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Newspapers-Malaya Tribune-1939 to 1942

Data from Feb 2024 to Feb 2025Updated 4 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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NewspapersMalayaTribune1939to1942.csv (179.4K rows, 70.9 MB)

Newspaper title
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Issue date
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Edition
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Article id
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Article title
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Article text 1st50words
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Malaya Tribune100.0%
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maltribune19410228-10.2%
maltribune19411203-10.2%
maltribune19390710-10.2%
maltribune19410617-10.2%
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28 February 19410.2%
3 December 19410.2%
10 July 19390.2%
17 June 19410.2%
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1100.0%
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maltribune19410201-1.1.1<0.1%
maltribune19410224-1.1.1<0.1%
maltribune19410426-1.1.1<0.1%
maltribune19410228-1.1.1<0.1%
(Null)0.0%
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Malaya Tribunemaltribune19390103-13 January 19391maltribune19390103-1.1.11maltribune19390103-1.2.1MastheadThe Malaya Tribune Malaya's National Newspaper: Guaranteed Largest Sales Vol XXVIII, No. L SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1039 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Tuesday, January 3. 1939 The Malaya Tribune 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1939 FIVE CENTSNA
Malaya Tribunemaltribune19390103-13 January 19391maltribune19390103-1.1.11maltribune19390103-1.2.2.1Page 1 Advertisements Column 1Read Tin SUNDAY Dominant j n Malay* Refused all but from healthy roys of the rich past'i c^''^^^^|^^ MAKES THAT CLEAN DUSTLESS HOME I FRIENDS ADMIRE. j I CLEANS AS IT POLISHES BEAUTIFUL FLOORS are easy with O-CEDAR POLISH. It quickly "cleans and polishes" all kinds of surfaces removes spotsNA
Malaya Tribunemaltribune19390103-13 January 19391maltribune19390103-1.1.11maltribune19390103-1.2.2.2Page 1 Advertisements Column 2Kill Xyfy moscuiitoes jd^ with i FLIT I A.Witt TILA"! I A perl- 'ly r entire .olntmert tfA ensure l;fe!n&lt;iir blessings of youtn h i md virility. On! it.? vet ipplica »nn you wii- be istonlshed at its exceedingly I I gratifying r&lt;«ults. j!' iLJTEHATURE FREE. Prepared by AMICO WORKS,NA
Malaya Tribunemaltribune19390103-13 January 19391maltribune19390103-1.1.11maltribune19390103-1.2.2.3Page 1 Advertisements Column 3j MADAliffi 92, Piccadilly, London. 1 EXPERT DRESSMAKER f AND DESIGNER. Gowns Designed j Created in i.er work rooms $5 $30 I 13, BATTERY ROAD, SING APOR E. (J DELICIOUS fffl PREPARED TO THE JgL FROM LAST (fFfefl ORANGE DROP JUICENA
Malaya Tribunemaltribune19390103-13 January 19391maltribune19390103-1.1.22maltribune19390103-1.2.3Sentenced Share-Pusher Reveals AllSentenced Share-Pusher Reveals All SWINDLING DOESN'T PAY London, T &gt;ec. 15. JOHN Marsden Firth, last of the big share-pushers, and the "brains" behind a financial swindle that robbed the public of thousands, has been sentenced it the Old Bailey to four years' imprtfwnnu i Here he tells his own storyNA
Malaya Tribunemaltribune19390103-13 January 19391maltribune19390103-1.1.22maltribune19390103-1.2.4MEMEL CITIZENSHIPMEMEL CITIZENSHIP Kaunas, Lithuania.—The Mcmel d lory has announced that Mcmel cit has been withdrawn from 352 Lithuanians and Jews. A month ago Mcmel citizenship teen withdrawn from B(i3 Lithua: i.nd Jews,-so that the total numb ihose now denied citizenship is I,'-NA
Malaya Tribunemaltribune19390103-13 January 19391maltribune19390103-1.1.22maltribune19390103-1.2.5Home Office Liberates ConvictHome Office Liberates Convict I DV order of the Horn- Secretary an ex-convict "'ho wa; educated D at a public school, and was a former officer in both the British and Indian armies, is not to complete the unexpired portion of a sentence of three years' penal servitude because, thNA
Malaya Tribunemaltribune19390103-13 January 19391maltribune19390103-1.1.22maltribune19390103-1.2.620 Miles A Day To Have Turban Wound20 Miles A Day To Have Turban Wound rVERV day seven-year-old John England who is sitting for the portrait of Kirn Kipbnjr's half Irish half English beggar boy in India travels 20 miles to have his turban wound. •John sits for three-quarters of an houi daily in Mr. Stanley Grimm'sNA
Malaya Tribunemaltribune19390103-13 January 19391maltribune19390103-1.1.22maltribune19390103-1.2.7ORGANISER OF PLAYERS' THEATRE DIESORGANISER OF PLAYERS' THEATRE DIES MR. PETEI; RIDGE WAY, the actor, producer, and organiser of the Players' Theatre, Convent Garden, has died in London, aged 44. Mr. Ridgeway originated the Victorian cabaret "Ridgeway's Late Joys." After being a newsboy at Manchester, he joined a fifth-rate touring company Entered Monastery HeNA
Malaya Tribunemaltribune19390103-13 January 19391maltribune19390103-1.1.22maltribune19390103-1.2.8.1Page 2 Advertisements Column 1STEAMER SAILINGS. BRITISH INDIA (Incorporated in England). 1\ S. N. CO.'S SAILINGS. OUTWARDS. me. Tonnage Spore 1G39 I SOUDAN C.sf&gt;o Jan. 13 RANCH! 17.0C0 Jan. li RANPURA 17.000 Jan. 27 RAWALPINDI 7.000 Feb. 1J t BURDW.-.N 0 071' it b 11 CANTON 158 C« Feb. 24 1 SOMALI tt.MO Mar.NA

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

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
          
datasetId = "d_e4809434f8db0007bbf4490e139d6685"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + datasetId 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Created on

28 Sep 2022

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