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Newspapers-Singapore Standard-1950 to 1953

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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NewspapersSingaporeStandard1950to1953.csv (209.9K rows, 81 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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Singapore Standard	singstandard19500703-1	3-Jul-50	1	singstandard19500703-1.1.2	2	singstandard19500703-1.2.1	Singapore Labour Party In Election Campaign Urges Be Civic Conscious'	Singapore Labour Party In Election Campaign Urges Be Civic Conscious' Standard Staff Reporter A CALL to the public to be civic conscious and show an Interest m their own welfare by registering their names m the electoral roll was made by the President of the Labour Party, Mr. lim Yew	NA
Singapore Standard	singstandard19500703-1	3-Jul-50	1	singstandard19500703-1.1.2	2	singstandard19500703-1.2.2	Untitled	Â»:^w^gyjOi f^ ii hi 3mm:mwxmmzzi THE FOUR Asian Assistant Police Superintendents who left Singapore by air yesterday on a six-months training course at Ryton-On-Dunsmore Police College, England. They are (left to right): Messrs. Thnrml Rajah. AnancU Rajah, J. Le Cain and Eu Cheow Ean.	NA
Singapore Standard	singstandard19500703-1	3-Jul-50	1	singstandard19500703-1.1.2	2	singstandard19500703-1.2.3	Taxi Owners Vote 'No Confidence' In Colony Councillors	Taxi Owners Vote 'No Confidence' In Colony Councillors SINGAPORE'S taxi-owners voted "no confidence* 1 m Municipal Commissioners and Legislative Councillors at a meeting yesterday when they undertook to launch a campaign for more voters to elect, m future, commissioners and councillors who will support their cause. President of the Singapore	NA
Singapore Standard	singstandard19500703-1	3-Jul-50	1	singstandard19500703-1.1.2	2	singstandard19500703-1.2.4	Four Involved In Accidents	Four Involved In Accidents Standard Staff Reporter Four people were involved In motor accidents In Singapore yesterday. Nona was seriously injured.	NA
Singapore Standard	singstandard19500703-1	3-Jul-50	1	singstandard19500703-1.1.2	2	singstandard19500703-1.2.5	Newsmen Leave For War Front	Newsmen Leave For War Front Standard Staff Reporter Seven foreign correspondents left Singapore by air yesterday to cover the war front m Korea. They Included Mr. Lan Morrison (London Times Chief Correspondent m the Frr East); Mr. L Hudson (ReutersA.A.P.); Messrs. H. Magee and S. Simmons (Picture Post) and Mr.	NA
Singapore Standard	singstandard19500703-1	3-Jul-50	1	singstandard19500703-1.1.2	2	singstandard19500703-1.2.6	They Nearly Missed Boat	They Nearly Missed Boat The most luxuriously equipped troopship m the world, the twin-funnelled. IR. OOO-ton Empire OrwelL nearly left some civilian passengers on land and certainly disappointed quite 8 few friends of other passengers who were on their way to Singapore docks yesterday afternoon to see the ship off	NA
Singapore Standard	singstandard19500703-1	3-Jul-50	1	singstandard19500703-1.1.2	2	singstandard19500703-1.2.7	Polls More Popular With Women	Polls More Popular With Women Standard Staff Reporter MORE Singapore women this year have responded to the all-out drive for more eligible voters on both the Legislative Council and Municipal Commission electoral rolls Mr. M. Ponnuduray, Assistant Supervisor of Elections, said that when he opened a batch last week 45	NA
Singapore Standard	singstandard19500703-1	3-Jul-50	1	singstandard19500703-1.1.2	2	singstandard19500703-1.2.8	Sunday-Off Makes Singapore Shop Employees Unhappy	Sunday-Off Makes Singapore Shop Employees Unhappy Standard Staff Reporter ABOUT .1,000 shops m Singapore yesterday complied with the new Weekly Holidays Ordinance which came into force on Saturday. This was the first Sunday on which so many shops put up their shutters. Many workers did not know what to do	NA
Singapore Standard	singstandard19500703-1	3-Jul-50	1	singstandard19500703-1.1.2	2	singstandard19500703-1.2.9	Americans Do Not Know Why They Like Hot Dogs	Americans Do Not Know Why They Like Hot Dogs Standard Stall Reporter Amerirans rrat'e for hot dogs. But they just cannot tell you why f'tcy litce tkt i. 7 approcclicd an American W)io rri.t m thr act of thtffttlQ m tiro of the IJtOQ hot dej"? espcciaVy flntrn Dttt here	NA
Singapore Standard	singstandard19500703-1	3-Jul-50	1	singstandard19500703-1.1.2	2	singstandard19500703-1.2.10	New Feeder Schools	New Feeder Schools Standard Staff Reporter Three new schools will open m Singapore today to admit more than a thousand boys and girls for Primary I to Standard IV classes. They are the Tanjong Rhu Boys' School. Balesticr Koad Boys' School and Bak.-ticr Road Girls' School. These schools are part	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

Sample OpenAPI query

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_d35d2d0a53b43d45fa58286dc0e23fd2"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Newspapers-Singapore Standard-1950 to 1953

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NewspapersSingaporeStandard1950to1953.csv (209.9K rows, 81 MB)

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