Newspapers-Malaya Tribune-1945 to 1949
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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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| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19451015-1 | 15 October 1945 | 1 | maltribune19451015-1.1.1 | 4/1 | maltribune19451015-1.2.1 | Masthead | The Malaya Tribune THE NEWSPAPER OF THE PEOPLE OF MALAYA FOUR PAGES MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1945 PRICE 10 CENTS The Malaya Tribune Monday, October 15, 1945 | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19451015-1 | 15 October 1945 | 1 | maltribune19451015-1.1.1 | 4/1 | maltribune19451015-1.2.2 | EVACUEES IN INDIA RETURN BY AIR | EVACUEES IN INDIA RETURN BY AIR "CM OWN here from Bombny, an advance party of European, ChiU" A etc and Indian ex-residents of Malaya—representing the first Malayan evacuees in India and Ceylon to return to this country in a group—arrived in Singapore at noon on Saturday, to confer with B. | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19451015-1 | 15 October 1945 | 1 | maltribune19451015-1.1.1 | 4/1 | maltribune19451015-1.2.3 | SINGAPORE CHINESE IN INDIA | SINGAPORE CHINESE IN INDIA list of names of Singapore Chinese now in India, obtained through a member of the advance party of evacuees who returned to Singapore on Saturday is given below: Dr. Ang Swee Hian (.wife and child), present address, Sita Mahal, 64, Walkeswar Road, Bombay; Mrs. Lena Balrd, | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19451015-1 | 15 October 1945 | 1 | maltribune19451015-1.1.1 | 4/1 | maltribune19451015-1.2.4 | 4,000 MALAYANS WANT TO LEAVE INDIA SOON | 4,000 MALAYANS WANT TO LEAVE INDIA SOON TTTPRE are approximately 4,000 Malayan evacuees I at present in India and 400 in Ceylon. Of the number In India, about 3,700 have registered themselves with the Malayan Association of India, while approximately 200 of the evacuees in Ceylon have had themselves registered. | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19451015-1 | 15 October 1945 | 1 | maltribune19451015-1.1.1 | 4/1 | maltribune19451015-1.2.5 | Malayan Journalists, Union Suggested | Malayan Journalists, Union Suggested T HE formation of a JournaA lists' Union, suggested by Mr. O. Strangapani, Editor of the Tamil Murasu, at a dinner he gave at the G. H. Cafe on Saturday night to celebrate the Allied Victory and the restoration of the Freedom of the Press, was | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19451015-1 | 15 October 1945 | 1 | maltribune19451015-1.1.1 | 4/1 | maltribune19451015-1.2.6 | Malayan Evacuees Ask For Speeding Up Repat Plan | Malayan Evacuees Ask For Speeding Up Repat Plan IM£Y men whose presence in Malaya would greatly accelerate the return of this country to normal conditions are impatiently waiting in India and Ceylon for repatriation, "in order to get things moving in this country," declared Mr. John Laycock, well-known figure in | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19451015-1 | 15 October 1945 | 1 | maltribune19451015-1.1.1 | 4/1 | maltribune19451015-1.2.7 | KILLED BY LOCAL HOOCH | KILLED BY LOCAL HOOCH Several Sikhs and Ohirure, the first local civilians believed to have been victims of locally manufactured hooch, died In Singapore last week. Servicemen were the first victims, 20 of them having died after drinking it. The analyst's report on the nature of the poison in the | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19451015-1 | 15 October 1945 | 1 | maltribune19451015-1.1.1 | 4/1 | maltribune19451015-1.2.8 | H.K. BANKS RE-OPEN TO-DAY | H.K. BANKS RE-OPEN TO-DAY Reuter. Hongkong, Oct. 14. Hongkong banks will reopen tomorrow for domestic banking. New accounts may be ope n d and operated, but old accounts will remain blocked. In Shanghai, restoration of British and other foreign commerce and banking to normal is expected to be acelerated as | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19451015-1 | 15 October 1945 | 1 | maltribune19451015-1.1.1 | 4/1 | maltribune19451015-1.2.9 | Stamps On Sale Shortly | Stamps On Sale Shortly The first consignment of Malayan stamps has already arrived in Singapore, and is now being sorted out for distribution throughout the Peninsula. The new stamps will not be on sale until officially announced by the authorities. | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19451015-1 | 15 October 1945 | 1 | maltribune19451015-1.1.1 | 4/1 | maltribune19451015-1.2.10 | Chinese Form Committee To Collect "Atrocity" Evidence | Chinese Form Committee To Collect "Atrocity" Evidence \n available cvuiow c vi jap atrocities committed on the Chinese community of Singapore will be collected and submitted to both Hie Chinese and British Governments by a special sub-committee which will probably be set up today as a result oi a meeting | NA |
Column legend
| Title | Column name | Data type | Unit of measure | Description |
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| 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_35edcd8fbe08f517e1c23470f996dadc" response = requests.get(url) print(response.json())
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