Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1886 to 1890
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Newspaper title | Issue id | Issue date | Edition | Page id | Page number | Article id | Article title | Article text 1st50words | Contributor |
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| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18860105-1 | 1886-01-05 | 1 | pinangazette18860105-1.1.1 | 1 | pinangazette18860105-1.2.1 | Masthead | PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ruB&ISBIB I V a K T TUBS MMUHH ESTABLISHED "new SERIES. TUESDAY, -.sth /JANUARY, 1886. VOL. | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18860105-1 | 1886-01-05 | 1 | pinangazette18860105-1.1.6 | 6 | pinangazette18860105-1.2.10 | PRODUCE. | PRODUCE. Tuesday, sth January, 1886. Tin L»riU 8 31.70 steaay. Pepper A cbeen ~19 50 nominal. Pepper West Coast „21 <>o do Nutmegs—,, ilOa. M.oo steady. Basket Sugar 3.00 do. Coprah goodqt ality 3.80 do. White Pepper 29 40 nominal. T pi"ca Flour— 215 do. Tapioca Flake— 4.00 firm. Mace | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18860105-1 | 1886-01-05 | 1 | pinangazette18860105-1.1.6 | 6 | pinangazette18860105-1.2.11 | SHARE MARKET. | SHARE MARKET. Tuesday, sth January, 1886. Straits Insurance Company, Limited. 3 1 00 Phsres, 820 paid up. Mo recent sales, may be quoted ai 37J nominal. The Singapore Insurance Company Limited -3 IDO Shares; *2O paid up. atNomiutl 22 iMaynard and Company, Limited 100 Shares, fully paid up. Nominal at | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18860105-1 | 1886-01-05 | 1 | pinangazette18860105-1.1.6 | 6 | pinangazette18860105-1.2.12 | POLITICAL TELEGRAMS. | POLITICAL TELEGRAMS. [From our Exchangee J Nish, December 20.—The Commission of Military Attuches of the Groat Powers Uhs arrived st Servo-Bulgarian frontier London, December 21, —Lnd Hartington has written a letter declaring he has no knowledge of any scheme lor gianting Home Role to Ireland, and that his views on | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18860105-1 | 1886-01-05 | 1 | pinangazette18860105-1.1.6 | 6 | pinangazette18860105-1.2.13.1 | Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 | Sixth Rack. Winners' Handicap for Ponies A forced baodichp for nil winners of 10 per cfint. of their winnings with $5O. added distance R. C. Entrance $5. JOHN A. BROWN, L’onorary Secretary. Penaeg, Blh Deoetnber 1885. | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18860105-1 | 1886-01-05 | 1 | pinangazette18860105-1.1.7 | 7 | pinangazette18860105-1.2.14.1 | Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 | TSB DELI LANSKAT I th s c t®X r< S?,^^,°/ the I CIGAR AND CIGARKTI’B S e?™ n ‘or COMPANY. in the good» of i UNDER THE PATRONAGE Noor Mahomed Mo rican, deceased. jffISyS&f&PKL I Jf OF HI& BXCBLLESCY Pursuant to the Trustees’ and Mortga- I U?l ’jB§ SIR FREDERICK | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18860105-1 | 1886-01-05 | 1 | pinangazette18860105-1.1.8 | 8 | pinangazette18860105-1.2.15.1 | Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 | z/S/n 77714/7 We JLk 'puil/l FIU/Klo SANCTIONED BY HER MA JEST Y’S GOVERNMENT. Hzl TER, 1 Protected under the T r ade Mark Act” (38 d 39 Viet, ch. 91). THE NATURAL SODA WATER. Th. qww of table water».' 1 IT' r***— Br,tis,< Mkdwal Joc lu H EA LTH APOLLINARIS | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18860105-1 | 1886-01-05 | 1 | pinangazette18860105-1.1.8 | 8 | pinangazette18860105-1.2.15.2 | Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 | CLARENDON HOTELS No 2 PENANG HOAD, Seven minutes walk from the Jetty). 'Hie undersigned beg respectfully to in» form the Public that they have purchased tbe above Hotel, and to solicit a fair «hare of patronage and support. Extensive alterations and inprovement. are being made. .Superior accomodation will be offered | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18860105-1 | 1886-01-05 | 1 | pinangazette18860105-1.1.9 | 9 | pinangazette18860105-1.2.16.1 | THE PENANG CENTENARY. | THE PENANG CENTENARY. At the last Committee Meeting of the Penang Association it was decided that the necessary s eps be taken to call a Public Meeting of the inhabitants of this Settlement to be held iu I the Town Hall on Thursday, the 14th instant, at 3 p Mi, | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18860105-1 | 1886-01-05 | 1 | pinangazette18860105-1.1.9 | 9 | pinangazette18860105-1.2.16.2 | THE ANNEXATION OF UPPER BURMA. | THE ANNEXATION OF UPPER BURMA. On the morning of the Ist instant, the Government of India issued a proclamation in Rangoon announcing the annexation of Upper Burma to the British Flag and an Imperial saiute of 101 guns was fired t» celebrate the event. Ihe dry was observed as a | NA |
Column legend
| 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 first 100 rows from this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the
.import requests base_url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search" url = base_url + "?resource_id=d_28b3a85568eb8e82a0c13749afa96061" response = requests.get(url) print(response.json())
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