Newspapers-The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle-1894 to 1896
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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 Independent and Penang Chronicle | straitsindependent18940103-1 | 3 January 1894 | 1 | straitsindependent18940103-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsindependent18940103-1.2.1 | Masthead | The Straits Independent AND PENANG CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY EVENINGS. i/moil!20 Cents. Price 2‘> Cents. VOL. YI. PENANG, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1894. No. 454 | NA |
| The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle | straitsindependent18940103-1 | 3 January 1894 | 1 | straitsindependent18940103-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsindependent18940103-1.2.2.1 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 | H, 8 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIShTION COMPANY, LIMITED. ',p‘\!lVnm''rf E iaoo KOMINKLIJKE PAKETVAAPT ’UkATSCHAPPU. compant^mued. Capital £3,000,000. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS* established iss3. Accumulated Invested Fund5...£2,833.118. r»»O/.„ 7 Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. 1 Hl<j undersigned, being the appointed Capital fully Subscribed agents of this Company, are authorized | NA |
| The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle | straitsindependent18940103-1 | 3 January 1894 | 1 | straitsindependent18940103-1.1.2 | 2 | straitsindependent18940103-1.2.3 | THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE COLONIAL SECRETARY’S LETTER. | THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE COLONIAL SECRETARY’S LETTER. After careful consideration —Air. Wright will pardon us for giving him credit for such a course of the Colonial Secretary’s letter nnent the recent “election,” (lit? Chairman of the Penang Chamber of Commerce has now called a special general meeting of | NA |
| The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle | straitsindependent18940103-1 | 3 January 1894 | 1 | straitsindependent18940103-1.1.2 | 2 | straitsindependent18940103-1.2.4 | THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW. | THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW. Theue is very little fco he said in favour of the year that has just come to a close, as far is this Colony i 3 concerned, and still less to be expected from that upon which we have now entered. 1893 is a | NA |
| The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle | straitsindependent18940103-1 | 3 January 1894 | 1 | straitsindependent18940103-1.1.2 | 2 | straitsindependent18940103-1.2.5 | THE NEW RULE CONCERNING LICENSED HOUSES. | THE NEW RULE CONCERNING LICENSED HOUSES. Tim proprietors of all iho minor public houses in Singapore have, we are informed, presented a peti t.ion to 11. F. the Acting Governor, praying that llule No 9, made on the 9i h November last, for the management of Houses licensed under section | NA |
| The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle | straitsindependent18940103-1 | 3 January 1894 | 1 | straitsindependent18940103-1.1.2 | 2 | straitsindependent18940103-1.2.6 | MR. W. H. READ ON THE C. D. O. | MR. W. H. READ ON THE C. D. O. The following letter to the Fffi'or nppeurs in the Straits Times of the 291! i uU.o. London 2 8th November. Stir —Somewhere about. a year auro, when writing about the health of the Troops in the Straits Settlements, you qualified some | NA |
| The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle | straitsindependent18940103-1 | 3 January 1894 | 1 | straitsindependent18940103-1.1.2 | 2 | straitsindependent18940103-1.2.7.1 | Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 | THE STRAITS INDEPENDENT. PCliUSilKii EVHI WKOMSSSt.Vi AMI MTII! MV ETEXIMi. K>* TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Per Annum t 2.00 m Half-year “o*> Quarter Single copy twenty cents. IF I*A 11) IN AItKEA K 5 for three months, after which term the paper will only be supplied on payment | NA |
| The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle | straitsindependent18940103-1 | 3 January 1894 | 1 | straitsindependent18940103-1.1.3 | 3 | straitsindependent18940103-1.2.8 | A NEW DEPARTURE. | A NEW DEPARTURE. E. r C. Egress» Many years ago two Straits Settlements residents were discussing the probability of the railway invading the Malay Peninsula. “A railway in Malacca said the one in reply to the somewhat sanguine forecast of ids companion, to whom a line from Singapore to Calcutta | NA |
| The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle | straitsindependent18940103-1 | 3 January 1894 | 1 | straitsindependent18940103-1.1.3 | 3 | straitsindependent18940103-1.2.9 | ENGLAND AND THE FRANCO-RUSSIAN ALLIANCE. | ENGLAND AND THE FRANCO-RUSSIAN ALLIANCE. An American View. The belief that the power most threatened by the Franco-Russian alliance is England and not the Triple Alliance is rapidly growing. It is in Egypt, the Indian frontier, iu Tamper, or in some other region of international questions that the new influence | NA |
| The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle | straitsindependent18940103-1 | 3 January 1894 | 1 | straitsindependent18940103-1.1.3 | 3 | straitsindependent18940103-1.2.10 | JAPAN GOING ON A GOLD BASIS. | JAPAN GOING ON A GOLD BASIS. The Hongkong Daily Press in commenting upon the telegram that Lord Herschell’s Committe is considering the t n question of rendering the Japanese Yen a legal tender iu that colony, says it is doubtful whether yens will he available much longer. It is reported | 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_722c16f37860ad31d697d609c7f81be1" response = requests.get(url) print(response.json())
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