Newspapers-Comrade-1946
This dataset is a list of digitised out-of-copyright newspaper articles from the National Library, Singapore.
These materials present a valuable resource on Singapore’s history, art and culture, digitised as part of an endeavour to preserve and provide better access to resources located within the library to enable users to explore and discover these resources.
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Title of newspaper | Issue ID | Issue date | Edition | Page ID | Page number | Article ID | Title of article | First 50 words of the article text | Contributor- an entity that made contributions to the article |
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| Comrade | comrade19460817-1 | 17 August 1946 | 1 | comrade19460817-1.1.2 | 2 | comrade19460817-1.2.1 | Metropolis of the East | Metropolis of the East Cosmopolitan by Post-War Political Set-Up After a holiday in which the spirit of relaxation and unalloyed enjoyment was absent, Singaporeans fortified themselves to endure the hectic drama of robberies, strikes, blackmarket operations, and petulant grumbling about things around them. In an effort to dispel this dismal | Cosmopolitan |
| Comrade | comrade19460817-1 | 17 August 1946 | 1 | comrade19460817-1.1.2 | 2 | comrade19460817-1.2.2 | What are You? | What are You? (English rendering by the Editor of a few lines from Iqbal's Urdu masterpiece the "Shamma".) "You were born to shine in the capitals of the world, Why are you wasting your potentialities away from the beaten tracks? Realise yourselves and come into your own! What are you? | NA |
| Comrade | comrade19460817-1 | 17 August 1946 | 1 | comrade19460817-1.1.2 | 2 | comrade19460817-1.2.3.1 | Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 | Briar Pipes Emporium P. O. BOX 885 SINGAPORE. Importers of BRIAR PIPES SMOKERS' REQUISITES | NA |
| Comrade | comrade19460817-1 | 17 August 1946 | 1 | comrade19460817-1.1.3 | 3 | comrade19460817-1.2.4 | AROUND MALAYA | AROUND MALAYA by "Orang Pelayaran" Food! More Food!! The food growing campaign has shed its swaddling clothes of slogans and radio talk for the changkol and the plough. In Sungei Manik, Perak and Tanjong Karang Selangor efforts are being made to push on the pre-war scheme of settling padi planters. | NA |
| Comrade | comrade19460817-1 | 17 August 1946 | 1 | comrade19460817-1.1.3 | 3 | comrade19460817-1.2.5 | The Labourer's Status and Rights | The Labourer's Status and Rights Planters have been complaining of the uphill work that confronts them in the estates which they return to find abandoned to blukar and wild boars. But what irks them most is that the humble Ramasamy is now conscious of his status and rights as a | NA |
| Comrade | comrade19460817-1 | 17 August 1946 | 1 | comrade19460817-1.1.3 | 3 | comrade19460817-1.2.6 | Crime Wave | Crime Wave In the crime calender more and more arms have been recovered in all states. In Penang in particular secret societies have taken to the Hills after finding town too hot but the police are bearding them in their mountain lairs with the result that many of them have | NA |
| Comrade | comrade19460817-1 | 17 August 1946 | 1 | comrade19460817-1.1.3 | 3 | comrade19460817-1.2.7 | "The Brotherhood of Malayans" | "The Brotherhood of Malayans" In Malacca, Mr. Tan Cheng Lock, former Legislative councillor pleaded for the retention of the Malayan Union. He voiced the sentiments of a small section of Malayans who favour the Union. Whether one agrees with his view or not, one must take the hat off to | NA |
| Comrade | comrade19460817-1 | 17 August 1946 | 1 | comrade19460817-1.1.3 | 3 | comrade19460817-1.2.8.1 | Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 | Telephone No 3022 Tele: Address:Foreign Inland KIDIRGANY ADMIRALTY STEVEDORES A. K. GANY Co., SHIP-CHANDLERS. LABOUR SUPPLIERS. SHIP'S CREW SUPPLIER. LIGHTER MOTOR BOAT OWNERS SUPPLIERS DUBASH PROVISION SUPPLIERS, PASSENGER BROKERS GENERAL CONTRACTORS, ETC., Office Address:TELUK AYER BASIN, RAFFLES QUAY, SINGAPORE Sole Proprietor A. K. GANY. Arrived! Arrived!! LITTLE'S ORIENTAL BALM The | NA |
| Comrade | comrade19460817-1 | 17 August 1946 | 1 | comrade19460817-1.1.4 | 4 | comrade19460817-1.2.9 | Maulana Mohamed Ali. | Maulana Mohamed Ali. This Journal is now being founded as a Memorial to Maulana Mohamed Ali. Like the "Comrade" which was edited by the late Maulana., this "COMRADE shall try to be a "Comrade of all and partisan of none". Clear-thinking and fairplay shall be the policy of the ''Comrade". | NA |
| Comrade | comrade19460817-1 | 17 August 1946 | 1 | comrade19460817-1.1.4 | 4 | comrade19460817-1.2.10.1 | Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 | NA | NA |
Column legend
| Title | Column name | Data type | Unit of measure | Description |
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| Title of newspaper | 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 |
| Title of article | article_title | Text | - | Title of article |
| First 50 words of the article text | article_text_1st50words | Text | - | First 50 words of the article text |
| Contributor- an entity that made contributions to the article | 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_957300730389bb7144054a06e340696f" response = requests.get(url) print(response.json())
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