Newspapers-Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle-1926 to 1930
Description
This dataset indexes digitised articles from the Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle published from 1926 to 1930. Each record can identify an issue, publication date, edition, page and article, with titles, opening text and contributor details where available. It helps historians and other researchers discover primary newspaper sources relating to Singapore, Penang and the wider Straits Settlements, then connect individual records with their digitised pages.
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]
- Last updated
- Coverage
- 2024-03-01 – 2025-03-01
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- 154,337
- Columns
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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 | pinangazette19260102-1 | 2/1/1926 | 1 | pinangazette19260102-1.1.1 | 1 | pinangazette19260102-1.2.1 | Masthead | Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 1. VOL. LXXXIV. SATURDAY, 2nd JANUARY 1926. PRIOR 15 OENTS. | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19260102-1 | 2/1/1926 | 1 | pinangazette19260102-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette19260102-1.2.10.1 | Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 | j* Jljwß WWIMMwi Major. &fcr Army Club Cigarettes SANDHURST size sO’s in airtight tins 9n jurfie. *tMed iice jxfafc Cavanders Ltd., pioneers of Hygienic Cigarette Packing. Estd. 1775 amuunoi;iUUiiiiiniuiiunnn)iupjkiuuu!iiiHUiummuuwiuuiwiiii:<iiiiiH!i:i;iiiiiiuiiiiiuiuiiii.ii;iiniiii;i:iHiiniiiii A W>swH <Q jjg Let Wincarnis build you up again —it won’t let you down! After the fiu or other illness, | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19260102-1 | 2/1/1926 | 1 | pinangazette19260102-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette19260102-1.2.10.2 | Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 | 1/ART/ns M/* PILLS. I APIOL STEEL R Sureandcertain for all Female I complaints. Every lady should a keep a box in the house. B Chemists and Stores sell them throughout the world. Proprietor MARTIN, Ciramist, Soatkaraptaa, Eaflaai. BOOKS YOU WANT. We cau supply them Buy from u« tod save money. | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19260102-1 | 2/1/1926 | 1 | pinangazette19260102-1.1.3 | 3 | pinangazette19260102-1.2.10.3 | Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 | '~-‘5 r' (gx dl i Osh Bk i i I I Robinson Pianos Better value than ever. E Specially manufactured for the tropics. E f From $6OO Cash, or Deferred 1 Payments. Robinson Piano Co., j PENANG. I “NERVINUS†(WITH GOLD) A REAL ELIXIR OF LIFE FOR YOUNG AND OLD. | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19260102-1 | 2/1/1926 | 1 | pinangazette19260102-1.1.4 | 4 | pinangazette19260102-1.2.11 | THE “RED†CLIDE. | THE “RED†CLIDE. COMMUNISM AND THE “WILD MEN. A DIFFERENCE. By T, L. Scott. It is not always obvious at the outset of a fight for a bad cause that the ultimate result must necessarily be evil but it has been proved beyond doubt that a bad cause has always | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19260102-1 | 2/1/1926 | 1 | pinangazette19260102-1.1.4 | 4 | pinangazette19260102-1.2.12 | HAPPY LITTLE ORPHANS. | HAPPY LITTLE ORPHANS. DELIGHTFUL CHRISTMAS TREAT. Penang Convent. 01 New Year’s Day the little orphans of the Convent had their Christmas-Tree treat. F<>r a long time they had been looking forward to it and wondered what surprises they would have. Many had written to Santa Claus long letters containing a | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19260102-1 | 2/1/1926 | 1 | pinangazette19260102-1.1.4 | 4 | pinangazette19260102-1.2.13 | RAGGED ROBE. | RAGGED ROBE. EX-MAYORESS COMPLAINS. When Mrs. Catherine Aiderton, Colchester’s first woman mayor, complained to the Town Council of the shabbiness of the mayoral robe, Councillor Cockburn suggested that the Museum Committee should make an offer of the. old robe. Mrs. Aiderton declared that when she attended functions in other towns | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19260102-1 | 2/1/1926 | 1 | pinangazette19260102-1.1.4 | 4 | pinangazette19260102-1.2.14.1 | OMNIBUS INCIDENT. | OMNIBUS INCIDENT. [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette J Sir, —I have read your editorii’s as well as the evidence and finding of the Municipal Omnibus Incident and regret to observe that a common conductor can say to a lady, If you were a man I would pull you | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19260102-1 | 2/1/1926 | 1 | pinangazette19260102-1.1.4 | 4 | pinangazette19260102-1.2.15 | NEW YEAR FESTIVITIES | NEW YEAR FESTIVITIES HAPPY GATHERING AT E. AND O. Over seven hundred people joined in the festivities at the E, and O. on New Year’s Eve and five hund-ed of them sat down to the dinner. Crackers were served out to the diners and novelty hats distributed tn clothe dignity | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19260102-1 | 2/1/1926 | 1 | pinangazette19260102-1.1.4 | 4 | pinangazette19260102-1.2.16 | TRAINING NOTES | TRAINING NOTES IMPRESSIONS FROM THE COURSE. The race course was too hard for spirited galloping this morning, and trainers for the most part wisely rested their charges. Tigablas, looking in fi Ue trim, was walked round chafing his rein but Son of Erin, with Syde Abi up, made joyful work | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19260102-1 | 2/1/1926 | 1 | pinangazette19260102-1.1.4 | 4 | pinangazette19260102-1.2.17 | MOTOR SHIP BUILDING. | MOTOR SHIP BUILDING. STRIKING FIGURES. [Rugby Radio Sera 7 ices] London, January 1. Details regarding the motor sLip bnilding production of the worl 1 daring 1925, published in Motor Ship show that, for the first time, the ou put -xceedaone million tons deadweight, which is more than three times the | [Rugby Radio Sera7ices] |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19260102-1 | 2/1/1926 | 1 | pinangazette19260102-1.1.4 | 4 | pinangazette19260102-1.2.18 | HOME POLITICS. | HOME POLITICS. BUSY TIME FOR PREMIER. (Rugby Radio service) London, January 1. The coming weeks will witmss the revival of political activity at home. Ministers will shortly be ba- k in Loud n preparing for the new Parliamentary Session, which begins on Februa y 2. A number of important speeches | (Rugby Radio service) |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19260102-1 | 2/1/1926 | 1 | pinangazette19260102-1.1.4 | 4 | pinangazette19260102-1.2.19 | JOURNALIST’S DEATH. | JOURNALIST’S DEATH. NOTED SPECIAL CORRESPONDEN L'. (Rugby Radio Service.) London. January 1. The death is announced of Sir John Le Sago, managing editor of the Daily Telegraph, for many years. He retired in June 1923. In his earlier career he served as special correspondent in nan y countries. In 1870 | (Rugby Radio Service.) |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19260102-1 | 2/1/1926 | 1 | pinangazette19260102-1.1.1 | 1 | pinangazette19260102-1.2.2.1 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 | NIKKO Photographic Studio Every Possible Assistance and advice given to amateurs. No. 7, Northam Road, Penang. TEL. 579. FIBRENT Corrugated Sheets make an Everlasting Roof. E: UNAFFECTED By SEA WATER, ACID FUMES, HEAT OR COLD. B B EE non conductive of sun heat. t/f E NON COMBUSTIBLE. S B HARDEN | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19260102-1 | 2/1/1926 | 1 | pinangazette19260102-1.1.1 | 1 | pinangazette19260102-1.2.2.2 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 | T. NAGATA, DENTIST. is ext; door to “THEDISPENSARY.** | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19260102-1 | 2/1/1926 | 1 | pinangazette19260102-1.1.4 | 4 | pinangazette19260102-1.2.20.1 | Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 | Whocping Cough Whooping cough is hard on the child and hard on the parents. Control the dreadful whooping and coughing with Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It induces quiet sleep but contains no narcotics nor other harmful substances. Sold and reccmn.ended everywhere. | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19260104-1 | 4/1/1926 | 1 | pinangazette19260104-1.1.9 | 9 | pinangazette19260104-1.2.49 | ITALIAN QUEEN-MOTHER. | ITALIAN QUEEN-MOTHER. —Reuter. REPORTED TO BE DYING. Rome, January 4. Queen Margherita is dying at Bordighera. Their Italian Majesties have departed thither.—Reuter. | . —Reuter. |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19260102-1 | 2/1/1926 | 1 | pinangazette19260102-1.1.4 | 4 | pinangazette19260102-1.2.20.2 | Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 | A SCIENTIFICALLY SURE CURE FOR INDIGESTION. Iu medical circles quinine is regarded as a certainty for stopping fever; and now a similar stete of affairs has been achieved with digestive disorders. Bisurated Magnesia is the preparation that is being used to combat the deadly evils of «’isturbed digestion, and its | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19260102-1 | 2/1/1926 | 1 | pinangazette19260102-1.1.4 | 4 | pinangazette19260102-1.2.21.1 | Page 4 Miscellaneous Column 1 | P. G CROSS-WORDS PUZZLE COMPETITION. PUZZLE NO, 47. First Prize $5O. Second Prize $2O. Third Prize $lO. and Four Consolation Prizes of $5 Each. ]Ve publish below our puzzle No. forty seven. entries for ivhich close at 11 am. on Saturday, January 9. ACROSS. DOWN. l. The elite. 1. A | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19260102-1 | 2/1/1926 | 1 | pinangazette19260102-1.1.5 | 5 | pinangazette19260102-1.2.22 | GREAT BRITAIN IN 1925. | GREAT BRITAIN IN 1925. Financial Review. RESTORATION OF GOLI) STANDARD. At the end of 1924 hopes ran high that we were rapidly reaching the end of the economic depression and that the year 1925 would see a prononnced improvement in trade and a steady industrial expansion. The Conservative victory at | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19260102-1 | 2/1/1926 | 1 | pinangazette19260102-1.1.5 | 5 | pinangazette19260102-1.2.23 | SIR S. HOARE ON DISARMAMENT. | SIR S. HOARE ON DISARMAMENT. LORD CECIL’S MISSION TO GENEVA’. The first Conference of London Women Unionists, organized by the Womei’a Committee of the» Metropolitan Division of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, opened in the Caxton Hall when about 500 women delegates from London constituencies attended. Lady | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19260102-1 | 2/1/1926 | 1 | pinangazette19260102-1.1.5 | 5 | pinangazette19260102-1.2.24.1 | Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 | Lingering Coughs Bronchitis leaves a bad cough. So does influenza and la gripne. but these bard, lingering coughs yield eariU tn th« healing «and curative qualities of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. Good for trovblpnome night coughs too. For sale everywhere. | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19260102-1 | 2/1/1926 | 1 | pinangazette19260102-1.1.5 | 5 | pinangazette19260102-1.2.24.2 | Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 | I Mt av It’s Home made! There is something uncommonly appetising about the bread made y IS in your own kitchen. THWP C| Exquisitely light, tasty loaves and k- -LU/ IS in no time* by using Raisley I HEAT OF THE DAY W 1| the raising ingredient. Ifl Rl TCED | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19260102-1 | 2/1/1926 | 1 | pinangazette19260102-1.1.6 | 6 | pinangazette19260102-1.2.25 | 1926 | 1926. 1925 may congratulate itaelf. The Old Year has pissed bn* its passing is not without historical significance. 1925 was responsible for the settlement of peace in Europe it settled effectually the Boundaty question in Ireland it saw the commencement, at least, of the evacua ion of British troops from | NA |
| Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle | pinangazette19260102-1 | 2/1/1926 | 1 | pinangazette19260102-1.1.6 | 6 | pinangazette19260102-1.2.26 | Behind The Scenes | Behind The Scenes Altbonwh th« Royal Christmas viill inevitably b- j a rentrdned and sorrowful festival, nevertheless, the King will be relieved when the h »lidav com< s. His Majesty has had an ai xinus and very wearing time, and needs a rest. His visit to Sandringham this week has | NA |
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| Newspaper title | Text | Yes |
| Issue id | Text | Yes |
| Issue date | Text | Yes |
| Edition | Text | Yes |
| Page id | Text | Yes |
| Page number | Text | Yes |
| Article id | Text | No |
| Article title | Text | No |
| Article text 1st50words | Text | No |
| Contributor | Text | Yes |