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Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1911 to 1915

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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NewspapersPinangGazetteandStraitsChronicle1911to1915.csv (122.9K rows, 52.2 MB)

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pinangazette19150220-1.1.2<0.1%
pinangazette19150211-1.1.4<0.1%
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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19110103-13/1/19111pinangazette19110103-1.1.11pinangazette19110103-1.2.1MastheadPinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ublished daily. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. I VOL. LXIX. TUESDAY, 3rd JANUARY, 1911. PRICE 10 CENTS.NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19110103-13/1/19111pinangazette19110103-1.1.22pinangazette19110103-1.2.10.1Page 2 Miscellaneous Column 1The Moor. First Quarter 1.20 p in. 8 Jan. O Full Moon 526 p.m 15 The Sun. Apparent times of Sunrise and Sunset iu Penang Sunrise. Sunset. Jan. 7to Jan. 19, ..6-08 a.m. 5-52 p.m. Jan. 20 to Jan. 31,...6-07 a.m. 5-53 p.m. The Tides. Date. H. W. L. W.NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19110103-13/1/19111pinangazette19110103-1.1.33pinangazette19110103-1.2.11.1Page 3 Advertisements Column 1PENANG SALES ROOM, 2 BEACH STREET. PENANG; Z ESTABLISHED 1892. J UNDER THE DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE OF A Ill! HON’BLE R. N. BLAND, LATE RESIDENT COUNCILLOR, PENANG. a Auctioneers, Brokers, Appraisers, House and Land Agents, J Shipping and General Commission Agents. 2 Import Merchants, Dealers in British. A 9 Continental, andNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19110103-13/1/19111pinangazette19110103-1.1.33pinangazette19110103-1.2.11.2Page 3 Advertisements Column 2OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOOoo o THE GRAND HOTEL, o O IPOH, PERAK. O 2 2 O THE ONLY FIRST CLASS HOTEL IN PERAK. o o O Terms Strictly Moderate. g o O X Telegrams: CREET,†Ipoh. P. Z. CREET, q Sole Proprietor. oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ADELPHI HOTEL, SIN GAPO RE 1 u I I SelectNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19110103-13/1/19111pinangazette19110103-1.1.33pinangazette19110103-1.2.11.3Page 3 Advertisements Column 3i Sea View Hotel, o Farquhar street. g MAGAZINES AT PENANG AND IPOH. n Stocks always on hand of The Ideal Resort for Visitors to 2 Penang. GELIGNITE» i on 1,0 ,Mes i blas ok atink Cuisine Unexcelled. SETUPLEX DETONATORS. ELECTRIC DETONATOR. TERMS MODERATE: BY DAY OR sporting ballistite aNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19110103-13/1/19111pinangazette19110103-1.1.44pinangazette19110103-1.2.12Tuesday, Jan. 3, 1911.Tuesday, Jan. 3, 1911. To drop into sporting phraseology is excusable in Race week. In writing of the band, we not therefore apologise for expressing something of .the of the successful tipster at the rfevts that Retention by Expediency EcoMmy, which we gave some days ago as a good thing,NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19110103-13/1/19111pinangazette19110103-1.1.44pinangazette19110103-1.2.13TO-DAY’S RACES.TO-DAY’S RACES. FINAL NOTES AND SELECTIONS. To-day is the eventful day of the New Year Racing Carnival when the gee-gees will try conclusions on the convincing ground at Headquarters. There has been quite a volume of speculation going on but hardly enough, it is said, to Ratify the enormous appetitesNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19110103-13/1/19111pinangazette19110103-1.1.44pinangazette19110103-1.2.14SCRATCHINGS.SCRATCHINGS. Mixed Handicap. Princess Juliana Bay Ronald. Governor’s Cup.— Jimmy Sinus. George Town Cup.— Fairy Maid. Paddock Cup.— Melodist. Selling Handicap. Lunoc Heather Bell Madame Meg. A Christinas tree is being held to-morrow at the Convent at 2 o’clock for all the pupils of the Convent. Considerable planting activity willNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19110103-13/1/19111pinangazette19110103-1.1.44pinangazette19110103-1.2.15LUNCHEON AT RUNNYMEDE.LUNCHEON AT RUNNYMEDE. NEW ANNEXE OPENED. It was purposed by Mr. Kerdyk to combine a New Year’s tiffin with the opening ceremony of the new annexe of Runnymede Hotel. The unfortunate demise of Mrs. Berkhuijsen necessitated the deletion of formalities, but the luncheon was largely attended and proved a greatNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette19110103-13/1/19111pinangazette19110103-1.1.44pinangazette19110103-1.2.16H. M. S. “Minotaur.â€H. M. S. “Minotaur.†Arrival in Penang. H. M.S. armoured cruiser Minotaur. carrying the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir A. L. Winsloe, Commander in Chief of the China Station, arrived yesterday from Hongkong and Singapore and will make a fortnight’s stay at Penang. The Minotaur, which replaced the King Aljred asNA

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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_edf8dcabefecac5d2df4a1f740ac2c3e"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
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National Library Board. (2024). Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1911 to 1915 (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved November 22, 2024 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_edf8dcabefecac5d2df4a1f740ac2c3e/view

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Created on

19 Mar 2024

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