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Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1921 to 1925

Data from Feb 2024 to Feb 2025Updated 5 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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NewspapersPinangGazetteandStraitsChronicle1921to1925.csv (147.5K rows, 62.7 MB)

Newspaper Title
Text
Issue id
Text
Issue date
Text
Edition
Text
Page id
Text
Page Number
Text
Article id
Text
Article title
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Article text 1st50words
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Contributor
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(Null)0.0%
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle100.0%
(Null)0.0%
pinangazette19241218-10.1%
pinangazette19210530-10.1%
pinangazette19210620-10.1%
pinangazette19220823-10.1%
(Null)0.0%
25/2/19240.1%
18/12/19240.1%
30/5/19210.1%
20/6/19210.1%
(Null)0.0%
199.9%
20.1%
(Null)0.0%
pinangazette19210131-1.1.4<0.1%
pinangazette19210221-1.1.7<0.1%
pinangazette19240115-1.1.7<0.1%
pinangazette19210627-1.1.7<0.1%
(Null)0.0%
410.0%
511.1%
720.7%
911.9%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)93.3%
[Reuter’s Telegrams.]0.8%
(Reuter’s Telegrams.)0.4%
—Reuter.0.3%
#NAME?0.2%
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19210103-13/1/19211pinangazette19210103-1.1.11pinangazette19210103-1.2.1MastheadPinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY ESTABLISHED 1333 No. 1. VOL. LXXIX MONDAY, 3rd JANUARY, 1921. PRICE 15 CENTSNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19210103-13/1/19211pinangazette19210103-1.1.44pinangazette19210103-1.2.10Japanese Immigrants.Japanese Immigrants. SENATOR LODGE’S SUGGESTION. Washington, December 31. American papers have lately been giving attention to the possibility of a combination between Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, with the United States, with a view to maintaining a united front against Japanese immigration. The idea appears to have originatedNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19210103-13/1/19211pinangazette19210103-1.1.44pinangazette19210103-1.2.11Armaments.Armaments. AMERICAN DECLARATION. London, December 30. The Daily Mail New York correspondent says Senator McCumber, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, after an interview with Senator Harding, declared that both military and naval expenditure mu tbe curtailed. He was satisfied that a way can be found to agreement among theNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19210103-13/1/19211pinangazette19210103-1.1.44pinangazette19210103-1.2.12WRANGEL’S REMNANT.WRANGEL’S REMNANT. PLIGHT ON GALLIPOLI, [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, December 31. The Daily Chronicle’s Athens correspondent says the Greek Government is being seriously embarrassed by the remnants of General Wrangel’s starving, typhus-stricken army in Gallipoli, armed with 10.000 rifles. Mu iny is feared, Tne Greeks have cordoned off the peninsula, aud[Reuter’s Telegrams.]
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19210103-13/1/19211pinangazette19210103-1.1.44pinangazette19210103-1.2.13International Court of Justice.International Court of Justice. London, December 30. The necessary number of nations, namely 22, have signed bhe protocol providing for the establishment of the permanent court of international justice. Portugal, Switzerland, Denmark and S*d Salvador have also signed the protocol for compulsory adjudication.NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19210103-13/1/19211pinangazette19210103-1.1.44pinangazette19210103-1.2.14American Economy.American Economy. Washington, December 30. The public demand for economy was reflected in the treatment accorded the Miscellaneous Estimates Bill, by the Committee of the House of Representatives, which approved a to’al of $421,000,000 less than the sum asked by the Government Departments. The largest reduction is $147,000,000, in theNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19210103-13/1/19211pinangazette19210103-1.1.44pinangazette19210103-1.2.15For European Relief.For European Relief. a hoover banquet. New Yoik, December 30 A banquet, organised by Mr Hoover, at which each guest paid £2OO for a simple dinner of beef steak, bread and cocoa, resulted in contributions of over $2,000.000 to the European Relief Fund. General Pershing, in a speech at theNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19210103-13/1/19211pinangazette19210103-1.1.44pinangazette19210103-1.2.16Carrier Companies.Carrier Companies. PRESIDENT WILSON’S ACTION. Washington, December 31. President Wilson vetoed the joint Congressional resolution designed to tu-pend the provision of the Clayton Act prohibi&lt;ing carrier concerts from having any dealings with any other concern having an interlocking directorate with a carrier company.NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19210103-13/1/19211pinangazette19210103-1.1.44pinangazette19210103-1.2.17School of Oriental Studies.School of Oriental Studies. London, December 30. The report of the governing body of the School of Oriental Studies in London, for the eleven months ending July 31, shows a roll of 539 students, of whom 145 are women, compared with 216 and 116 respectively last year. Instruction is givenNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19210103-13/1/19211pinangazette19210103-1.1.44pinangazette19210103-1.2.18Murder in Kuala Lumpur.Murder in Kuala Lumpur. ‘M L.†Triad Society Crime. A most dastardly mu-der was committed in Birch Road, Kuala Lumpur, on Mondav night, when four men entered a dwelling and stabbed to death a young man and serioudy injured his father, who is reported to be dying. The house, which– ‘M L.â€

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
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_ccd91859f4d954aaeb79930bb177caff"
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-1921 to 1925 (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved November 5, 2024 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_ccd91859f4d954aaeb79930bb177caff/view

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Created on

20 Mar 2024

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Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

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NLB (National Library Board)

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