Newspapers-The Malacca Weekly-1888 to 1889
Description
Catalogue of digitised articles from The Malacca Weekly (1888–1889) released by the National Library Board for titles published 70 or more years ago. CSV fields include issue and page identifiers, article titles, and contributor metadata for discovery in Singapore’s historical newspaper corpus. Historians, genealogists, and cultural researchers use the open list to locate colonial-era reporting while NLB preserves physical holdings.
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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- 1,687
- Columns
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Data
| Newspaper title | Issue id | Issue date | Edition | Page id | Page number | Article id | Article title | Article text 1st50words | Contributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 1888-01-07 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.1 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.1 | Masthead | THE Malacca Weekly Chronicle AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. MALA.CCA, SATITHDAY.* JANUARY 7. 1888. NO. 1 VOL. I. | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 1888-01-07 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.3 | 3 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.10 | THE IRON SCREW-PILE JETTY. | THE IRON SCREW-PILE JETTY. TVe liftv*» bu»n kindly favorod by the A.-tmg Sup*-; inifinlent of vV.uk-; with the an. joined [*ari icuiJ ra r. gauting ;be i:-vv Fi.-r, now a .-out to b 3 eivciGi: —i.£ v. ill be 11 GO ii. long by loti, w iue X > pt | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 1888-01-07 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.3 | 3 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.11 | NOTES FROM SUNGEI UJONG. | NOTES FROM SUNGEI UJONG. By PErr?,Rc6RM The officers f this'Ph.'e be congratulated who h;r.. creases to the r s.da i.\> i i It is soauMhii g to look fonva. t this getting oi a little su n ad t to one’s sa'ary on the a !vt iT new year.* ''„11 | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 1888-01-07 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.4 | 4 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.12 | Correspondence. | Correspondence. To the Enron. Sir. —Wherever you may go ■into the Country, fro.n this I Ancient City, t \e large masses of j what is commonly tomv-1 here: “‘lron-stone” 'VI tv strike •yo i as being conspicuous. At S ni'/ie Udang t Dorian Tun/al, J 'ssiufjf, an 1 several other | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 1888-01-07 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.4 | 4 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.13 | VARIETIES. | VARIETIES. The ollowing ivivising paragraphB ap,>*MivJ in i'lis Overlaid Mail” ol Sept., t»th. There is a young woman at Beaver Palls, Pennsylvania, who, according to American papots is ro etia ged with electricity that a hairpin which she wore all day was magnetised cnuugh to hold sixty.nine not dies by | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 1888-01-07 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.4 | 4 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.14 | SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE | SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE Arrivals Departures. 3 < ~j, Flag Departure a Vessel's name Captain" and tons From ronsigneeß Rig I Date For »oc. 1 1 i Jan. j 30 Horsburg Etam Gvt.B.e.-jsingaporo o Singapore Government Jan- j j j j 1 PyahPekhot,' O. Wall Brt b.sJ 195 Kiang I 1 do. | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 1888-01-07 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.4 | 4 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.15 | PRODUCE. | PRODUCE. r a Ta-: folio *i»i£ quotiti<»ns n.r* rot-tri-fc 1 from fch. j Sinoapork Free Press of the sth ins*., Jan-rary (t.) Tlambier 6 Y do. Cube No. 1 10.10 do. do. No. 2 nominal Pepper, Black 21.50 do. White, Dry Raio 40. Nutmegs 90. Cloves 33. lalli Coffee, „20.50 | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 1888-01-07 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.4 | 4 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.16 | EXCHANGE. | EXCHANGE. (Corrected vp to Janv&'j 5.) Os London. Bank 4 m e 3.-2| demand 3/1 Private credits 6ms 3/3 documents 0m 8 3/3J 3 m e .3 2J Os India. -Bunk deme.nd 222 Private 30 d s 224) Os Honokosq. Bank demand /*.<>,’“ di* Private 30 d e 2io, d.s. | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 1888-01-07 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.4 | 4 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.17.1 | Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 | HOLLOWAY’S PILLS Sc OINTMENT The PILLS Puri V thr Blood, Corivet | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 1888-01-07 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.4 | 4 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.17.2 | Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 | all Disorders of the LIVER, STOMACH KIDNEYS and BOXY MLS, AND ARĔ INVALUABLE IN ALL COMPLAINT IN IDENTAL TO females. aiE OINTMENT I s UNRIVALLED IN THE URE OF BAB LEGS. OLD WOUNDS, SOR ES AND ULUER FOR, BRIN 'HI MS, DIPHTHERIA G3UT. RHEUMATISM, and ALL SKIN DISEASES Il'S EFFECT | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 1888-01-07 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.1 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.2 | SATURDAY, JANUARY, 7TH 1888. | SATURDAY, JANUARY, 7TH 1888. The need of a public journal in our Settlement, has been of late much felt. The time perhaps has not yet come when the exigences of public affairs afford an uninterrupted supply of matter lor the Press. But there have been occasions when the existence of | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 1888-01-07 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.1 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.3 | HISTORY OF JOURNALISM IN MALACCA. | HISTORY OF JOURNALISM IN MALACCA. To those who have confidently foretold a speedy termination of our Chronicle it may be somewhat re-as- suring to be informed of the career of previous periodicals in our settlement, lasting as they did for years. Their longevity may be set down to our greater | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 1888-01-07 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.1 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.4.1 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 | THF, WATEUBURY. SERVICES TO-MOKRuW. fcEYLF.SS, Christ Church. KF.YLESB, 7 30 a, m. Matins Litany, and Sermon. KEYLESS, Hyimp 78 and 184. EELTABLF, 6.30 r. M. Evensong and Pennon .RELIABLE, Hymns 76, 79 and-210. RELIABLE, Church op St. Francis Xavier. ACCUR ATE, Solemnity of Epiphany. Double of the Ist Class. ACCI | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 1888-01-07 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.1 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.4.2 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 | Mother Seigel’s OPERATING PILLS, Fop Constipation. Sluggish Liver, &o. f XT NUKE many Linds of cathartic vJ medicines, do not tnakt you feci worse before you leel bi tter. Thru* operation is gem ic, but thorough, aud unattended with disagreeable effects, such as nausea, griping paius, Ac. SfICEYS OPERATING PILES | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 1888-01-07 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.1 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.5.1 | Page 1 Miscellaneous Column 1 | RESULTS OF THE METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT TIIE GENERAL HOSPITAL OBSERVATORY FROM Ist TO'othJanu.vy, ISS3. j Temperature. Hygrometry. Month St 1 _2 H 7 S C I I nr ,s if* s 5 c erV CN Remarks. and K c E z 2i• I 5 f 5!% 2 a c | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 1888-01-07 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.2 | 2 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.6 | OUR FRUIT CROPS IN 1887. | OUR FRUIT CROPS IN 1887. The usual yield of (Jurhnv-', 'nunujis, «fee in June was ;i verj small one in consequence of the previous dry weallirr, 1 >: 1 1 tin* subsequent wet months j) rod need tin* unprecedented occurranee ol :i second crop in the latter end of the | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 1888-01-07 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.2 | 2 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.7 | SUNGEI UJONG ROAD. | SU NGE I UJON G ROAD. A Chin»'* merchant of AFula i.-en. on liis return from a recent vi <i: to ,Sungei Ujong, gave a most ',untie'tering description ol^the-condition of the ron<l from Linggi to Pen: moan. According; to him it compares v :*y unJiivorahlj, with 11: loads of PoT | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 1888-01-07 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.2 | 2 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.8 | LOCAL. | LOCAL. The Pope's Jubilee was observed at St. Peter’s Church at Bungu Raya on Sunday last, the Ist inst. Alter the early morning service t here were High Mass, Te Drum A Benediction; and at night illuminations. 'l' lie Japanese lanterns at tiie .Parochial House, too, were particularly striking for | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1 | 1888-01-07 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.1.3 | 3 | malaccawkchronicle18880107-1.2.9 | CRICKET. | CRICKET. Malacca r. Selangor. Tli*- following account of a cricket match between the Maiac-en Stdan- j gor clubs was forwarded us by one of our team: i This ma:ch, the first ever played by our < Ticket < lub, away trom Malacca, came off on Mon. ay ami i Tuesday | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880114-1 | 1888-01-14 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880114-1.1.1 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880114-1.2.1 | Masthead | THE Malacca Weekly Chronicle AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. VOL. I. MALACCA, JANUARY 14, 1888. NO. 2 | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880114-1 | 1888-01-14 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880114-1.1.4 | 4 | malaccawkchronicle18880114-1.2.10.1 | Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 | QrrrihKlN’ <0N’3 ESSENCE or Id FL'JID EXTRA T of RED 'JAMAKA SARSAPaRULA is the only Prepiiration recognised by tht Faculty as a wondcful Pi.rider of ihe Human Mood. It if mot too much to say that hose suffering from the effects of Tropical Climates, ruch ns T. rpid Liv* r, | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880114-1 | 1888-01-14 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880114-1.1.4 | 4 | malaccawkchronicle18880114-1.2.10.2 | Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 | ‘‘We cannot speak too highly oi it. ari'-et. “We recommend your red Jamaica ISariapaiilla.” —Medical tievicv). “Tlie only preparation fur removing what may be called the sequelae of a mercurial course.” tr. Ji. Martin. •The late Lord Clyde, writing for a furi her supply of Wii.kin-on s ''ansa PAKiiL', savs, | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880114-1 | 1888-01-14 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880114-1.1.4 | 4 | malaccawkchronicle18880114-1.2.10.3 | Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 | all Disorders ot the LI VEU, STOMACH KIDNEYS and WJBLS, and are invaluable IN ALL COMPLAINT* INCIDENTAL TO FEMALES. THE OINTMENT IS UNRIVALLED IN THE URL OP B\J} LEGS, OLD wounds, SORES AND ULCERS. FOR, BRONCHITIS, DIPHTHERIA GOUT. RHEUMATISM, and I ALL SKIN 11 SEA FES US EFFECT IS MIRACULOUS. | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880114-1 | 1888-01-14 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880114-1.1.1 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880114-1.2.2.1 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 | THE WATEKB UK Y. SUKViOES 'IO-M()lUiuW. i Christ Church. t'j'j I. s >, 7.C0 a. m. Matins Holy Commnn’on. KEYLESS, it o, j «04 Hymns 34 and 323. RELIABLE 5.E0 p. m. Ever-song and Se>mon RELIABLE, Hymns 174 and 20. and anthem >L», t Church of St. IT'ancuf Xavier. ACCOR | NA |
| The Malacca Weekly Chronicle and Mercantile Advertiser | malaccawkchronicle18880114-1 | 1888-01-14 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880114-1.1.1 | 1 | malaccawkchronicle18880114-1.2.2.2 | Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 | Seig. Ps Y i <!,ls ««»<» ol my from Jj-,I,(>'00 b* p H rn STS I® p $5,000 U i Lt I k kl 1 fc 0 Apply for lender's. r.ame P P j, j to the Editor. Fop Constipation. grateful—gckfcrTiKO. Sluggish Liver, k., pqpf||| a, YTNLTEE many kinds of | NA |
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| Issue id | Text | Yes |
| Issue date | Text | Yes |
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| Article text 1st50words | Text | No |
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