Newspapers-Malaya Tribune-1939 to 1942
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National Library Board catalogue of digitised Malaya Tribune newspaper articles from 1939 to 1942, with issue, page, and article metadata for Singapore historical research. The open CSV enables discovery of pre-war news coverage in NLB’s historical newspapers portal. Researchers studying colonial Malaya and early Singapore press use it to locate primary sources.
Official description
This dataset is a list of digitised newspaper articles published 70 years ago or longer 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. For enquiries, please email [email protected]
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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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| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19390103-1 | 3 January 1939 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.1.1 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.2.1 | Masthead | The Malaya Tribune Malaya's National Newspaper: Guaranteed Largest Sales Vol XXVIII, No. L SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1039 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Tuesday, January 3. 1939 The Malaya Tribune 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1939 FIVE CENTS | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19390103-1 | 3 January 1939 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.1.1 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.2.2.1 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 | Read Tin SUNDAY Dominant j n Malay* Refused all but from healthy roys of the rich past'i c^''^^^^|^^ MAKES THAT CLEAN DUSTLESS HOME I FRIENDS ADMIRE. j I CLEANS AS IT POLISHES BEAUTIFUL FLOORS are easy with O-CEDAR POLISH. It quickly "cleans and polishes" all kinds of surfaces removes spots | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19390103-1 | 3 January 1939 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.1.1 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.2.2.2 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 | Kill Xyfy moscuiitoes jd^ with i FLIT I A.Witt TILA"! I A perl- 'ly r entire .olntmert tfA ensure l;fe!n<iir blessings of youtn h i md virility. On! it.? vet ipplica »nn you wii- be istonlshed at its exceedingly I I gratifying r<«ults. j!' iLJTEHATURE FREE. Prepared by AMICO WORKS, | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19390103-1 | 3 January 1939 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.1.1 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.2.2.3 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 | j MADAliffi 92, Piccadilly, London. 1 EXPERT DRESSMAKER f AND DESIGNER. Gowns Designed j Created in i.er work rooms $5 $30 I 13, BATTERY ROAD, SING APOR E. (J DELICIOUS fffl PREPARED TO THE JgL FROM LAST (fFfefl ORANGE DROP JUICE | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19390103-1 | 3 January 1939 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.1.2 | 2 | maltribune19390103-1.2.3 | Sentenced Share-Pusher Reveals All | Sentenced Share-Pusher Reveals All SWINDLING DOESN'T PAY London, T >ec. 15. JOHN Marsden Firth, last of the big share-pushers, and the "brains" behind a financial swindle that robbed the public of thousands, has been sentenced it the Old Bailey to four years' imprtfwnnu i Here he tells his own story | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19390103-1 | 3 January 1939 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.1.2 | 2 | maltribune19390103-1.2.4 | MEMEL CITIZENSHIP | MEMEL CITIZENSHIP Kaunas, Lithuania.—The Mcmel d lory has announced that Mcmel cit has been withdrawn from 352 Lithuanians and Jews. A month ago Mcmel citizenship teen withdrawn from B(i3 Lithua: i.nd Jews,-so that the total numb ihose now denied citizenship is I,'- | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19390103-1 | 3 January 1939 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.1.2 | 2 | maltribune19390103-1.2.5 | Home Office Liberates Convict | Home Office Liberates Convict I DV order of the Horn- Secretary an ex-convict "'ho wa; educated D at a public school, and was a former officer in both the British and Indian armies, is not to complete the unexpired portion of a sentence of three years' penal servitude because, th | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19390103-1 | 3 January 1939 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.1.2 | 2 | maltribune19390103-1.2.6 | 20 Miles A Day To Have Turban Wound | 20 Miles A Day To Have Turban Wound rVERV day seven-year-old John England who is sitting for the portrait of Kirn Kipbnjr's half Irish half English beggar boy in India travels 20 miles to have his turban wound. •John sits for three-quarters of an houi daily in Mr. Stanley Grimm's | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19390103-1 | 3 January 1939 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.1.2 | 2 | maltribune19390103-1.2.7 | ORGANISER OF PLAYERS' THEATRE DIES | ORGANISER OF PLAYERS' THEATRE DIES MR. PETEI; RIDGE WAY, the actor, producer, and organiser of the Players' Theatre, Convent Garden, has died in London, aged 44. Mr. Ridgeway originated the Victorian cabaret "Ridgeway's Late Joys." After being a newsboy at Manchester, he joined a fifth-rate touring company Entered Monastery He | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19390103-1 | 3 January 1939 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.1.2 | 2 | maltribune19390103-1.2.8.1 | Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 | STEAMER SAILINGS. BRITISH INDIA (Incorporated in England). 1\ S. N. CO.'S SAILINGS. OUTWARDS. me. Tonnage Spore 1G39 I SOUDAN C.sf>o Jan. 13 RANCH! 17.0C0 Jan. li RANPURA 17.000 Jan. 27 RAWALPINDI 7.000 Feb. 1J t BURDW.-.N 0 071' it b 11 CANTON 158 C« Feb. 24 1 SOMALI tt.MO Mar. | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19390103-1 | 3 January 1939 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.1.2 | 2 | maltribune19390103-1.2.8.2 | Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 | STEAMER SAILINGS §NOBDPBUTSCHER LLOYD, (Iccorporated La Germany). The undernoted are the Company'! intended fixtures: OUTWARD. For MANILA HONKONG, SHANGHAI, vo W iv CHINA and JAPAN. Due Spore. 1939 s.s. "CREFELD" omits Shanghai Dairen Japan Jan. 2 'ELBE* Jan. 0 s.s. "GNEISENAU" omits North china Jan. 19 S m.s. ''FOLDA" omits | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19390103-1 | 3 January 1939 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.1.2 | 2 | maltribune19390103-1.2.8.3 | Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 | HOLIDAY <HI ISI S To: BANGKOK SAIGON- By Luxurious' On* Class Motorships. Displacement Tons From Penang. P. Sham, Malacca, Spore nus. "Bo ring ia" (12,500» 10-1 ii-i 12-1 14-1 1 m.s. "Laiandla" »11,000» 31.1 l-l 2-2 4-: i 2 m.s. "Jutlandia" «13,100» 21-2 22-2 23-2 25-2 3 j NEXT HOLIDAY | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19390103-1 | 3 January 1939 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.1.2 | 2 | maltribune19390103-1.2.8.4 | Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 | HAMBURG-AMERIKA LIN IE B Deutsch-Australische Dampfschiffs Gesellschaft (Companies incorporated in Germany) PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICE OUTWARD. HONGKONG. SHANGHAI, NORTH CHINA AND JAPAN PORTS. Due S'oore 1939 t m.s. LEVERKUSEN Direct Jan. 8 m.s. RHEINLAND via Manila Jan. 2 t m.s. BURGENLAND Direct Feb. 4 HOMEWARD. HOLLAND, HAMBURG AND BREMEN. Due | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19390103-1 | 3 January 1939 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.1.3 | 3 | maltribune19390103-1.2.9 | S'pore Chinese Disgusted With Peace Move | S'pore Chinese Disgusted With Peace Move (Tribune Staff Reporter) Singapore, Monday. IUSGUST has been ereited in Singapore Chinese circles by the moves which Mr. Wang Ching Wei is reported to have taken, following his arrival in Honakong a few days ago. First surprised at the sudden departure of Mr Wang | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19390103-1 | 3 January 1939 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.1.3 | 3 | maltribune19390103-1.2.10 | GERMANY RATIONS RAW MATERIALS | GERMANY RATIONS RAW MATERIALS Reuter. Berlin. Jan Decrees prolonging rationing of many raw materials for twelve to fifteen months appear in the Reich gazette. Metals of all kinds, jute, hemp and leather among pther materials are listed Manufacturers of type-writers, radio sets, dyes and motor cars are among those affected.—Reuter | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19390103-1 | 3 January 1939 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.1.3 | 3 | maltribune19390103-1.2.11 | MAGISTRATE ON "A MEAN CRIME" | MAGISTRATE ON "A MEAN CRIME" (Tribune Staff Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. |T is quite clear in my mind that it was a prearranged affair it is a mean crime—worse than a owe of pickpocketing.' so fi Mr. A. J. Grattan Bellew, the First Magistrate, when he sentenced Chuah Yu Soon, | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19390103-1 | 3 January 1939 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.1.3 | 3 | maltribune19390103-1.2.12 | R.A. Officer Attacked | R.A. Officer Attacked Reuter. Lucki.ow. Dec. 31 —Four arrests have been made following an attack on a Royal Artillery officer. Major J. Harrington, In a hotel yesterday night Majjr Barrlngton WSJ taken tc hospita 1 with a broken leg. The reason for the attack is a mystery.— Rente:•. | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19390103-1 | 3 January 1939 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.1.3 | 3 | maltribune19390103-1.2.13 | Italian Wins South African Grand Prix | Italian Wins South African Grand Prix East Louden. J »n. I LUIOI VilJorrsi of Italy mm Che South African (irand Prix scratch race over 200 miles at F.asl tendon yesterday, driving a Masersti andi taming the time of one hour, 59 mhtvtcs, Zt sec onds, which made an average el | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19390103-1 | 3 January 1939 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.1.3 | 3 | maltribune19390103-1.2.14 | RECEPTION AMIDST AIR RAID | RECEPTION AMIDST AIR RAID Reuter. Barcelona, Jan. 1. 1939.— v/hilo Nationalist planes roared overhead and anti-aircraft rant fired below, a squadron of Republican Presidential Guard escorted M. Jules Henry, new French Ambassador in Barcelona, to an official reception. Five persons were killed ana nine wounded in the air laid.—Renter. | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19390103-1 | 3 January 1939 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.1.3 | 3 | maltribune19390103-1.2.15 | Municipal Staff Ambulance Brigade: Inspection | Municipal Staff Ambulance Brigade: Inspection npHE first annual inspection of the Majpurfpa] unit of the St. John Am bola me Brigade was held at the Jalan Besar Stadium on Friday iftcrnoon. The inspect inn commenced with i demonstration of decontamination drill, the idea being to show hew the Brigade would | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19390103-1 | 3 January 1939 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.1.3 | 3 | maltribune19390103-1.2.16 | French Troops Leave For Djibuti | French Troops Leave For Djibuti Reuter. Marseilles, Dec. 3L A BATTALION of Senegalese sharp shooters formed at Toulon for emergency service in P.jihtiti embarked en (he liners "Sphinx" and "(iiantiHy" which arc sailing from Marseilles at noon. Trc focps carried roll war equipment Including small mountain gun oi» mules, and | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19390103-1 | 3 January 1939 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.1.3 | 3 | maltribune19390103-1.2.17 | AMERICA'S ROAD TOLL | AMERICA'S ROAD TOLL Reuter. New York, Jan. 2. The new year celebrations cost less half the number of deaths than the Christmas period. Only 150 were killed and accident., were countrywide. Motor smashes accounted for most of the deaths. The majority of accidents occurred in New York. New Jersey and | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19390103-1 | 3 January 1939 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.1.3 | 3 | maltribune19390103-1.2.18 | SKODA WORKS | SKODA WORKS Reuter. Berlin. Drc. Si.- -No hint U fet forthcoming from Germany of 'my intention i< taking over French shares in Lite Skoda Works, but there Ls every likelihood of Krupps or othei *iif German industrial concern comirg into clo.se»connection with Skoda in v ew of the changed political | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19390103-1 | 3 January 1939 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.1.3 | 3 | maltribune19390103-1.2.19.1 | Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 | i PUBLIC NOTICES. Singapore Municipality TENDERS _~n -s c r e no* invited for the I '\mg materials or service. For Municipal Tenner Room «ruculari Date Ql Uojjlllg> an Electric E:er sl {i .j iiotund Id &4 milestone. l V; tn .I 12 noon, Jan. 3, ISW. ■JnoTol VnvcJior SA1 | NA |
| Malaya Tribune | maltribune19390103-1 | 3 January 1939 | 1 | maltribune19390103-1.1.3 | 3 | maltribune19390103-1.2.19.2 | Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 | PUBLIC NOTICES MALAYAN PROVIDENT FI ND. ESTABLISHED 1919. SUBSCRIPTION St In view of the proposal to reduce the age limit from 40 to 35 years at the next AnnuaJ General Meeting the Directors have resolved to waive the en- trance fee up to 31st March, 1939, and invite persons of | NA |
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