Newspapers-The Malacca Weekly-1888 to 1889
What this data shows
Published by National Library Board. 1,687 records. Fields include Newspaper title, Issue id, Issue date, Edition (10 columns in total). Covers 2024-03-01 to 2025-03-01. Last updated 2024-06-06.
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
- Rows
- 1,687
- Columns
- 10
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.* JA... | 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*-;... | 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 congratulat... | 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... | 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... | 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... | 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 Sinoa... | 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 Pr... | 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... | NA |
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Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Newspaper title | Text | Yes |
| Issue id | Text | Yes |
| Issue date | Text | Yes |
| Edition | Text | Yes |
| Page id | Text | No |
| Page number | Text | Yes |
| Article id | Text | No |
| Article title | Text | No |
| Article text 1st50words | Text | No |
| Contributor | Text | Yes |