Prince Of Wales Island Gazette Pwig

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Prince of wales island gazette pwig. A third share in the government gazette press was offered publicly through the newspaper on 19 november 1808. Light renamed the island prince of wales island. Prince of wales island gazette pwig final version was released on july 21 1827. The pwig began publication on march 1 1806 on the island of penang then a residency called prince of wales island under the control of the british east india company.

Penang is a state in malaysia. This title was subsequently shortened to prince of wales island gazette pwig in october 1807 there were also other firsts the state s first independent english newspaper the pinang argus was published from 1867 to 1873. That is the oldest newspaper which was under observation of the government. Before that pwig was published a lot of non english newspapers but it usually stopped publishing.

The pwig began publication on march 1 1806 on the island of penang then a residency called prince of wales island under the control of the british east india company. For supplying scans of all surviving editions of the. The pwig published commercial newspaper which began its publication on march 1 1806 in penang. Owned by an indian entrepreneur a b.

On saturday march 1 1806 when penang had just become a presidency of india there was produced on a simple printing press in beach street george town the first issue of the government gazette a newspaper which in 1807 was to be renamed prince of wales island gazette. Owned by an indian entrepreneur a b. Bone the pwig was a commercial newspaper aimed not at the locals but at the colonialists and expatriates. Prince of wales island government gazette in the following pwig 11 10 1806 shown in figure 1 and in a supplement to the.

Until the 18th century the island of penang was part of the sultanate of kedah in 1786 the island was ceded by the sultan of kedah to the east india company francis light representing the company. Bone the pwig was a commercial newspaper aimed not at the locals but at the colonialists and expatriates. It was previously under the publication prince of wales island gazette pwig which is currently under the control of new strait times press m berhad. This title was subsequently shortened to prince of wales island gazette pwig in october 1807.

Who owned the other share in the newspaper is not known possibly mr court.