Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1899 to 1905
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National Library Board CSV index of digitised articles from the Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle covering 1899 to 1905, part of NLB's collection of newspapers published 70 or more years ago. Each record lists newspaper title, issue ID and date, edition, page ID and number, article ID and title, the first 50 words of the article text, and contributor. Historians, genealogists and researchers of colonial Straits Settlements history can use it to locate and cite specific articles in Singapore's digitised newspaper archive.
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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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| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18990103-1 | 1899-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.1.1 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.2.1 | Masthead | Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. E>UBI,ISHEI> DAILY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LVII. Tuesday, 3 rd January, i8 99 No. 1. | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18990103-1 | 1899-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.1.2 | 2 | pinangazette18990103-1.2.10 | SPECIAL TELEGRAM. | SPECIAL TELEGRAM. TELUK ANSON. (31st December) Tin Shipments The shipments to-day arc To Penang, 218 pikuls of tin. To Singapore, 3,249 of ore. | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18990103-1 | 1899-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.1.2 | 2 | pinangazette18990103-1.2.11 | WARREN'S CIRCUS. | WARREN'S CIRCUS. The popular and enterpri->i g Mr. George Warren arrived Lere to .'ay and is making arrangements foi a in Penarg- The preliminary aiuoiin.ement appears in the advertisii 4. n iinint, and the opening night in all piobability will be Friday. Singapore papers maikedly tefer to the clever and | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18990103-1 | 1899-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.1.2 | 2 | pinangazette18990103-1.2.12 | WRECK OF THE "PERDANA.†| WRECK OF THE "PERDANA.†News reached here yesterday that the s. s. Peidana, Capt. Hendry, bad gone ashore on the lighthouse spit at Kuala Kwantan on the 27th inst., a message arriving from the Captain in a Malay prahii. The vessel is staled to b? very badly placed, and is | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18990103-1 | 1899-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.1.2 | 2 | pinangazette18990103-1.2.13 | THE PARSI THEATRICAL COMPANY. | THE PARSI THEATRICAL COMPANY. The Parsi Thea'rital Company gave theâ– play Kamar-ul-Zaman and Badooraâ€Â® last night to a fairly large audience. The 1 p'ay was excellently acted by the entire I 'empany, but special mention ought 1 to be made of the acting of Mr. Bho’a I as the King, | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18990103-1 | 1899-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.1.2 | 2 | pinangazette18990103-1.2.14 | ALLEGED ASSAULT IN CARNARVON STREET. | ALLEGED ASSAULT IN CARNARVON STREET. On Saturday, Lim Cheok Kee wabrought up before Mr. Howard and wal charged with ctiminally-trespassingintoM-Ang Lee Hoc's house and voluntarill causing hurt to the occupier On the ari plication of tlie prosecutor, the case transferred to the First Court, to be trie! together with the | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18990103-1 | 1899-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.1.2 | 2 | pinangazette18990103-1.2.15 | OUR CIVIL GUARD | OUR CIVIL GUARD According to jheTopicist in the Singap Free Proc', therejis something Cl ri-tmas-. about the Penaniproposal for a Civil Guai (not a Volunteer! Arnie 1 Police but ratln a “Fireside Brigadeâ€) in defence of il Hearts and Homes†of fair Genrgetoiv The movement as not tl.e result of | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18990103-1 | 1899-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.1.2 | 2 | pinangazette18990103-1.2.16 | THE COURT OF TURIN IN PENANG. | THE COURT OF TURIN IN PENANG. Soon after the arrival of the. P. and i s.s Coromandel in Penang harbour. < Stel< ken, Italian Cbnstil, entered 11 eccT'm I steam-laun< h Leo, v;lii<di hail been p ace j at his service by ti e Resident Cornu i fl and went | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18990103-1 | 1899-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.1.2 | 2 | pinangazette18990103-1.2.17 | ALLEGED UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY | ALLEGED UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY Twenty four Chin\men, of three d'fPj ent clans, but rnrvuly of that <a‘- Lim,†appeared before Mr. Ho"'" r Saturday and weft- severabv with the crime known as unlaw 1 blv†All the defen’ants pleaded guilty." Inspector Stenhouse, l’ n in charge of the cas sn>d hel | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18990103-1 | 1899-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.1.2 | 2 | pinangazette18990103-1.2.18.1 | Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 | ma q The Most Popular Collection _a D- of Songs Kii’c New Year* Published. Only $2 each. The Globe Song Folio,’ PRITCHARD CO. contains go Popular Songs and Have on view a splendid assort- Duets. ment of ‘The Century Folio of Music, 75 Songs, Pieces and Dances. Silver Ware, Electroplate, | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18990103-1 | 1899-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.1.2 | 2 | pinangazette18990103-1.2.18.2 | Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 | NOTICE. THE business hitherto carried on under the style of Allen Kennedy will in future be carried on under the style of Kennedy Co. Penang, Ist January. 1899. x NOTICE. MR. Cecil Alexander Law and Mr Alexander Bowers Smith are authorized to sign oUr firm per procuration. KENNEDY Co. Penang, | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18990103-1 | 1899-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette18990103-1.2.19 | MURDER OF A TRAVELLER IN TIBET. | MURDER OF A TRAVELLER IN TIBET. A Chungking despatch states that Peter Rijnhart, travelling in Tibet with his wife, I disappeared on the 26th of September. It is be'ieved he was murdered by robbers. His wife anived at Tachienlu on the 29th of November. | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18990103-1 | 1899-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.1.1 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.2.2.1 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 | Shipping Paninsaiar Oriental Stei|| Navigitian Gampany. FTIHE mail steamers mayb I expected to arrive oh wards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates:— Homewards. Bengal Dec. 29 Coromandel Dec. 31 1899 v tS 99 BilLiar.it Jan. Parramatta Jan. 14. C>ron:indel Chusai 28 Sutlej Feb g Bengal Feb. n Chusan | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18990103-1 | 1899-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.1.1 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.2.2.2 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 | Shipping Notices. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, Limited. Sbippmq (ilottccs. n an qi.;. n-- KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSGHAPPIJ. Eest Indian £n Steam KESA?A LIWE 0? BT£AMERB T e NederlandschTstoomvaart s Maatscliappij Ocean. For Will Sail Steamer. From Expected on n¥l f=A THE company s steamers are despatched 1 from Liverpool outwards | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18990103-1 | 1899-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.1.1 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.2.2.3 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 | IBanhs. 11 JUL 1 SS!— JJ 1 1 L'.'T "W Nederlandsche H&ndel (NETHERLAND TRADING SOCIETY Established 18.44. Paid-up Capital /35,783,000.00 Reserve Fune: .../2,536,444.12! Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India— The Factorij of the Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij, 1 Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore, Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaya, Padang, | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18990103-1 | 1899-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette18990103-1.2.20 | THE “ISLA DE CUBA.†| THE “ISLA DE CUBA.†A iter weeks of steady work the sunken Spanish steamer Isla de Cuba has been raise I and fitted with her own steam, by the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company. She has made her tiial tiip flying the “stars and stripes,†and registered a of n| | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19000507-1 | 7/5/1900 | 1 | pinangazette19000507-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette19000507-1.2.28 | MAILS IO ARRIVE | MAILS IO ARRIVE Sleimer T Arrive. Edie G.G v. Lansberge to-day Edie Both 85-00 Rangoon Africa 8-5-00 | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18990103-1 | 1899-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette18990103-1.2.21 | NOTICE TO MARINERS. | NOTICE TO MARINERS. The German Consul at Hongkong has notified that on and after December 20th, 1898, a 61 h order fixed white light will be exhibited from the beacon erected on the island of Tschalientau at the entrance to the Kiautschou Bay. The light has been erected as provisional | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18990103-1 | 1899-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette18990103-1.2.22 | AMERICAN TROOPS IN THE PHILIPPINES | AMERICAN TROOPS IN THE PHILIPPINES The work of landing and quartering the new troops goes on slowly. A battalion of the Tennessee regiment has pitched tents on the large open space adjoining the Linota. The engineers have selected locations on the high ground about three miles and a half outside | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18990103-1 | 1899-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette18990103-1.2.23 | A MISSIONARY EXALTED. | A MISSIONARY EXALTED. According to an edict, issued on the -th of December in Peking, and translated in the N. C. Herald, a memorial has been received bv the Throne from Liu Kun-yi, Viceroy of the Liangkiang provinces, stating'that a hsiutsai (licentiate) of Kuangfenghsien, Kiangsu province, named Yang Kung-cheng, endeavoured | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18990103-1 | 1899-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette18990103-1.2.24 | “GAZETTE†NOTIFICATIONS. | “GAZETTE†NOTIFICATIONS. The Acting Governor proclaims, in the name of the Queen, that the Japanese dollar, or yen, will cease to be legal tender in this Colony on and after the 15th of April next. Mr. Albert Lyon, of Singapore, is granted ex lusive privileges in connection with his invention | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18990103-1 | 1899-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette18990103-1.2.25 | YOUNG MEN’S ASSOCIATION. | YOUNG MEN’S ASSOCIATION. Civil Guard†Debate. Ihe debate on Friday evening attracted a very fair attendance of members and visitors at the rooms of the Young Men’s Association. Dr. P. V. Locke presided. Die subject for discussion was That the proposed volunteer force be open to others than Britishers.†Hie | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18990103-1 | 1899-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette18990103-1.2.26 | AMERICAN CASUALTIES AT THE CAPTURE OF MANILA. | AMERICAN CASUALTIES AT THE CAPTURE OF MANILA. I he total of casualties in the taking of Manila from the beginning until the troops occupied the city amounted to 122. On August 13th there were five killed and forty-three wounded previous to this in the trenches there were fourteen deaths and | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18990103-1 | 1899-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette18990103-1.2.27 | ROTTEN WOOD. | ROTTEN WOOD. The Master said—“ Rotten wood cannot be carved.†This pithy apothegm of Confucius cariies its own explanation. It is intended to convey by the symbolism which underlies so much of the Chineselanguage, the truth that there is a point of degeneration in the physical, the intellectual, and the | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette18990103-1 | 1899-01-03 | 1 | pinangazette18990103-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette18990103-1.2.28 | LIQUID FUEL. | LIQUID FUEL. —Hongkong Weekly Press. On the invitation of Messrs. Arnhold, Karberg, and Cd., general agents of the Shell Transport and -Trading Company, Limited, a number of gentlemen went on board the Trigonia on the 19th of December on the occasion of a trial-trip. The vessel left the harbour at | —Hongkong Weekly Press. |
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