Newspapers-The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)-1927 to 1931
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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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| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19270108-1 | 8/1/1927 | 1 | straitsechomail19270108-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsechomail19270108-1.2.1 | Masthead | The Straits Echo Weekly Edition $7B PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 40 CTS. VOL. 25 PENANG: JANUARY 8, 1927 NO. 1 | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19270108-1 | 8/1/1927 | 1 | straitsechomail19270108-1.1.5 | 3 | straitsechomail19270108-1.2.10 | BOUSTEAD & CO., LTD. | BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. Rubber Sales Department The market has shown a slightly firmer undertone since the holidays although London stocks were reported 1058 tons up at the week ending 25th instant and now stand at 48,382 tons. There was firm bidding at the Auction held here yesterday, prices realised for | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19270108-1 | 8/1/1927 | 1 | straitsechomail19270108-1.1.5 | 3 | straitsechomail19270108-1.2.11 | NEW YEAR HONOURS | NEW YEAR HONOURS FIVE PEERAGES G.C.M.G. FOR GOVERNOR (British Official Wireless) Rugby, January 1 The New Year Honours list was contained in a special supplement to the London Gazette issued last night. THE OFFICIAL LISTS VISCOUNTS CraijL the Rt. Hon. Sir James, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. Sumner, the Rt. | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19270108-1 | 8/1/1927 | 1 | straitsechomail19270108-1.1.5 | 3 | straitsechomail19270108-1.2.12 | CHIEF OFFICER CHARGED | CHIEF OFFICER CHARGED Sequel to Incident on the Seistan There was a sequel in the Marine Court on Tuesday afternoon to an incident which occurred on the steamer Seistan the same morning, the chief officer, Mr. J. Macdonald, being charged with being drunk while on duty on the forecastle and | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19270108-1 | 8/1/1927 | 1 | straitsechomail19270108-1.1.6 | 4 | straitsechomail19270108-1.2.13.1 | TIN AND RUBBER NOTES | TIN AND RUBBER NOTES (From Out Own Correspondent) London, December 8 Forward rubber sales tables show that in number of cases contracts have be* n placed as far ahead as December 1930 .More than 550 different estates now make comprehensive and c< mplete returns, and additions to the tables are | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19270108-1 | 8/1/1927 | 1 | straitsechomail19270108-1.1.6 | 4 | straitsechomail19270108-1.2.14 | POLICE COURT | POLICE COURT Chandu Case In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. C. VV. A. Kennett, the case in which a Chinese 8 charged with unlawful possession of Chandu was mentioned and postponed till to-morrow. Bail of $250 was allowed. Theft A Malay. Ibrahim, pleaded guilty to the theft of | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19270108-1 | 8/1/1927 | 1 | straitsechomail19270108-1.1.6 | 4 | straitsechomail19270108-1.2.15 | HONOURS FOR JOHORE) | HONOURS FOR JOHORE) PRESENTATIONS AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE A very large and distinguished gather, ing, fully representative cf official and unofficial society in the Colony and the State of Johore, assembled at Govern, rnent House on Wednesday morning at the invitation of H.E. the Governor and H.H. the Sultan of Johore | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19270108-1 | 8/1/1927 | 1 | straitsechomail19270108-1.1.6 | 4 | straitsechomail19270108-1.2.16 | CHINESE CLUB | CHINESE CLUB At the annual general meeting of the hinese Club, McAlister Pvoadi the following gentlemen W’ere elected officebearers President, Mr. Ho Kim Teik (reelected) Hon. Secretary, Mr. Oh Teik Lee (re-elected); Hon. Asst. Secretary, Mr. Choong Lye Hock (re-elected); Hon treasurers, Mr. Ooi Eng Lim and Mr. Lim Lean | NA |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19270108-1 | 8/1/1927 | 1 | straitsechomail19270108-1.1.7 | 5 | straitsechomail19270108-1.2.17 | Review of British Trade and Finance in 1926 | Review of British Trade and Finance in 1926 By Hargreaves Parkinson, B. Com. (Manager of the Economist” intelligence Branch) (Exclusive To Straits EchoCopy right) 1926 will be remembered as the year of the costliest industrial dispute in British annals. General indications in the opening months were more propitious than at | (Exclusive To Straits EchoCopy right) |
| The Straits Echo (Mail Edition) | straitsechomail19270108-1 | 8/1/1927 | 1 | straitsechomail19270108-1.1.8 | 6 | straitsechomail19270108-1.2.18 | NEW YEAR’S EVE BALL | NEW YEAR’S EVE BALL A siicce-sful ball was held at the E. and O. Hotel, on Friday last, December 31 192(5. Ilurev ns a large gat lu ring dinner an-l the numbers were considerably in-<-rua < d P»r the dance, some six or seven hundred people participating in the festivities | 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 |
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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_66160334994304e9a21d42ae2e32a5c7" response = requests.get(url) print(response.json())
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