Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1911 to 1915
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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 | pinangazette19110103-1 | 3/1/1911 | 1 | pinangazette19110103-1.1.1 | 1 | pinangazette19110103-1.2.1 | Masthead | Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ublished daily. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. I VOL. LXIX. TUESDAY, 3rd JANUARY, 1911. PRICE 10 CENTS. | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19110103-1 | 3/1/1911 | 1 | pinangazette19110103-1.1.2 | 2 | pinangazette19110103-1.2.10.1 | Page 2 Miscellaneous Column 1 | The Moor. First Quarter 1.20 p in. 8 Jan. O Full Moon 526 p.m 15 The Sun. Apparent times of Sunrise and Sunset iu Penang Sunrise. Sunset. Jan. 7to Jan. 19, ..6-08 a.m. 5-52 p.m. Jan. 20 to Jan. 31,...6-07 a.m. 5-53 p.m. The Tides. Date. H. W. L. W. | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19110103-1 | 3/1/1911 | 1 | pinangazette19110103-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette19110103-1.2.11.1 | Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 | PENANG SALES ROOM, 2 BEACH STREET. PENANG; Z ESTABLISHED 1892. J UNDER THE DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE OF A Ill! HON’BLE R. N. BLAND, LATE RESIDENT COUNCILLOR, PENANG. a Auctioneers, Brokers, Appraisers, House and Land Agents, J Shipping and General Commission Agents. 2 Import Merchants, Dealers in British. A 9 Continental, and | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19110103-1 | 3/1/1911 | 1 | pinangazette19110103-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette19110103-1.2.11.2 | Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 | OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOOoo o THE GRAND HOTEL, o O IPOH, PERAK. O 2 2 O THE ONLY FIRST CLASS HOTEL IN PERAK. o o O Terms Strictly Moderate. g o O X Telegrams: CREET,†Ipoh. P. Z. CREET, q Sole Proprietor. oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ADELPHI HOTEL, SIN GAPO RE 1 u I I Select | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19110103-1 | 3/1/1911 | 1 | pinangazette19110103-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette19110103-1.2.11.3 | Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 | i Sea View Hotel, o Farquhar street. g MAGAZINES AT PENANG AND IPOH. n Stocks always on hand of The Ideal Resort for Visitors to 2 Penang. GELIGNITE» i on 1,0 ,Mes i blas ok atink Cuisine Unexcelled. SETUPLEX DETONATORS. ELECTRIC DETONATOR. TERMS MODERATE: BY DAY OR sporting ballistite a | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19110103-1 | 3/1/1911 | 1 | pinangazette19110103-1.1.4 | 4 | pinangazette19110103-1.2.12 | Tuesday, Jan. 3, 1911. | Tuesday, Jan. 3, 1911. To drop into sporting phraseology is excusable in Race week. In writing of the band, we not therefore apologise for expressing something of .the of the successful tipster at the rfevts that Retention by Expediency EcoMmy, which we gave some days ago as a good thing, | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19110103-1 | 3/1/1911 | 1 | pinangazette19110103-1.1.4 | 4 | pinangazette19110103-1.2.13 | TO-DAY’S RACES. | TO-DAY’S RACES. FINAL NOTES AND SELECTIONS. To-day is the eventful day of the New Year Racing Carnival when the gee-gees will try conclusions on the convincing ground at Headquarters. There has been quite a volume of speculation going on but hardly enough, it is said, to Ratify the enormous appetites | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19110103-1 | 3/1/1911 | 1 | pinangazette19110103-1.1.4 | 4 | pinangazette19110103-1.2.14 | SCRATCHINGS. | SCRATCHINGS. Mixed Handicap. Princess Juliana Bay Ronald. Governor’s Cup.— Jimmy Sinus. George Town Cup.— Fairy Maid. Paddock Cup.— Melodist. Selling Handicap. Lunoc Heather Bell Madame Meg. A Christinas tree is being held to-morrow at the Convent at 2 o’clock for all the pupils of the Convent. Considerable planting activity will | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19110103-1 | 3/1/1911 | 1 | pinangazette19110103-1.1.4 | 4 | pinangazette19110103-1.2.15 | LUNCHEON AT RUNNYMEDE. | LUNCHEON AT RUNNYMEDE. NEW ANNEXE OPENED. It was purposed by Mr. Kerdyk to combine a New Year’s tiffin with the opening ceremony of the new annexe of Runnymede Hotel. The unfortunate demise of Mrs. Berkhuijsen necessitated the deletion of formalities, but the luncheon was largely attended and proved a great | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19110103-1 | 3/1/1911 | 1 | pinangazette19110103-1.1.4 | 4 | pinangazette19110103-1.2.16 | H. M. S. “Minotaur.†| H. M. S. “Minotaur.†Arrival in Penang. H. M.S. armoured cruiser Minotaur. carrying the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir A. L. Winsloe, Commander in Chief of the China Station, arrived yesterday from Hongkong and Singapore and will make a fortnight’s stay at Penang. The Minotaur, which replaced the King Aljred as | 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_edf8dcabefecac5d2df4a1f740ac2c3e" response = requests.get(url) print(response.json())
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