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Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1856

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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NewspapersPinangGazetteandStraitsChronicle1856.csv (602 rows, 261.3 KB)

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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle100.0%
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pinangazette18561018-13.2%
pinangazette18561227-13.2%
pinangazette18560830-13.0%
pinangazette18560913-12.8%
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1856-10-183.2%
1856-12-273.2%
1856-08-303.0%
1856-09-132.8%
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1100.0%
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135.2%
214.3%
317.1%
423.8%
(Null)0.0%
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(Null)0.0%
(Null)79.4%
(Leader1.7%
#NAME?1.0%
(Free Press1.0%
(Spectator0.8%
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette18560112-11856-01-121pinangazette18560112-1.1.11pinangazette18560112-1.2.1MastheadPinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. New Series, VOL. XIV. SATURDAY, 12th JaiiUARY 1856, NO. 2. Public Notification» appearing in thia Paper and Signed by the Proper Au t h o ri ti ee a r e t o be conslderedaaOfficip]NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette18560112-11856-01-121pinangazette18560112-1.1.11pinangazette18560112-1.2.2PINANG GAZETTE Saturday, January 12th, 1856.PINANG GAZETTE Saturday, January 12th, 1856. The P. Sc O Steamer Chusan arrived here on the 9 h Instant from China en route tor Calcutta, -one ot the P. O. Steamers from Galle for China may be expected here on the 15th Inst. The P. O Steamer Pekin from CalcuttaNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette18560112-11856-01-121pinangazette18560112-1.1.11pinangazette18560112-1.2.3.1Page 1 Advertisements Column 1Pemuidlar and Oriental feteain Navigation Company. fg WE following vessels heg longing to llie Peninsular 41g\ x |> and Oriental Steam Navigation Company may be expected heie about tnese date* SI NGAPORE from Galle tn route to China 14th Inst. MADRAS.... China „to Galle 24th PEKIN Calcutta to China 26thNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette18560112-11856-01-121pinangazette18560112-1.1.11pinangazette18560112-1.2.3.2Page 1 Advertisements Column 2FOR SALE. Malay, Chinese and Kdna Calen dar for 1856, price 30 cent* each or $2. 50 for 10. Pinang Gazette Office. Thu PINANG GAZBTTIC STRAITS CHR JNICI.B will in future published on Saturday morning Communications of all kinds should, whenever it is possible, be sent in on Thursday. AdvertisementsNA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette18560112-11856-01-121pinangazette18560112-1.1.22pinangazette18560112-1.2.4LITERATURE.LITERATURE. —lbid- It would he curious to have before us accurate statistics of Literature, especially with reference to the prices of books. When we see Dickens selling 40,000 copies of a guinea book in sinking, numbers, we are apt to suppose that were tlie price of books reduced, the sale—lbid-
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette18560112-11856-01-121pinangazette18560112-1.1.33pinangazette18560112-1.2.5SINGAPORE.SINGAPORE. —lbid In our paper of the 6th current we mentioned that a band of Gallang and Sikana pirates, under the leadership of a notorious character named Si Amah, were plying their vocation in Bulang Strait», no far from this Acting on thia information, the author', lies a' Rhio immediately—lbid
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette18560112-11856-01-121pinangazette18560112-1.1.33pinangazette18560112-1.2.6.1A Declaration of War against AmericaA Declaration of War against America -Leader, Oct. 27. has been made from the office of the Times, and the greatest blow that has been given to the war in the East belongs to the present week. For while the Times, is the first to utter the hostile declaration, it#NAME?
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette18560112-11856-01-121pinangazette18560112-1.1.33pinangazette18560112-1.2.6.2England and America.England and America. —Economist, November 3. It cannot be dented, however much it is to be regretted, that the state of feeling subsisting between the United States and this country is by no means as harmonious as it ought to be. Oor friendship is rarely cordial at the beet of—Economist
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette18560112-11856-01-121pinangazette18560112-1.1.33pinangazette18560112-1.2.6.3Misunderstandings with the United States.Misunderstandings with the United States. Considerable surprise has been excited at find, ing by the last arrivals from America that the uneasiness which has been felt here at the propects of some sertous dispute with the United States was by nn means shared on the other side ef the water.NA
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chroniclepinangazette18560112-11856-01-121pinangazette18560112-1.1.44pinangazette18560112-1.2.6.4A School for Tigers in the East.A School for Tigers in the East. Ihe 10l owing ra Iler alar in mg account is taken i otn a dai'y Ncwep.per.— ‘•Rann DEFopt’Lanoir or Singapore by Ticzr» 1 wouea Ila by ev< r) week (s..y t|, e ~o re i re,r Press) are ,-ead of in the papersNA

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Data type
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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_f81f3ae8743b587a0eda4b44c2ed6f4d"
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-1856 (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved November 5, 2024 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_f81f3ae8743b587a0eda4b44c2ed6f4d/view

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Created on

19 Mar 2024

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NLB (National Library Board)

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