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Newspapers-Malaya Tribune-1914 to 1918

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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NewspapersMalayaTribune1914to1918.csv (196.9K rows, 78.1 MB)

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
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Malaya Tribune	maltribune19140102-1	2 January 1914	1	maltribune19140102-1.1.1	1	maltribune19140102-1.2.1	Masthead	THE MALAYA TRIBUNE. r. t* No. 2 SINGAPORE. FRIDAY JANUARY 2, 1914 Price. 5 Cents The Malaya Tribune. SINGAPORE, JANUARY 2, 1914.	NA
Malaya Tribune	maltribune19140102-1	2 January 1914	1	maltribune19140102-1.1.1	1	maltribune19140102-1.2.2	Telegrams.	Telegrams. Chancellor and Dukes. MR. GEORGES SCATHING REPLY CRITIC. INTERESTING PSYCHOLOGY (Renter's Service.) j LONDON, Jan L Mr. Lloyd George has published a rejoinder to the Duke df Sutherland's criticism. The Right Hon. gentleman says, The contrast between the value of 5s. oci per acre of the whole land and	NA
Malaya Tribune	maltribune19140102-1	2 January 1914	1	maltribune19140102-1.1.1	1	maltribune19140102-1.2.3	Boxing Championship.	Boxing Championship. (Reuters service.) j i London, Jan. 1 The middle-weight boxing championship of the world has beeTaecided in the Stadium at Sy Te?e y gVams from the city state tb Jthousand persons were present when f America met Dave Smith. He floored him three tvmesjin the first round and	NA
Malaya Tribune	maltribune19140102-1	2 January 1914	1	maltribune19140102-1.1.1	1	maltribune19140102-1.2.4	Peace in Ireland.	Peace in Ireland. (Renter 9 Service.) LONDON, Jan 1. The Archbishop of Canterbury ;n hU New Year Message recommti* a f0rpCaCC in Ireland.	NA
Malaya Tribune	maltribune19140102-1	2 January 1914	1	maltribune19140102-1.1.1	1	maltribune19140102-1.2.5	Olmypic Games.	Olmypic Games. {Reuters Service.) LONDON, Jan L The Olympic. Games Fund .n England is being po 0^,, ported. Up to date only li,ooo out of the 100,000 sterling asked for has been collected. j	NA
Malaya Tribune	maltribune19140102-1	2 January 1914	1	maltribune19140102-1.1.1	1	maltribune19140102-1.2.6	New Year’s Honours.	New Year’s Honours. I (Renter's Service J LONDON, Jan. 1. The New Year's Honours List includes thejollowing names:— Viscount—the Right Hon. James Brffce, ex-Ambassador at Washington. j BARONS. Sir Rufus Isaacs, Lord Chief; Justice, and Mr. Alexander Ure, Lord Advocate of Scotland. Sir Charles Alfred Cripps, Attorney General to the	NA
Malaya Tribune	maltribune19140102-1	2 January 1914	1	maltribune19140102-1.1.1	1	maltribune19140102-1.2.7	Untitled	The chief of police of Canton, in a determined effort to v g set from Canton and ite «w free 500 young girls Kepi <• In the homes of Canton.	NA
Malaya Tribune	maltribune19140102-1	2 January 1914	1	maltribune19140102-1.1.1	1	maltribune19140102-1.2.8	VEDRINES’ GREAT FLIGHT.	VEDRINES’ GREAT FLIGHT. Through Darkest Africa by Aeroplane. (Reuter’s Service) London jan. i. j Paris telegrams state thfct ibe Aerial League has Mqujjted Vedrines to continue his tligflt I from Cairo to the Cape. He will probably go Wia the Nile, Uganda, Mombasa, Zanzibar, Mozambique, Quiiiinape, Beira, Delagoa Bay, and,	NA
Malaya Tribune	maltribune19140102-1	2 January 1914	1	maltribune19140102-1.1.1	1	maltribune19140102-1.2.9	Jerusalem Astonished.	Jerusalem Astonished. FIRST AEROPLANE FLIES OVER ANCIENT QTTY. (Reuters Service.) LONDON, Jan. 1, 1914. 1 For the first time in it- history] Jerusalem has seen an aeroplane. Telegrams from the city say that the aviator Bomiief has arrived' there on tbi first aeroplane ever seen in thtf ancient Jewish capital.	NA
Malaya Tribune	maltribune19140102-1	2 January 1914	1	maltribune19140102-1.1.1	1	maltribune19140102-1.2.10	Great Battle in Mexico.	Great Battle in Mexico. REBELS WINNING IN A SEVERE FIGHT. (Reuters Service.) London, Jan L A big battle is in progress in Mexico. Five thousand Mexican rebels are opposed to four thousand Federal* at Ajinaga. Filiating has continued for thirty-six hours and is in favour of the rebels, although the	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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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_99cf3841d550550458ba7b818ac4b0f9"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Newspapers-Malaya Tribune-1914 to 1918

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NewspapersMalayaTribune1914to1918.csv (196.9K rows, 78.1 MB)

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