Newspapers-The Straits Maritime Journal and General News-1895 to 1896
This dataset is a list of digitised out-of-copyright newspaper articles from the National Library, Singapore.
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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 Maritime Journal and General News | straitsmaritime18950104-1 | 4 January 1895 | 1 | straitsmaritime18950104-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsmaritime18950104-1.2.1 | Masthead | THE Straits Maritime Journal AND GENERAL NEWS. PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY. VOL. 1. NO. 14. PENANG, 4TH JANU4RY, 1895. PRICE 20 CENTS. | NA |
| The Straits Maritime Journal and General News | straitsmaritime18950104-1 | 4 January 1895 | 1 | straitsmaritime18950104-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsmaritime18950104-1.2.2.1 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 | BOLS GIN ;h. j. martyn AND His AGENTS. GOSLING Co. OCEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY’S Departures from England. are prepared to supply Ships in Harbour TT T> ntl 1 Steamer From. Will sail. Left Suez ue 1 renang. PROVISIONS, SPIRITS, k WINES I IT s„v. a CV'lop, d„ l’yrrkut do j | NA |
| The Straits Maritime Journal and General News | straitsmaritime18950104-1 | 4 January 1895 | 1 | straitsmaritime18950104-1.1.1 | 1 | straitsmaritime18950104-1.2.2.2 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 | JOHANNIS The King of Natural Table Waters,'and DEWAR’S WHISKY. Martyn, Penang. | NA |
| The Straits Maritime Journal and General News | straitsmaritime18950104-1 | 4 January 1895 | 1 | straitsmaritime18950104-1.1.2 | 2 | straitsmaritime18950104-1.2.3.1 | Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 | JtrUish India Steam Narit/a- j PRITCHARD CO. ttm Co. ZM. j» x g, g. Monmouttisliire and S. S. “Java,” SERVICES FROM PENANG STOCKS COMPLETELY LARGELY RE.Ni3W.3DWeekly -—To Singapore, van LISTS r dsr mm: on gooft and Calcutta, Mouimem application. Negapatam, «ft!#/**® Karikal, Porto Novo, Pondi- “TUKRMIDOR.’ cherry and Madras, Wines, | NA |
| The Straits Maritime Journal and General News | straitsmaritime18950104-1 | 4 January 1895 | 1 | straitsmaritime18950104-1.1.3 | 3 | straitsmaritime18950104-1.2.4 | MARKET QUOTATIONS. | MARKET QUOTATIONS. Penang, 4th January 1895. Tin $35.25. White Pepper 12 20—sellers. Black Pepper 8.50 do. Nutmegs 90. do. Mace No. I 80.— do. Muce Pickings 70. do. No. 1 7.20 do. Sugar < No. 2 3.70. do. I Basket 2.65. do. Tapioca Flour 2. do. Copra 5.70 do. | NA |
| The Straits Maritime Journal and General News | straitsmaritime18950104-1 | 4 January 1895 | 1 | straitsmaritime18950104-1.1.3 | 3 | straitsmaritime18950104-1.2.5 | EXCHANGE. | EXCHANGE. Penang, 4th January, 1895. London, Bank o-d and T. T. l/l 1 7/8 Dol. Do. 4 months 2/0 1/4 Do. Prirnte bills 3 months 2/Oj Calcutta T.T. and o,d j Rangoon < ...Rs. 185} Bombay Batavia Bank o,d 121 Hongkong Bank ...If o/oprem. Do. Private bills 3 months o/o | NA |
| The Straits Maritime Journal and General News | straitsmaritime18950104-1 | 4 January 1895 | 1 | straitsmaritime18950104-1.1.3 | 3 | straitsmaritime18950104-1.2.6 | AN ENLARGED ELECTORATE. | AN ENLARGED ELECTORATE Pressure on our space prevented any reference in our last issue being made to the deputation which waited on H. E. the Governor on the 22nd ult. These gentlemen asked to be placed on the list of those who have the privilege of nominating a Member of | NA |
| The Straits Maritime Journal and General News | straitsmaritime18950104-1 | 4 January 1895 | 1 | straitsmaritime18950104-1.1.3 | 3 | straitsmaritime18950104-1.2.7.1 | Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 | Notice to Mariners Penang Harbour. —Caution is necessary in using the S, chan, until the soundings r ecently obtained are chat ted as considerable alteration has taken place in the entr to the chan. The bank on the E. side is extending into the chan., and ou the W. side | NA |
| The Straits Maritime Journal and General News | straitsmaritime18950104-1 | 4 January 1895 | 1 | straitsmaritime18950104-1.1.3 | 3 | straitsmaritime18950104-1.2.8.1 | Page 3 Miscellaneous Column 1 | HIGH-WATER AT PENANG. Approximate Times. Date. Day of the A.. M P. M. Remarks, week. Jan. 4 Friday 628 6-49 5 Saturday 7-10 7-34 P. AO. Outward Mail due. 6 Sunday 7-58 823 7 Monday 8-50 9-17 8 Tuesday 9-45 10-15 9 Wednesday 10 46 11-33 .10 Thursday 11-53 0-25 | NA |
| The Straits Maritime Journal and General News | straitsmaritime18950104-1 | 4 January 1895 | 1 | straitsmaritime18950104-1.1.4 | 4 | straitsmaritime18950104-1.2.9 | THE ALTERNATIVE MAIL ROUTE. | THE ALTERNATIVE MAIL ROUTE. I o make our last leader on the above subject clearer we will now give our readers, the distances of the two rival routes, viz (a) tl 1( Negapata n, and (M.that, via Calcutta and R im goon, only premising that the time required carry the | 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_8229ae99eb503b45b075067b87184cfe" response = requests.get(url) print(response.json())
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