal	Cosmopolitan
Comrade	comrade19460817-1	17 August 1946	1	comrade19460817-1.1.2	2	comrade19460817-1.2.2	What are You?	What are You? (English rendering by the Editor of a few lines from Iqbal's Urdu masterpiece the "Shamma".) "You were born to shine in the capitals of the world, Why are you wasting your potentialities away from the beaten tracks? Realise yourselves and come into your own! What are you?	NA
Comrade	comrade19460817-1	17 August 1946	1	comrade19460817-1.1.2	2	comrade19460817-1.2.3.1	Page 2 Advertisements Column 1	Briar Pipes Emporium P. O. BOX 885 SINGAPORE. Importers of BRIAR PIPES SMOKERS' REQUISITES	NA
Comrade	comrade19460817-1	17 August 1946	1	comrade19460817-1.1.3	3	comrade19460817-1.2.4	AROUND MALAYA	AROUND MALAYA by "Orang Pelayaran" Food! More Food!! The food growing campaign has shed its swaddling clothes of slogans and radio talk for the changkol and the plough. In Sungei Manik, Perak and Tanjong Karang Selangor efforts are being made to push on the pre-war scheme of settling padi planters.	NA
Comrade	comrade19460817-1	17 August 1946	1	comrade19460817-1.1.3	3	comrade19460817-1.2.5	The Labourer's Status and Rights	The Labourer's Status and Rights Planters have been complaining of the uphill work that confronts them in the estates which they return to find abandoned to blukar and wild boars. But what irks them most is that the humble Ramasamy is now conscious of his status and rights as a	NA
Comrade	comrade19460817-1	17 August 1946	1	comrade19460817-1.1.3	3	comrade19460817-1.2.6	Crime Wave	Crime Wave In the crime calender more and more arms have been recovered in all states. In Penang in particular secret societies have taken to the Hills after finding town too hot but the police are bearding them in their mountain lairs with the result that many of them have	NA
Comrade	comrade19460817-1	17 August 1946	1	comrade19460817-1.1.3	3	comrade19460817-1.2.7	"The Brotherhood of Malayans"	"The Brotherhood of Malayans" In Malacca, Mr. Tan Cheng Lock, former Legislative councillor pleaded for the retention of the Malayan Union. He voiced the sentiments of a small section of Malayans who favour the Union. Whether one agrees with his view or not, one must take the hat off to	NA
Comrade	comrade19460817-1	17 August 1946	1	comrade19460817-1.1.3	3	comrade19460817-1.2.8.1	Page 3 Advertisements Column 1	Telephone No 3022 Tele: Address:Foreign Inland KIDIRGANY ADMIRALTY STEVEDORES A. K. GANY Co., SHIP-CHANDLERS. LABOUR SUPPLIERS. SHIP'S CREW SUPPLIER. LIGHTER MOTOR BOAT OWNERS SUPPLIERS DUBASH PROVISION SUPPLIERS, PASSENGER BROKERS GENERAL CONTRACTORS, ETC., Office Address:TELUK AYER BASIN, RAFFLES QUAY, SINGAPORE Sole Proprietor A. K. GANY. Arrived! Arrived!! LITTLE'S ORIENTAL BALM The	NA
Comrade	comrade19460817-1	17 August 1946	1	comrade19460817-1.1.4	4	comrade19460817-1.2.9	Maulana Mohamed Ali.	Maulana Mohamed Ali. This Journal is now being founded as a Memorial to Maulana Mohamed Ali. Like the "Comrade" which was edited by the late Maulana., this "COMRADE shall try to be a "Comrade of all and partisan of none". Clear-thinking and fairplay shall be the policy of the ''Comrade".	NA
Comrade	comrade19460817-1	17 August 1946	1	comrade19460817-1.1.4	4	comrade19460817-1.2.10.1	Page 4 Advertisements Column 1	NA	NA

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Title of newspaper	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
Title of article	article_title	Text	-	Title of article
First 50 words of the article text	article_text_1st50words	Text	-	First 50 words of the article text
Contributor- an entity that made contributions to the article	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_957300730389bb7144054a06e340696f"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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NewspapersComrade1946.csv (403 rows, 148.8 KB)

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