Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1879
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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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| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18790110-1 | 1879-01-10 | 1 | pinangazette18790110-1.1.1 | 1 | pinangazette18790110-1.2.1 | Masthead | PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AWD FRIDAY. NEW SERIES. FRIDAY, 10th JANUARY, 1879, VOL- XXXVII, No. 3 | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18790110-1 | 1879-01-10 | 1 | pinangazette18790110-1.1.5 | 5 | pinangazette18790110-1.2.10.1 | Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 | ON TAI INSURANCE COMPANY. PROSPECTUS. UNITED. rnHE having been THE PHYE RIVER DOCK COMPANY LIMITED I appointed agent, for the above TO BE INCORPORATED UNDER THIS INDIAN ACT X, OE 11466. Company is prepared to issue Ma- CAPITAL A* 200,000. nne Policies on the most favorable ter F“± In 2000 | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18790110-1 | 1879-01-10 | 1 | pinangazette18790110-1.1.6 | 6 | pinangazette18790110-1.2.11.1 | Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 | NEW GOODS 00 0 Tnr r CR JUST RECEIVED FROM PTTnnPT? c*< A V y<7 Hotel and Uath Establishments, begs to LUIvUiL notify that he has taken the Management of BY T jj E y* tbe business to himself, and hopes by strict x-i attention to it to merit the | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18790110-1 | 1879-01-10 | 1 | pinangazette18790110-1.1.7 | 7 | pinangazette18790110-1.2.12.1 | Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 | NOTICE WTOHCE is hereby given that I have £1 this day dissolved with MOOS.A H and DaOD in the business which we have for the last Six months past carried on as traI ders in Chulia Street No 129 George Town in Piuang. Dated at Pinung this 11th day of | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18790110-1 | 1879-01-10 | 1 | pinangazette18790110-1.1.1 | 1 | pinangazette18790110-1.2.2.1 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 | peninsular Oriental Steam Nabigation ®ompanp. THE following are the appointed A dates of arrival of the Mail Packconveying the outward and homeward Mails as approved of by H. M. Postmaster General. Outwafd Bqate- HomewardKoute 1879. 1879 sth January Sunday 13th January Monday 19th do. 27th de. 2nd February dq. loth | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18790110-1 | 1879-01-10 | 1 | pinangazette18790110-1.1.1 | 1 | pinangazette18790110-1.2.2.2 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 | STOOMVAARTS MAATSCHAPPU “NEDERLAND.” Steam Communication diregt to Holland. ’The First Class, full powered Steamers of this Company, (under mail contract with the Nederlands Government,) will call here every three weeks, till June next, punctually, as under. Prinses Amalia 29th Jiiny. 1879 Prins Van Oranje 19th Feby. Madura 12th March Conrad | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18790110-1 | 1879-01-10 | 1 | pinangazette18790110-1.1.1 | 1 | pinangazette18790110-1.2.2.3 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 | CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE THE undersigned are prepared to accept all risks on Tobacco from the Drying sheds on Estates in Sumutra including transhipment via this port to Europe. For particulars apply to LORRAIN, GILLESPIE CO. Agents. The Positive GOVERNMENT SECURITY L’ft Assurance Company LIMITED. ———=o»JOOOOO*— The Company recpiest the earnest | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18790110-1 | 1879-01-10 | 1 | pinangazette18790110-1.1.1 | 1 | pinangazette18790110-1.2.2.4 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 | BRQTMKttS, GENERAL STORE, PENANG AND SINGAPORE. Commercial Square, Beach Street Have always Halfen fort- Sont ton-1 Hebb tr on hand awe)) waehrend jours bien steels vooi selected and ein wohlas- asso r t i s radig eeu richly assor- sortirtes La- dans tous ryk assorti. ted stock of geraller Eu- | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18790110-1 | 1879-01-10 | 1 | pinangazette18790110-1.1.2 | 2 | pinangazette18790110-1.2.3.1 | Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 | Tff E BTAK A R D THE LONDON ASSURANCE PENAN.O MLEDI'CA.t- STQR.E, life Assurance Company. Incorporated by Royal Charter, No. 18, BEACH STREET. m r •Tw z, Established 1873. ««•mor. For Insuring Buildings, Goods, Frelll p>to M icinfs Pro p,i„„ ry Anicirs. Droggis.., Supuri.t. (THE RIGHT HON. THE Merchandize Vessels | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18790110-1 | 1879-01-10 | 1 | pinangazette18790110-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette18790110-1.2.4 | Pinang Gazette. Friday, 10th January, 1879. | Pinang Gazette. Friday, 10th January, 1879. EICttANG®. PIKANU, 10th JixuART. 1879. Rate» class its follows London, Demand 3s. 6}d. V dollar Do. 8 months’ sight, Bank 3s. 7jd. Do. Oredita 3s. 8(4. Do. Documentary 3s. gjd. Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 223 4TJIOO. Do. 30 days' sight Private 228 Bombay, 30 | 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 |
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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_af5ea97030fed0db57e14efbe2bd93fd" response = requests.get(url) print(response.json())
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