Straits Produce

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The Straits Produce was a satirical magazine distributed throughout the Straits Settlements. It sought to illustrate the lives of colonial rulers and settlers in Malaya and Singapore through comedic caricatures and sketches.

History

The magazine was established to comment on the financial policies of then Governor of the Straits Settlements Harry Ord. Its inauguration issue was printed and published in Christmas 1868 by S. W. Augustin.{{cite news |last= |first= |date= 13 April 1929|title= SIXTY YEARS AGO.|url= https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19290413-1.2.82|work= The Straits Times|location= Singapore|access-date= 2 July 2023}} The first iteration of the magazine had ten contributors. However, soon after the publication of the magazine's second issue, which was printed and published in Christmas 1870,

SB"/> the chief financial backers of the magazine pulled out, due to several comments made towards Ord that were deemed unacceptable.{{cite web |url= https://blog.nus.edu.sg/linus/2022/08/15/straits-produce/|title= STRAITS PRODUCE|last= |first= |date= 15 August 2022|website= National University of Singapore|publisher= |access-date= 2 July 2023|quote=}}

The magazine was revived in 1893, with the third issue being printed and published in Christmas. By then, only two of the original contributors remained in Singapore.

SB">{{cite news |last= |first= |date= 2 January 1894|title= A Comic Paper for the Straits.|url= https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitsbudget18940102-1.2.11.2|work= The Straits Budget|location= Singapore|access-date= 2 July 2023}} It was printed in Singapore. James Miller, a prominent businessman, contributed several cartoons to the later issues of this iteration of the magazine.{{cite news |last= |first= |date= 22 February 1911|title= LATE MR. J. MILLER.|url= https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/pinangazette19110222-1.2.36|work= The Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle|location= Singapore|access-date= 2 July 2023}} The final issue of this iteration of the magazine was published in 1898.

The magazine was revived again in 1922, with a new issue being published on 1 April. The editors of the new iteration of the magazine were Roland Braddell and Denis Santry. The artists and authors of the magazine then included Gilbert E. Brooke, Andrew Caldecott, Charles Walter Hamilton Cochrane, H. B. Egmont Hake and William George Stirling.{{cite news |last= |first= |date= 31 January 1922|title= STRAITS PRODUCE.|url= https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/maltribune19220131-1.2.60|work= The Malaya Tribune|location= Singapore|access-date= 2 July 2023}}{{cite news |last= |first= |date= 4 April 1922|title= "STRAITS PRODUCE"|url= https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitsechomail19220404-1.2.24|work= The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)|location= Singapore|access-date= 2 July 2023}} The final issues of the magazine were published in the mid-1930s.

References

Category:Satirical magazines