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'''''The Bangkok Times''''' ({{lang-th|บางกอกไตมส์}}) was the longest-running English-language [[newspaper]] in [[Bangkok]] until [[World_War_II|World War II]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bangkok's Oldest Newspaper Celebrates Jubilee |newspaper=[[The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser]] |date=8 January 1937 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/singfreepressb19370108-1.2.20?ST=1&AT=search&k=newspaper+bangkok&P=2&Display=0&filterS=0&QT=newspaper,bangkok&oref=article |via=NewspaperSG |access-date=2021-11-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Editor Dies |newspaper=[[Malaya Tribune]] |date=11 April 1949 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/maltribune19490411-1.2.14?ST=1&AT=advanced&K=%22bangkok%20times%22&KA=%22bangkok%20times%22&DF=01%2F01%2F1940&DT=14%2F10%2F2021&NPT=&L=&CTA=&QT=%22bangkoktimes%22&oref=article |via=NewspaperSG |access-date=2021-11-04}}</ref> It was founded by Mr. T. Lloyd Williamese in January 1887. As of 1908, it comprised eight pages and contained forty-eight columns.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=sea:363#page/295/mode/1up|title=Twentieth century impressions of Siam : its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources|last=Wright|first=Arnold|date=1908|website=|publisher=Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Company, Ltd. ; P.295 |access-date=2021-11-07}}</ref> The British owned newspaper was placed under Japanese supervision at the beginning of December 1941 after the [[Japanese_invasion_of_Thailand|Japanese invasion of Thailand]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Japs Seize British Banks In Bangkok |newspaper=Morning Tribune |date=11 December 1941 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/morningtribune19411211-1.2.79?ST=1&AT=advanced&K=bangkok%20newspaper&KA=bangkok%20newspaper&DF=01%2F01%2F1939&DT=01%2F01%2F1946&Display=0&NPT=&L=&CTA=&QT=bangkok,newspaper&oref=article |via=NewspaperSG |access-date=2021-11-04}}</ref> It ceased publication less than a year later on 30 September 1942.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://icon.crl.edu/calendar.php?pub_id=sn95021290 |title=The Bangkok Times |publisher=[[International Coalition on Newspapers]] |access-date=2021-11-04}}</ref>
'''''The Bangkok Times''''' ({{lang-th|บางกอกไตมส์}}) was the longest-running English-language [[newspaper]] in [[Bangkok]] until [[World_War_II|World War II]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bangkok's Oldest Newspaper Celebrates Jubilee |newspaper=[[The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser]] |date=8 January 1937 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/singfreepressb19370108-1.2.20?ST=1&AT=search&k=newspaper+bangkok&P=2&Display=0&filterS=0&QT=newspaper,bangkok&oref=article |via=NewspaperSG |access-date=2021-11-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Editor Dies |newspaper=Malaya Tribune|date=11 April 1949 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/maltribune19490411-1.2.14?ST=1&AT=advanced&K=%22bangkok%20times%22&KA=%22bangkok%20times%22&DF=01%2F01%2F1940&DT=14%2F10%2F2021&NPT=&L=&CTA=&QT=%22bangkoktimes%22&oref=article |via=NewspaperSG |access-date=2021-11-04}}</ref> It was founded by Mr. T. Lloyd Williamese in January 1887. As of 1908, it comprised eight pages and contained forty-eight columns.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=sea:363#page/295/mode/1up|title=Twentieth century impressions of Siam : its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources|last=Wright|first=Arnold|date=1908|website=|publisher=Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Company, Ltd. ; P.295 |access-date=2021-11-07}}</ref> The British owned newspaper was placed under Japanese supervision at the beginning of December 1941 after the [[Japanese_invasion_of_Thailand|Japanese invasion of Thailand]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Japs Seize British Banks In Bangkok |newspaper=Morning Tribune |date=11 December 1941 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/morningtribune19411211-1.2.79?ST=1&AT=advanced&K=bangkok%20newspaper&KA=bangkok%20newspaper&DF=01%2F01%2F1939&DT=01%2F01%2F1946&Display=0&NPT=&L=&CTA=&QT=bangkok,newspaper&oref=article |via=NewspaperSG |access-date=2021-11-04}}</ref> It ceased publication less than a year later on 30 September 1942.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://icon.crl.edu/calendar.php?pub_id=sn95021290 |title=The Bangkok Times |publisher=[[International Coalition on Newspapers]] |access-date=2021-11-04}}</ref>


A weekly edition for subscribers abroad was published from 1897 until 6 December 1941 entitled 'The Bangkok Times Weekly Mail' and subtitled 'Selected from the daily issues of the "Bangkok Times" for the use of readers in Europe, Australia, America and China'.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Bangkok Times |newspaper=The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser |date=27 June 1901 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/singfreepresswk19010627-1.2.3?ST=1&AT=search&k=newspaper+bangkok&P=5&Display=0&filterS=0&QT=newspaper,bangkok&oref=article |via=NewspaperSG |access-date=2021-11-04}}</ref> Unlike the daily version that had a significant part of each issue devoted to advertisements and no single news item on the front page, the 'Bangkok Times Weekly Mail' was devoid of any advertisement.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Bangkok Then and Now|last=Van Beek|first=Steve|publisher=Wind & Water|year=2015|isbn=|location=|pages=64–70}}</ref> The weekly edition came with a 'Special Telegram Supplement' containing all foreign cables received during the week. From 1931 onwards, the 'Bangkok Times Weekly Mail' was accompanied by two pages of pictures entitled 'The News in Pictures'. Each page had pictures on both sides and was approximately of an A3 format (''[[ISO_216]]'').
A weekly edition for subscribers abroad was published from 1897 until 6 December 1941 entitled 'The Bangkok Times Weekly Mail' and subtitled 'Selected from the daily issues of the "Bangkok Times" for the use of readers in Europe, Australia, America and China'.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Bangkok Times |newspaper=The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser |date=27 June 1901 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/singfreepresswk19010627-1.2.3?ST=1&AT=search&k=newspaper+bangkok&P=5&Display=0&filterS=0&QT=newspaper,bangkok&oref=article |via=NewspaperSG |access-date=2021-11-04}}</ref> Unlike the daily version that had a significant part of each issue devoted to advertisements and no single news item on the front page, the 'Bangkok Times Weekly Mail' was devoid of any advertisement.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Bangkok Then and Now|last=Van Beek|first=Steve|publisher=Wind & Water|year=2015|isbn=|location=|pages=64–70}}</ref> The weekly edition came with a 'Special Telegram Supplement' containing all foreign cables received during the week. From 1931 onwards, the 'Bangkok Times Weekly Mail' was accompanied by two pages of pictures entitled 'The News in Pictures'. Each page had pictures on both sides and was approximately of an A3 format (''[[ISO_216]]'').

Revision as of 20:30, 20 November 2021

The Bangkok Times
File:1939 06 08 The Bangkok Times-1 page-0001.jpg
8 June 1939 issue of The Bangkok Times
TypWeekly newspaper (1887–1890)
Semi-weekly newspaper (1891–1894)
Triweekly newspaper (1894–1895)
Daily (except Sunday) newspaper (1896–1942)
PublisherW. H. Mundie
HerausgeberW. H. Mundie
GegründetJanuary 1887
SpracheEnglisch
Ceased publication30 September 1942
HauptsitzBangkok, Thailand

The Bangkok Times (Thai: บางกอกไตมส์) was the longest-running English-language newspaper in Bangkok until World War II.[1][2] It was founded by Mr. T. Lloyd Williamese in January 1887. As of 1908, it comprised eight pages and contained forty-eight columns.[3] The British owned newspaper was placed under Japanese supervision at the beginning of December 1941 after the Japanese invasion of Thailand.[4] It ceased publication less than a year later on 30 September 1942.[5]

A weekly edition for subscribers abroad was published from 1897 until 6 December 1941 entitled 'The Bangkok Times Weekly Mail' and subtitled 'Selected from the daily issues of the "Bangkok Times" for the use of readers in Europe, Australia, America and China'.[6] Unlike the daily version that had a significant part of each issue devoted to advertisements and no single news item on the front page, the 'Bangkok Times Weekly Mail' was devoid of any advertisement.[7] The weekly edition came with a 'Special Telegram Supplement' containing all foreign cables received during the week. From 1931 onwards, the 'Bangkok Times Weekly Mail' was accompanied by two pages of pictures entitled 'The News in Pictures'. Each page had pictures on both sides and was approximately of an A3 format (ISO_216).

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bangkok's Oldest Newspaper Celebrates Jubilee". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 8 January 1937. Retrieved 4 November 2021 – via NewspaperSG.
  2. ^ "Editor Dies". Malaya Tribune. 11 April 1949. Retrieved 4 November 2021 – via NewspaperSG.
  3. ^ Wright, Arnold (1908). "Twentieth century impressions of Siam : its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources". Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Company, Ltd. ; P.295. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Japs Seize British Banks In Bangkok". Morning Tribune. 11 December 1941. Retrieved 4 November 2021 – via NewspaperSG.
  5. ^ "The Bangkok Times". International Coalition on Newspapers. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  6. ^ "The Bangkok Times". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. 27 June 1901. Retrieved 4 November 2021 – via NewspaperSG.
  7. ^ Van Beek, Steve (2015). Bangkok Then and Now. Wind & Water. pp. 64–70.
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